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Written on Apr 21, 2018
From bestselling author duo Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff comes the exciting finale in the trilogy that broke the mold and has been called "stylistically mesmerizing" and "out-of-this-world-awesome."
Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza--but who knows what they'll find seven months after the invasion? Meanwhile, Kady's cousin, Asha, survived the initial BeiTech assault and has joined Kerenza's ragtag underground resistance. When Rhys--an old flame from Asha's past--reappears on Kerenza, the two find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. With time running out, a final battle will be waged on land and in space, heros will fall, and hearts will be broken.
A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF 2018
- ISBN10 055349919X
- ISBN13 9780553499193
- Publish Date 13 March 2018
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Random House USA Inc
- Imprint Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 624
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780553499193
Reviews
alisoninbookland
Written on Apr 14, 2018
Even if you’re not a sci-fi person, I highly recommend this series. Don’t be frightened by the size of the book. It’s a much easier read than it looks.
liz089
Written on Apr 5, 2018
I LOVED these books so much, so original, so exciting, so completely different from anything else. I will miss it :( The characters are so incredible and the plot is filled with surprises.
AIDAN FOREVER !!!
Sam@WLABB
Written on Mar 31, 2018
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emruth13
Written on Mar 30, 2018
alindstadtcorbeax
Written on Mar 29, 2018
FREAKIN STUPID HEART; STOP HURTING !
WHO AM I, EVEN, ANYMORE? DO I EXIST?
I...
Quite obviously, I loved this book. Loved is an understatement of all understatements. What a beautiful emotional rollercoaster of a finale to a wonderful series. Crazy the way Obsidio was able to evoke SO much emotion in so little words, the whole journey through. Needless to say, mascara tears MAY or may not have stained a ridiculous amount of pages in this book (they totes have). Even if “miracles are statistical improbabilities,” this book held more miracles for me than I can count. IMO this one’s a life changer, folks!
and remember, Live a life worth dying for 3
Linda
Written on Mar 24, 2018
cornerfolds
Written on Mar 19, 2018
So I have a lot of feelings about Obsidio. Just to recap, I loved Illuminae and thought Gemina was just okay. And now here we are with book three... I think my main takeaway from Obsidio is that this series has a very limited supply of tricks up its sleeve, which it used up in book one, leaving books two and three to pretty much be rehashes.
Obsidio, like Gemina, picks up with two new characters, Asha and Rhys. Honestly, it's been so long since I've read Illuminae that I can't remember how much I liked Kady and Ezra, but I can definitely say that I enjoyed Asha and Rhys more than Hanna and Nik. I actually wish MORE of the book had been devoted to them, because their story was infinitely more interesting than that of the older characters, in my opinion. I loved that they already had backstory, meaning no instalove! I found them both to be compelling characters with understandable motives and moral struggles. I enjoyed watching the people on Kerenza interact with each other and struggle through each day... and that's about where my enjoyment ends.
From here on out, this might be a little ranty and a lot spoilery. I am so upset with this book and the series as a whole! The rest of this review will outline my issues with Obsidio and will be in bullet points, which I know is different from the rest of my reviews, but it's the best way I can think of to do it without going off on twelve tangents. Shall we begin?
- One of my biggest problems with this series is with the humor. Specifically, every single character has the same sense of humor AND they all use their annoyingly similar sense of humor literally all the time. At the most unnecessary times. Literally a life or death situation and these morons are bantering back and forth making jokes. Sure, it's fun to read, but it's not at all realistic and it got old quickly after book one (for me).
- Which brings me to my second problem: the way the military is portrayed. Let me get something out of the way - I am not a gung-ho patriotic person by any stretch of the imagination. I don't even own a flag. That being said, I did do four years in the Air Force, so I have military background. Yeah, there were times in those four years when I said or did unprofessional things around my supervisor or officers. But... you better believe I was reprimanded for it. Maybe so far in the future things will be super relaxed and people will be able to talk to their superiors with 100% sarcasm, cursing, and unprofessionalism. But unless something drastic happens between now and then, I can't imagine military personnel behaving the way they do in this series. Like I said, this isn't a "I love the military" thing, because I don't. It's just a "My god that's unrealistic" thing.
