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Zoe's Tale
by John Scalzi
While this book is absolutely a symbiotic companion to The last Colony, I think it added real value. Both in terms of fleshing out events and characters that were breezed by in the original, and in revealing additional plot-relevant details. Don't skip this one in the series.
I'm also fond of it because this volume had all the emotional resonance that other books in this series have been light on. It confronts some more philosophical questions and deals with the generational gap in very insightful ways. Every story in the real world has complexity and subtlety that can be missed or glossed over in creating the bigger picture. And this was an exploration of just how relevant and epic those smaller human stories can be in their own right.
I have feels about this book. But most importantly this is a worthwhile read and not something you should dismiss because of it's nature as a "retelling" of book 3.
I'm also fond of it because this volume had all the emotional resonance that other books in this series have been light on. It confronts some more philosophical questions and deals with the generational gap in very insightful ways. Every story in the real world has complexity and subtlety that can be missed or glossed over in creating the bigger picture. And this was an exploration of just how relevant and epic those smaller human stories can be in their own right.
I have feels about this book. But most importantly this is a worthwhile read and not something you should dismiss because of it's nature as a "retelling" of book 3.