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betwixt_the_pages's review against another edition
5.0
Rating: 5/5 Penguins
Quick Reasons: why do you have to hurt me so, books?!; painfully exquisite ending to a beautiful duology; I think Tade Thompson just might be a new favorite author for me; this was wrapped up so, so gorgeously; once again, I have not the words
There's just something about a gorgeously crafted duology that gets me all SWOONY, Penguins! And this duology? Was fanTASTic from start to finish. I can't even.
This character...this story....will crawl beneath your fingernails, claw beneath your skin, and seek shelter in your veins. This will stick with you. This will HAUNT you, until the very end, and for a while after. If I were to scoop a piece of my heart out of my chest this second, MONTHS after having finished this duology....it would be riddled by this journey. There's an altering, a changing, that happens while reading, that I would never wish to go back on.
Again, the prose was poetic and gorgeous. There is a ghostly, phantasmic quality to the pages that leaves readers feeling almost dreamlike--as if they're just on the verge of awakening, and are still quite foggy with sleep, and don't quite yet know what is real. This is coupled with the horror of the story, the riddle of the ending. Tade Thompson knows how to weave a story in all the BEST ways--and he does so prominently with this duology.
If you're looking for a paranormal, unique, DEEP read....check out this series. Dive into these pages, dive into this character, and let her take you over. Because she will. By the end, you'll wonder if mayhaps you're just another molly, seeking out the answer to your life. As for me...this will be the series that I compare all the next reads to. I cannot WAIT to hear what you all think of Molly Southbourne, and the mollys.
Quick Reasons: why do you have to hurt me so, books?!; painfully exquisite ending to a beautiful duology; I think Tade Thompson just might be a new favorite author for me; this was wrapped up so, so gorgeously; once again, I have not the words
There's just something about a gorgeously crafted duology that gets me all SWOONY, Penguins! And this duology? Was fanTASTic from start to finish. I can't even.
This character...this story....will crawl beneath your fingernails, claw beneath your skin, and seek shelter in your veins. This will stick with you. This will HAUNT you, until the very end, and for a while after. If I were to scoop a piece of my heart out of my chest this second, MONTHS after having finished this duology....it would be riddled by this journey. There's an altering, a changing, that happens while reading, that I would never wish to go back on.
I suppose I killed enough mollys to warrant a haunting, but I don’t believe in ghosts, and I hate problems that I cannot punch into submission.
Again, the prose was poetic and gorgeous. There is a ghostly, phantasmic quality to the pages that leaves readers feeling almost dreamlike--as if they're just on the verge of awakening, and are still quite foggy with sleep, and don't quite yet know what is real. This is coupled with the horror of the story, the riddle of the ending. Tade Thompson knows how to weave a story in all the BEST ways--and he does so prominently with this duology.
If you're looking for a paranormal, unique, DEEP read....check out this series. Dive into these pages, dive into this character, and let her take you over. Because she will. By the end, you'll wonder if mayhaps you're just another molly, seeking out the answer to your life. As for me...this will be the series that I compare all the next reads to. I cannot WAIT to hear what you all think of Molly Southbourne, and the mollys.
arachnichemist's review against another edition
1.0
This book was a massive disappointment. It feels like it's on 16x fast forward and that the author was forced to put in radical and nonsensical plot twists every 5-10 pages. I like books that make me go wtf like PKD. However, this just feels extremely sloppy and written in a few hours.
thestainlesssteelrat's review against another edition
5.0
Great read that fills in some more of the Mystery of Molly.
Could see this being a continued series of novellas in the vein of Murderbot Diaries.
Could see this being a continued series of novellas in the vein of Murderbot Diaries.
straycat264's review against another edition
4.0
Tade Thompson has firmly established himself in my list of must-read authors - basically, I'll automatically pick up anything new that comes from him.
This is a very short book, which I blitzed through in a couple of hours - in fact, I really consider the Molly Southbourne books to be two halves of the same novel. Warning - this book picks up immediately after the ending of The Murders of Molly Southbourne - and makes very little sense without the first volume, so pick that one up first.
I loved this volume. It continues the story in Tade Thompson's highly imaginative fashion - he takes things in some unexpected directions, expands the world a little, gives just enough answers without overdoing the explanations - and some of those answers are heart-breaking.
Anyway - a highly satisfying continuation (conclusion?) to Molly's story. Recommended.
This is a very short book, which I blitzed through in a couple of hours - in fact, I really consider the Molly Southbourne books to be two halves of the same novel. Warning - this book picks up immediately after the ending of The Murders of Molly Southbourne - and makes very little sense without the first volume, so pick that one up first.
I loved this volume. It continues the story in Tade Thompson's highly imaginative fashion - he takes things in some unexpected directions, expands the world a little, gives just enough answers without overdoing the explanations - and some of those answers are heart-breaking.