- And continuing the unrealistic relationships train of thought, I cannot buy the Kady/AIDAN relationship. While I can accept that Kady does become attached to AIDAN, he is not a HE. He is an it, which they discuss a tiny bit in this book. But towards the end of the book I had a very hard time suspending disbelief any further. There's a point at the end when AIDAN inserts himself into an enemy ship and decides to sacrifice "himself" for the good of the fleet. AND KADY TRIES TO TALK HIM OUT OF IT! Instead, she wants to sacrifice herself and everyone else on her ship. Instead of AIDAN. Who is not a person. Who is a computer program. I'm sorry, what? This is where they lost me.
- Venturing further into spoiler territory, let's talk about FAKE DEATHS. Remember when I mentioned that this series used all its tricks in the first book? This is what I'm talking about. There was a fake death in Illuminae and that one got me! I was totally taken off guard. But then the exact same thing happened in Gemina and I wasn't fooled. I felt nothing when the death happened because I was sure it wasn't going to stick. Then we have Obsidio... When I started, I even texted a friend and asked if there was a fake death. Well, let me tell you, friends! Obsidio has not one, not two, but THREE fake deaths! It's completely ridiculous.
- Welcome to my next point in which I expand upon the ridiculousness of the fake deaths. My problem with them in Gemina and Obsidio? They're predictable. Just like every single other big twist in this book. When Asha was arrested by Rhys and Co. I knew it was going to be a big twist and that he hadn't actually betrayed her. I knew because this series is so freaking predictable that I. Can't. Even.
- Which brings me to my last point: everything is so damn predictable that I was never for a single second worried about any of the main characters. At all. Because I knew they would all live. And guess who was right! Yep, all six of the main characters - all three of the main couples - lived. In this series about constant battle with literally thousands of deaths, the six main people who are at the center of every single major battle live. In fact, pretty much every single character that gets more than a few sentences of page time lives. Look guys, I don't need George R.R. Martin level killing sprees, but I do need some kind of realism in my books and this is just dumb.
So here we are at the end of a series that started on a really high note. A series I was SO excited for, but that has been a massive disappointment. I'm not sure why it is that the authors decided to make each book so similar to the others and I have no idea why all the characters are almost carbon copies of each other. I know I'm in the minority on this one, but there were just very few redeeming qualities in Obsidio for me.
Actual rating: 1.5 stars
Ashley
Written on Mar 19, 2018
Here are some of the things I expected that didn't happen:
- Maybe I expected some intense crazy mindfuckery science after Gemina, but there wasn't any.
- I thought we'd see more of AIDAN at the end. Like maybe there would be some AI-on-AI war or something.
- The thing with Ezra's mom was anti-climactic. They built it up to be this huge deal and then barely anything came of it. It was a just, "Hey mom - I hate you. Bye." And that was pretty much all it ended up being, after they built it up to be this huge crazy thing.
- I liked the story behind the Asha/Rhys romance, but it wasn't nearly as developed as the others. I suppose that's due to them being on different sides and spending less time together, but it was a bit of a downer after how awesome the other two romances were.
- The ending (like last 15 pages or so) felt rushed. Maybe after all that build up it was just sad to have it over so quickly.
Obsidio was still REALLY enjoyable, I'm just bummed it didn't end up being my favourite in the series.
shannonmiz
Written on Mar 16, 2018
Oy, this is so loaded that I probably should have done an actual review, but alas, it will be incoherent, so there's that?
Look, I did not hate this book, before we all grab our pitchforks. But... I am also moderately convinced that I read a different book than everyone else? Everyone on Twitter, on Goodreads, in reviews, were basically shouting their love for this book from the rooftops, and I am so happy that you all felt that way, yay! But... when everyone talked about how their souls were destroyed... well, I didn't have any such experience.
In fact, that was probably my biggest qualm: the lack of feels. While it was mostly entertaining, and that was good, it felt so safe, and so easy in a lot of cases, which was not what I'd come to expect from this series. For all of you who read it: Cullings are only compelling if you lose compelling characters. Like Hair Clip Dad, Miller's Dad, Five Year Old Dad... come to think of it, dads better watch themselves on The 100. I digress. The fact that it was just 2,000 completely unknown people who were culled left it feeling very.... unemotive. Also, Kane called, he wants his ideas back. and also Look- was a part of me glad that the main characters all made it out? Sure. Did I roll my eyes so much they almost fell out of my head? Also sure. You can't have a massive, planets-wide war and have every character make it out okay. It feels WAY too safe, and way too easy. Especially the whole "fake-out" with Nik and Ezra. I honestly didn't even feel any sense of urgency, I figured they weren't actually dead because no one seemed all that concerned? .