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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Spoilers ahead:
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I don’t know how I feel about this book. It didn’t, for me, live up to what the first two promised, although part of that might have been my expectation of how it was *supposed* to end. The scythes were brought down—that I expected. But I had hoped the whole system would collapse and they would return to a “mortal” age. Instead, nanites (the same that keep them alive and youthful) replaced the scythes. And while this is a *better* solution, it doesn’t, in my opinion, fix the aimlessness of their almost eternal existence that a lack of natural death has caused. The other thing that disappointed was that the Thunderhead (AI) remains benevolent and even makes copies of itself to send with groups that will start colonization on other planets. If you want a happy AI solution then I guess this ending was great, but the Thunderhead makes a pretty sucky god because, as I mentioned in my last review, it does nearly everything for humans and creates this “perfect” world, but only because the nanites keep everyone pacified and content with their aimless, self-centered and purposeless lifestyles.
*Also, poor Astrid—she did not deserve what she got in the end. That made me mad.
**The first half of the book Citra and Rowen were basically absent. The book instead focused more on Greyson, who I didn’t like that much as a character.
***I also didn’t like the ending for Rowen and Citra.
Thinking on this some more today, and this could have been a great dystopian trilogy if the final book had only recognized the depraved nature of humanity. The fact that a “perfect” world doesn’t quell evil. That living selfishly and carnally brings no joy no matter how long or pleasurable life is. And that a short purposeful life is better than a long meaningless life. And that only God should have a say when it’s our time to go. Instead we got this humanistic “man created god through AI” nonsense. With the solution to spread out to the stars to continue living their selfish, purposeless lives.
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I don’t know how I feel about this book. It didn’t, for me, live up to what the first two promised, although part of that might have been my expectation of how it was *supposed* to end. The scythes were brought down—that I expected. But I had hoped the whole system would collapse and they would return to a “mortal” age. Instead, nanites (the same that keep them alive and youthful) replaced the scythes. And while this is a *better* solution, it doesn’t, in my opinion, fix the aimlessness of their almost eternal existence that a lack of natural death has caused. The other thing that disappointed was that the Thunderhead (AI) remains benevolent and even makes copies of itself to send with groups that will start colonization on other planets. If you want a happy AI solution then I guess this ending was great, but the Thunderhead makes a pretty sucky god because, as I mentioned in my last review, it does nearly everything for humans and creates this “perfect” world, but only because the nanites keep everyone pacified and content with their aimless, self-centered and purposeless lifestyles.
*Also, poor Astrid—she did not deserve what she got in the end. That made me mad.
**The first half of the book Citra and Rowen were basically absent. The book instead focused more on Greyson, who I didn’t like that much as a character.
***I also didn’t like the ending for Rowen and Citra.
Thinking on this some more today, and this could have been a great dystopian trilogy if the final book had only recognized the depraved nature of humanity. The fact that a “perfect” world doesn’t quell evil. That living selfishly and carnally brings no joy no matter how long or pleasurable life is. And that a short purposeful life is better than a long meaningless life. And that only God should have a say when it’s our time to go. Instead we got this humanistic “man created god through AI” nonsense. With the solution to spread out to the stars to continue living their selfish, purposeless lives.
If I got sent to an island paradise to build spaceships and chill on an island paradise, you’d never see me trying to crawl back to OKC
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Such a cool wrap up to the series! Definitely puts this series up there as one of my favorites. The moral and ethical dilemmas, possible future scenarios of the earth/humankind, AI. Who would have thought you could have felt so bad for AI 😭 So so fun.
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
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:
Yes
Such a good ending to the trilogy. I loved that I really didn’t know what was going to happen until it happened and overall enjoyed the series soooo much. Will be recommending to others! 4.75/5