Anyway - a highly satisfying continuation (conclusion?) to Molly's story. Recommended.
someonetookit's review against another edition
4.0
Something was off with the pacing of this one. It just didn't feel as punchy and relevant as its predecessor. Still a good book but definitely a little forced like this was never supposed to actually be a book
adriennek13's review against another edition
5.0
This is a great start to the new year, reading a book in one sitting. This is a nice continuation of the first book, I like the turns the story took, although I wish there was more information about Tamara and her plans. I enjoyed it and will be picking up the next one.
gavinsteyn's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
bookish_whispers's review against another edition
3.0
These novellas were a great library find. I'm enjoying this series and I'm excited that book 3 is out in May of 2022. Which will be here before I know it, and I'm excited to see how Thompson is going to tie this series up. Also for anyone who hasn't read this series I can't promise that what follows doesn't contain spoilers. So, if this series is on your TBR read with caution. I do my best to avoid spoilers, but this is one of those books that makes it hard!
The Survival of Molly Southbourne started just minutes after this book ends with the team set to watch over Molly Prime showing up. From there it follows that Molly she learns basically how to be human without any guiding help. This means that for a few pages there it's a bit of a wild ride as this molly loses both her mind and herself.
What broke my heart about this book is how this molly was left out in the wild without any sense of direction. Because she looks like an adult but is in fact hours old and is not only learning how to be human, but how to be Molly Southbourne without giving anything away about how she's just a "molly". So there is a wild chapter where it all sort of blows on her, and it's kind of sad. But, there is also something about this Molly, she keeps on going and trying and learning, and by the end of this book, I feel she was starting to find out who she was.
Now, what I love about this book is we get a closer look at how exactly Molly Prime was able to create duplicates. We get a little bit of the backstory of the who, the what, and how. We also meet another woman with this power, only her doppelgangers don't try and kill. Somehow her's are tame and they've learned to live together. Something the mollys were still learned at the end of the book.
We also get a little bit of a harder look at the people that were originally set to protect Molly Prime, but now seem to after the doppelganger that's taken over in her place. Tables are turning now that Molly has changed the game. Something it sounds like the next book is going to touch on a little more.
The other part I really liked about this book was the small little interludes with got with Professor as the molly inside of him grew. I thought they were interesting, and while as a whole they didn't serve a real purpose to the story itself, he was a big part of the first book. So I'm glad he got a small part in this book, even it was just his death.
Despite all the good and the fact I devoured this book, it still took me two days to read. While I enjoyed it, The Survival of Molly Southbourne suffers from sophomore syndrome. It's not as good as the first book, but it serves as a point of setting up the third, and I think final, book in the series. It's not terrible or boring, it's just lacking after the rollercoaster of emotions of the first book. This is more subdued, and it's a hundred percent because this is a different Molly. They are the same, but not.
So at the end of the day, I enjoyed the book and I'm excited for the next book to see how it's all going to wrap up. Probably in tears and so much blood.
The Survival of Molly Southbourne started just minutes after this book ends with the team set to watch over Molly Prime showing up. From there it follows that Molly she learns basically how to be human without any guiding help. This means that for a few pages there it's a bit of a wild ride as this molly loses both her mind and herself.
What broke my heart about this book is how this molly was left out in the wild without any sense of direction. Because she looks like an adult but is in fact hours old and is not only learning how to be human, but how to be Molly Southbourne without giving anything away about how she's just a "molly". So there is a wild chapter where it all sort of blows on her, and it's kind of sad. But, there is also something about this Molly, she keeps on going and trying and learning, and by the end of this book, I feel she was starting to find out who she was.
Now, what I love about this book is we get a closer look at how exactly Molly Prime was able to create duplicates. We get a little bit of the backstory of the who, the what, and how. We also meet another woman with this power, only her doppelgangers don't try and kill. Somehow her's are tame and they've learned to live together. Something the mollys were still learned at the end of the book.
We also get a little bit of a harder look at the people that were originally set to protect Molly Prime, but now seem to after the doppelganger that's taken over in her place. Tables are turning now that Molly has changed the game. Something it sounds like the next book is going to touch on a little more.
The other part I really liked about this book was the small little interludes with got with Professor as the molly inside of him grew. I thought they were interesting, and while as a whole they didn't serve a real purpose to the story itself, he was a big part of the first book. So I'm glad he got a small part in this book, even it was just his death.
Despite all the good and the fact I devoured this book, it still took me two days to read. While I enjoyed it, The Survival of Molly Southbourne suffers from sophomore syndrome. It's not as good as the first book, but it serves as a point of setting up the third, and I think final, book in the series. It's not terrible or boring, it's just lacking after the rollercoaster of emotions of the first book. This is more subdued, and it's a hundred percent because this is a different Molly. They are the same, but not.
So at the end of the day, I enjoyed the book and I'm excited for the next book to see how it's all going to wrap up. Probably in tears and so much blood.
saltycorpse's review against another edition
4.0
As with the first in this series, this was a short novella. I'm hoping there's at LEAST a third because although this one kind of gets into some backstory/explanation of Molly's ability to sprout clones from her blood, there's so much more I need to know. Again, well-written, well-paced, and easy to read in one sitting.
immaninja12's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
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? Yes
3.5