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Obsidio by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

12 reviews

sarahsbooklife's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Honestly, this was an amazing ending to an amazing series. 💜💜💜
This was another absolute emotional roller coaster of a book. It was an epic journey. 
I loved the characters (expect Ben Garver, he was an asshole 90% of the time), the story, simply everything about this book and this series. It was so well crafted. 
Simply put: this was amazing and I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, War, Death, Murder, Genocide, and Gore

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Chronic illness

Minor: Torture, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Death of parent

sarahsbooklife's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Honestly, this was an amazing ending to an amazing series. 💜💜💜
This was another absolute emotional roller coaster of a book. It was an epic journey. 
I loved the characters (expect Ben Garver, he was an asshole 90% of the time), the story, simply everything about this book and this series. It was so well crafted. 
Simply put: this was amazing and I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Genocide, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Minor: Medical content, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Child death, and Death of parent

nightowlreader46's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Blood, Violence, War, Slavery, Torture, Body horror, Colonisation, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Chronic illness, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Medical content

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Obsidio, by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, is nothing less than an insane, never-ending, occasionally deadly emotional rollercoaster that you never want to get off.

I read this book in a little under 48 (stressful) hours.

Not only are you introduced to a third cast of lovable characters led by Asha, Rhys, Katya, and Oshiro, but you also have to worry about the original squad from the Alexander/Hypatia/Heimdall/Mao.

This book (as well as the two preceding it) had me laughing, crying, cursing, and just about everything else you can imagine.

The plot raced by, the parallel storylines on Kerenza and on the Mao fitting together seamlessly. There were plenty of twists, some of which were surprising, others that weren't (but that usually covered for bigger twists).

The characters, both old and new, kicked-ass like never before.

Isaac Grant became an unexpected favorite of mine. I love the found family trope, and I think this is the first book where that found family included an actual parent. 

I loved how effortlessly he swished them all under his parental wing, while still making sure each of them knew that he recognized and was proud of their specific strengths. 

My ultimate favorite character, not just in Obsidio, but throughout the entire Illuminae Files trilogy, is still AIDAN. 

There's morally grey, and then there's logically evil. Each and every time he commits genocide (because, yes, there are multiple times), he lays out the logic behind it, plain and simple. 

And he's not wrong. Does that justify killing thousands of people? Of course not. But watching him learn and grow from "it" to "him" was amazingly interesting to read.

Plus, evil or not, without AIDAN's actions, this series would have ended a loooong time ago. 

If you haven't read the Illuminae Files, do yourself a favor and go get them now. You won't be sorry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gun violence, Slavery, Child death, Gore, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death, Torture, and Genocide

Moderate: Body horror and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Mental illness, and Ableism

jessi_c's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Just like AIDAN, story began to stretch wide btwn all the existing and new players in the war. Was initially concerned how much of the present day would be interwoven, but was relieved that the last installment largely remained true to the files format. Largest found family I have grown fond of to date. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Police brutality, Blood, Murder, Violence, Death, Genocide, War, and Suicide

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Terminal illness and Bullying

louisallama's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Slavery, Violence, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

eloise__'s review against another edition

3.5

 

Wow there are a lot of death fakeouts in this series.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Medical content, War, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Child death

Minor: Car accident

huntress's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Suicide, Murder, Gun violence, War, Violence, Genocide, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Death of parent, Medical content, and Stalking

stardust_heidi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Holy jeebus, what a series finale. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death, Gore, War, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Genocide, and Gun violence

cait's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Confinement, Drug use, War, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Colonisation, Gore, Police brutality, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, and Torture