Artemis
Written on Nov 4, 2014
Me? A Leader? Okay, I did prove that there's more to Inside than we knew. That a whole world exists beyond this cube we live in. And finding that led to a major rebellion - between worker scrubs like me and the snobby uppers who rule our world. Make that ruled. Because of me, we're free. I thought that meant I was off the hook, and could go off on my own again - while still touching base with Riley, of course. He's the one upper I think I can trust. But then we learned that there's outside and then there is Outside. And something from Outside wants In.
- ISBN10 0778304132
- ISBN13 9780778304135
- Publish Date 18 March 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 December 2012
- Publish Country CA
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Mira Ink
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 336
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk
Reviews
Nessa Luna
Written on Sep 28, 2013
A while ago I read Inside Out, the first book in this series, and though I liked the story, I didn’t really like the way it was written, which is probably why it took me so long to finish it (nearly a month). I decided to leave the second book for a while, and I kinda forgot about it until I saw this book in the supermarket. It was only three euros, and though it was in Dutch, I decided to buy it.
On Saturday, I spend an entire day without internet, and I figured I could start reading this book, because it might be an easy read. And indeed, it was. I finished it on the same day, and I might have enjoyed it a bit better than the first book.
The first thing I noticed, was that the names hadn’t changed at all. Usually, when a book gets translated into a different language, the names are being changed too, but as far as I can remember, all the names were still the same as they were in English. Though the Dutch writing seemed quite ‘childish’ to me (and I don’t really remember what Maria V. Snyder’s own writing is like), it did make it easier to read.
In this book, Trella has to deal with the fact that no one from the Lower Levels wants to work anymore, unless the ‘Uppers’ do the same jobs as they do. Then, there’s the problem of people trying to sabotage the ship (which is what we found out at the end of the last book, and it might be a tiny spoiler), and the fact that there is something outside the ship wants to get in.
And then of course, there is Riley, and a lot of other problems that Trella and the Insiders have to deal with. Honestly, I thought this book had a bit more action, and I liked the fact that there was something in the Outside that wanted to get Inside.
I might go and reread the book in English soon, just to see how differently the writing is, but first I’m going to read the other 50+ books on my to-read shelf!
Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Written on Jul 30, 2011
Same shit, different day, as they say. Or that is as it seems to be turning out now that The Committee is in the seat of power and the Mop Cops slide into the place left vacant by the Pop Cops. Uppers and Scrubs are still at odds, intrigue still abounds, and unrest goes on without hardly a hiccup. And then better becomes worse.
In this sequel to Inside Out, the Force of Sheep have achieved their goals only to lose sight of their envisioned utopia as divisiveness and subterfuge, coupled with a string of catastrophic events—soon uncovered as sabotage—place any future at risk, let alone the one they’d hoped to build for all of the Cube’s inhabitants.
Allegiances are in doubt as martial law once more takes hold Inside. With grim determination abounding; a former Scrub, Trella must once more step forward to unite the inhabitants of her world against a common foe. On several levels she is confronted with the need to commit…while there’s still time.
The strengths of this book lie in the complex inner-dynamics between the characters, the attention to detail, and the inventiveness of the reality. I had some trouble about two-thirds of the way through as the dystopian nature of the book had something of a stranglehold on the plot and I couldn’t face one more thing going wrong for these characters I’d come to care so much about. Please do not mistake me; this is not a flaw in the writing, which is excellent, or the storyline, which is engaging, but my own reaction to the seeming hopelessness of the situation. Once I made myself pick up the book again it was quickly finished the same night, with quite a bit of satisfaction.
I give this book a solid 9 out of 10 for both military aspects and quality.