Obsidio (Illuminae Files, #3)

by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

[shannonmiz]

You can find the full review and all the fancy and/or randomness that accompanies it at It Starts at Midnight

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? .