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teanahk's review against another edition
3.0
An ok finish to the series. Book two was probably the best of the bunch.
imzadirose's review against another edition
4.0
Received from NetGalley for my honest review.
Review to come.
Review to come.
pbarish18's review against another edition
5.0
Stuck the landing on the end of the trilogy. Fleshed characters out even further and gave them more purpose. The plot was smooth and nothing seemed unexplainable, but there were still bits I didn’t necessarily see coming. Love that there is room remaining for him to explore the subject.
wayinsane220's review against another edition
2.0
Had my head spinning
Rapt attention. What will Cooper and Shannon do next? Emotions tangled up in characters you love to hate, but also respect. What a read!
Rapt attention. What will Cooper and Shannon do next? Emotions tangled up in characters you love to hate, but also respect. What a read!
tksimmons02's review against another edition
5.0
Ooookkkkkk.....
This was a riveting conclusion to the series. I'm a little disappointed in the ending. I don't agree with Nick's choice, and I feel like the epilogue was an invite to another series.
This was a riveting conclusion to the series. I'm a little disappointed in the ending. I don't agree with Nick's choice, and I feel like the epilogue was an invite to another series.
patrisias's review against another edition
5.0
It stayed exciting until the last page. The only thing is that there is a lot of violence which was really getting to me.
jonathanwallace's review against another edition
3.0
As often happens, I don't remember much of the previous two entries in this series other than the broad strokes. The plot skips and moves along quickly.
SPOILERS:
There's a nice head fake at the end where the author implies that a prominent character has been killed. This is a fantastic distraction from the dystopic ending where the protagonist fails to prevent the eventual spread of the virus.
SPOILERS:
There's a nice head fake at the end where the author implies that a prominent character has been killed. This is a fantastic distraction from the dystopic ending where the protagonist fails to prevent the eventual spread of the virus.
onemanbookclub's review against another edition
3.0
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The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained
Exciting conclusion, but...
Awesome! More of the same suspense and action!
Blah. More of the same suspense and action.
The story stayed fun, and the action stayed cool. But the same old conflicts rehashed over and over after three books started to wear.
Plus the ending (which was obvious early on) left the kind of annoying ambiguity that I don't love.
PLUS the language, sex, and violence just got more and more...Adult? Gratuitous? Mature?...as the story went on.
It's a worthy story, a great popcorn read. I won't be volunteering it though.
Adults only. Happy reading!
The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained
Exciting conclusion, but...
Awesome! More of the same suspense and action!
Blah. More of the same suspense and action.
The story stayed fun, and the action stayed cool. But the same old conflicts rehashed over and over after three books started to wear.
Plus the ending (which was obvious early on) left the kind of annoying ambiguity that I don't love.
PLUS the language, sex, and violence just got more and more...Adult? Gratuitous? Mature?...as the story went on.
It's a worthy story, a great popcorn read. I won't be volunteering it though.
Adults only. Happy reading!
sstarke's review
4.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this entire series. This was perhaps the best book out of the three, though the first book comes close. I found myself rooting for a terrorist 3/4 of the way through after being furious that he wasn't killed earlier when there was an obvious chance. I think I that speaks to the storytelling ability of the author.
I also felt really satisfied with the ending. There was a big emotional moment, some good resolution of loose strings, then a quiet reminder that everything wasn't wrapped up as nicely as the main characters believed. There was a surprising amount of realism in the story, and I loved how there are fuzzy lines of morality around every single character. There are no absolute good guys or absolute evil ones (well, maybe one... unsurprisingly, a politician). Those shades of gray throughout are incredibly satisfying.
As far as frustration points, there were a few moments where the story went off the rails, at least in my mind. Some things are a little too perfectly chaotic with plans that save the day just in the nick of time. Other, smaller, characters don't seem to act in a way consistent with how someone like that would. But that's predictable with any story like this,and it didn't take away from things too much.
I'm not a huge fan of Luke Daniels as a narrator, but he did a good job on this book. The narration was definitely the strongest here compared to the other books in the series. Overall, this was a great, very entertaining read.
I also felt really satisfied with the ending. There was a big emotional moment, some good resolution of loose strings, then a quiet reminder that everything wasn't wrapped up as nicely as the main characters believed. There was a surprising amount of realism in the story, and I loved how there are fuzzy lines of morality around every single character. There are no absolute good guys or absolute evil ones (well, maybe one... unsurprisingly, a politician). Those shades of gray throughout are incredibly satisfying.
As far as frustration points, there were a few moments where the story went off the rails, at least in my mind. Some things are a little too perfectly chaotic with plans that save the day just in the nick of time. Other, smaller, characters don't seem to act in a way consistent with how someone like that would. But that's predictable with any story like this,and it didn't take away from things too much.
I'm not a huge fan of Luke Daniels as a narrator, but he did a good job on this book. The narration was definitely the strongest here compared to the other books in the series. Overall, this was a great, very entertaining read.