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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
Zoe Boutin-Perry, teenage colonist and idol to the Obin race, gets stranded on Roanoke along with her parents, John Perry and Jane Sagan. While the Roanoke Colony survive with the Conclave breathing down its neck?
Zoe's Tale is a retelling of the previous John Scalzi book, The Last Colony, from Zoe's point of view. Instead of being a pointless rehash, Zoe's Tale ends up being an emotional tale and completely worth the effort.
Re-telling The Last Colony from Zoe's point of view served multiple purposes. It fleshed out some bits of the Last Colony that weren't very clear, like why the werewolves stopped attacking the colony and where the sapper field came from. The society of the Obin and their relationship to the Consu was expanded. It also gave us an insight to the lives of Zoe and her friends.
Zoe's telling of the events was hilarious, as funny as Abby Normal narrating Christopher Moore's Bite Me without being so distracting. The Scalz did a good job of recreating teenage relationships and the relationship between Zoe and her Obin protectors nearly yanked a tear from my manly tear ducts.
Any complaints? Not really. Zoe's Tale was quite an enjoyable read. I loved the additional scenes with General Gau and the interplay between Zoe and her friends and family. Once again, Scalzi has me wrapped around his little finger.
Zoe's Tale is a retelling of the previous John Scalzi book, The Last Colony, from Zoe's point of view. Instead of being a pointless rehash, Zoe's Tale ends up being an emotional tale and completely worth the effort.
Re-telling The Last Colony from Zoe's point of view served multiple purposes. It fleshed out some bits of the Last Colony that weren't very clear, like why the werewolves stopped attacking the colony and where the sapper field came from. The society of the Obin and their relationship to the Consu was expanded. It also gave us an insight to the lives of Zoe and her friends.
Zoe's telling of the events was hilarious, as funny as Abby Normal narrating Christopher Moore's Bite Me without being so distracting. The Scalz did a good job of recreating teenage relationships and the relationship between Zoe and her Obin protectors nearly yanked a tear from my manly tear ducts.
Any complaints? Not really. Zoe's Tale was quite an enjoyable read. I loved the additional scenes with General Gau and the interplay between Zoe and her friends and family. Once again, Scalzi has me wrapped around his little finger.
A great complement to the series and answers some of the outstanding questions from the previous books.
Unfortunately Zoë's character is too much like John Perry sometimes, and I could have done with some dialing back of the sarcasm (and I do enjoy snark) - it was just too much at times and rather exhausting. Overall the story was good and enjoyable. I'd say 3.5*
Unfortunately Zoë's character is too much like John Perry sometimes, and I could have done with some dialing back of the sarcasm (and I do enjoy snark) - it was just too much at times and rather exhausting. Overall the story was good and enjoyable. I'd say 3.5*
A retelling of the Lost Colony, fills in some of the gaps from that story. but I guess I was expecting more.
Different than the other books in the series I loved it. I think he took a chance to right from a pov of a different character and for me it worked out. I think it helps that I hadn't just finished reading the third book, since this is basically a retelling of that story. But it has a lot of new pieces
Scalzi does a pretty impressive job writing a teenage girl, I have to say.
Zoe's tale is a retelling of the Last Colony novel by John Scalzi. It's narrated from the point of view of a teenage girl that was instrumental in the previous novel. Instead of the more mature themes of Old Man's War this novel reads like young adult fiction, which is pretty much what it is. As a young adult story it is quite entertaining although the dialogue is repetitive some times and the characters are not that strong in my opinion. Overall I enjoyed the novel and it did help me freshen up on the Old Man's War novels that I last read in 2009.
I'm surprised that I liked this one as much as I did. I didn't expect it to be as good since it's a re telling of the third book from Zoe's point of view. But Scalzi did a great job writing from a teenage girl's POV, and it gave a lot of new insight into other parts of the story. I really enjoyed it.
This whole series is great.
This whole series is great.
A good second perspective to the Lost Colony. Nothing new here, but it helps round out the whole story. worth the time if you liked the previous books
3.5
Same story as Lost Colony, but from Zoe's POV. Had a few good heartfelt moments, but the teenage sarcasm became tiresome pretty quickly.
Same story as Lost Colony, but from Zoe's POV. Had a few good heartfelt moments, but the teenage sarcasm became tiresome pretty quickly.