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colorcrystals's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Child death, Grief, Confinement, Gun violence, Murder, and Torture
Moderate: Cursing, Dementia, and Sexual content
monniebiloney's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
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? Yes
4.5
Minus .5 for spicy scenes.
I thought Colton was going to be kind of an 'ace-spec' character (based on Book 1 mostly) but as 'Colton' got 'more human' he also got a need for some spice. -5000 points for that.
Other then that, this book was really great! Very ecviting and had a great ending!
I actually teared up a bit
I thought Colton was going to be kind of an 'ace-spec' character (based on Book 1 mostly) but as 'Colton' got 'more human' he also got a need for some spice. -5000 points for that.
Other then that, this book was really great! Very ecviting and had a great ending!
I actually teared up a bit
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Suicide, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Gore, and War
maggiefae's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Death, War, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, and Sexual content
Minor: Dementia
beomgyuluvr's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Violence
mallorypen's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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? Yes
4.5
Well, rip my heart out and grind it beneath your heel, Tara Sim!!!
This review is going to be unhinged because I am super in my emotions right now.
When Colton vanished I wanted to cry and rage and take Danny in my arms and never let the world hurt him again. And Danny’s rehabilitation and emptiness and pain … UGGGGHHHHJJHJ. And COLTON COMING BACK TO LIFE BUT NOT REMEMBERING ANYTHING????? I die. I’m sitting here yelling at my husband (who has not read this book) about how the ending was somehow both well crafted, heart wrenching, satisfactory and beautiful ALL WHILE being an actual, literal case of deus ex machina. HOW?!
Overall, this trilogy ended with a book full of action, heart ache, and philosophical questions about goodness and evil and intentions. The stakes grew steadily through the three story arcs, connecting together in a tight way. The ensemble cast was overall well done, with only a handful of characters from the Prometheus feeling a little bit like extras.
My main criticism is the character deaths and how they were used. Mina’s death made sense; it was a horrific act that cemented the Builders as villains with no ounce of humanity against their cause, and heightened the stakes to defeat them. But Lila’s death felt like she got fridged for Danny’s character arc to move forward; same with Edward and Liddy. Xavier’s death felt symbolic and a moment of redemption, even as I felt like he didn’t deserve redemption for causing all the pain and suffering.
I absolutely LOVED the section where Danny and Colton explored other timelines and other futures. So clever.
I also really liked the take on the soul bond (blood bond?).
What a ride! What storytelling! What worldbuilding! And Colton + Danny 4 lyfe.
This review is going to be unhinged because I am super in my emotions right now.
Overall, this trilogy ended with a book full of action, heart ache, and philosophical questions about goodness and evil and intentions. The stakes grew steadily through the three story arcs, connecting together in a tight way. The ensemble cast was overall well done, with only a handful of characters from the Prometheus feeling a little bit like extras.
My main criticism is the character deaths and how they were used.
I absolutely LOVED the section where Danny and Colton explored other timelines and other futures. So clever.
I also really liked the take on the soul bond (blood bond?).
What a ride! What storytelling! What worldbuilding! And Colton + Danny 4 lyfe.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Murder, Violence, and Torture
booksthatburn's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
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
5.0
FIRESTARTER asks whether Danny and Colton will let the towers fall to save the flow of time, even if it means Colton disappears forever.
This is a satisfying ending to the trilogy, not so much raising the stakes as much as making clear the personal implications of actions with global consequences. The book begins with Colton and Danny at odds because of Danny’s actions at the end of CHAINBREAKER, and both of them with Daphne who is very quickly furious at Akash. There are a lot of characters, but only a few of them are important enough to track specifically. Zavier is an interesting character, I definitely appreciate him more this time (he also plays a much bigger role here). This book didn’t add much to the existing worldbuilding, except to give some more specifics about the history of the towers.
The last book basically ended on a cliffhanger, and this picks up right where it left off. There isn’t really a new storyline, which is fine since this is the end of a trilogy. It has something major which gets introduced, but it’s only implicitly resolved as part of the big finish. This wraps up a bunch of hanging plot threads, and handles the ending in a way that was very satisfactory for me. It’s only open-ended as much as life is, and the trajectory for the remaining characters is implied enough to give closure.
The narrators, Danny, Colton, and Daphne, are very different characters from each other, but the third-person narrative style meant that sometimes I didn’t know whose perspective it was for sure until a page or two into each chapter. It would not make sense for someone to start here without reading the first two books since it heavily relies on a lot of worldbuilding and main character development from before. It is pretty friendly towards returning readers who waited a while between books since the exposition sticks to the relevant portions and doesn’t attempt to recount the earlier books. Early on some of the tension between Colton and Danny stems from something at the very end of CHAINBREAKER, but there are enough tangles of loyalties happening that it’s easy enough to note that they’re currently not getting along and the. continue following the story from there.
The plot was a bit twisty, since part of the emotional arc revolves around betrayals and loyalty conflicts which were shown in the prior book’s finale. There’s also more factions than were obvious before, but by the midpoint I understood the players and what was happening. My early confusion was at least partly because of the long gap since reading the second books, but this was still a fast and engaging read.
This is a satisfying ending to the trilogy, not so much raising the stakes as much as making clear the personal implications of actions with global consequences. The book begins with Colton and Danny at odds because of Danny’s actions at the end of CHAINBREAKER, and both of them with Daphne who is very quickly furious at Akash. There are a lot of characters, but only a few of them are important enough to track specifically. Zavier is an interesting character, I definitely appreciate him more this time (he also plays a much bigger role here). This book didn’t add much to the existing worldbuilding, except to give some more specifics about the history of the towers.
The last book basically ended on a cliffhanger, and this picks up right where it left off. There isn’t really a new storyline, which is fine since this is the end of a trilogy. It has something major which gets introduced, but it’s only implicitly resolved as part of the big finish. This wraps up a bunch of hanging plot threads, and handles the ending in a way that was very satisfactory for me. It’s only open-ended as much as life is, and the trajectory for the remaining characters is implied enough to give closure.
The narrators, Danny, Colton, and Daphne, are very different characters from each other, but the third-person narrative style meant that sometimes I didn’t know whose perspective it was for sure until a page or two into each chapter. It would not make sense for someone to start here without reading the first two books since it heavily relies on a lot of worldbuilding and main character development from before. It is pretty friendly towards returning readers who waited a while between books since the exposition sticks to the relevant portions and doesn’t attempt to recount the earlier books. Early on some of the tension between Colton and Danny stems from something at the very end of CHAINBREAKER, but there are enough tangles of loyalties happening that it’s easy enough to note that they’re currently not getting along and the. continue following the story from there.
The plot was a bit twisty, since part of the emotional arc revolves around betrayals and loyalty conflicts which were shown in the prior book’s finale. There’s also more factions than were obvious before, but by the midpoint I understood the players and what was happening. My early confusion was at least partly because of the long gap since reading the second books, but this was still a fast and engaging read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Torture, Murder, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Grief, Cursing, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Vomit
Minor: Mental illness and Transphobia
aromarrie's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Torture, Death of parent, Medical content, and Kidnapping
Minor: Body horror
sapphicread's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
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
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Death
overchelseas's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
It was an excellent ending for the trilogy. No huge loose ends. It lost a star because it was too slow for my taste, with a lot of filler action. That being said, you really end up rooting for the characters and wondering how things will end for them s things get more dire.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood and Violence
Minor: Sexual content
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