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trgrze20's review against another edition
4.0
I know this ending is meant to be open to interpretation but ugh! My bet is that they decided to “pull the plug”.
This book series definitely ended with some strong, underlining sci-fi aspects and I’m not mad about it. Grants constant references to pop culture is one of my favorite things when it comes to his writing and helps to capture the timeline, mindset of the characters, and just fun to be like “oh I get that one”. Only thing I didn’t enjoy that much in the sequel series was that each book added more background and sets of characters to learn and know about. Sometimes I like to be introduced to one set of characters and focus only on their POV versus adding more POVs.
Feels like a chapter from my life has now been closed since I started the Gone series years and years ago.
This book series definitely ended with some strong, underlining sci-fi aspects and I’m not mad about it. Grants constant references to pop culture is one of my favorite things when it comes to his writing and helps to capture the timeline, mindset of the characters, and just fun to be like “oh I get that one”. Only thing I didn’t enjoy that much in the sequel series was that each book added more background and sets of characters to learn and know about. Sometimes I like to be introduced to one set of characters and focus only on their POV versus adding more POVs.
Feels like a chapter from my life has now been closed since I started the Gone series years and years ago.
evan2756's review against another edition
5.0
i originally read this trilogy ages ago after reading gone and hated nearly everything about it. however after a couple years and re-reading only the trilogy it was excellent
mrtw00's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
shaz_379's review against another edition
1.0
This was hugely disappointing. I enjoyed the original series and read the spin off hoping for the same type of enjoyment, however I only enjoyed it as it was a chance to see the aftermath of the first six books. I was fine with the change of pace and direction compared to the originals but the ending really killed the entire thing. A simulation was the biggest copout I could imagine for the series and if I’d know that was how the author was going to end the series I wouldn’t have bothered to read the last three books. I also found the lack of a proper ending really unsatisfying and the whole ‘you decide’ narrative was absolutely ridiculous.
albon's review against another edition
2019 review:
oh malik you absolute idiot, this is all your fault
oh malik you absolute idiot, this is all your fault
wuzzy246's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
gillygild2342's review against another edition
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
I’m beyond perplexed about what to do with this book. It’s all a simulation. All of it. Even the FAYZ. All AI driven created by Malik and shade, fed by there memories. Memories of what? Did any of it actually happen? None of it? Edilio was short shrifted no matter how you slice it. The resolution of drake was so simple. I just. What am I supposed to do now? 9 books and I know the characters aren’t real but they actually aren’t REAL?!?! Why bother. And they vote in the end whether to end the sim or not and we don’t find out how it shakes out. It’s the Buffy in the insane asylum ending everyone feared.
alongreader's review against another edition
3.0
The Rockborn Gang face a new horrific monster as the terrifying trilogy races to its action packed finale.
...well. That ending is going to be very divisive. I can see wars erupting online over this one.
There's not a lot I can say about this without spoiling that ending. There are a few more of the original characters, a couple of new ones, as usual for Michael. The horror rachets up another rung, but it's almost cartoonish now, it's so awful. We've passed the level where it's understandable.
I applaud Michael for continuing this series, and for publicly endorsing fanfiction based on it - he's almost begging people to write for it, and it's great that he's giving them that official backing. But for me, the Gone series finishes with the first six books. This new trilogy, while enjoyable and exciting, is just a stretch too far for me.
...well. That ending is going to be very divisive. I can see wars erupting online over this one.
There's not a lot I can say about this without spoiling that ending. There are a few more of the original characters, a couple of new ones, as usual for Michael. The horror rachets up another rung, but it's almost cartoonish now, it's so awful. We've passed the level where it's understandable.
I applaud Michael for continuing this series, and for publicly endorsing fanfiction based on it - he's almost begging people to write for it, and it's great that he's giving them that official backing. But for me, the Gone series finishes with the first six books. This new trilogy, while enjoyable and exciting, is just a stretch too far for me.
erosrichardson's review against another edition
3.0
....okay.
Lots to unpack here.
Let's start with the fact that the series was unnecessary all together. I know Michael Grant himself said he made this series for funsies because he wanted to play around with superhero storylines... that nerd.
Anyway. 3 books years after the first series ended, for what? 2 books of slowass plot and villains with the same arc and same describing sentences in each book. The whole "It's not my fault" or "I'm always in the right" thing got really boring really fast.
Originally I thought Michael Grant was making these extra books to bring an official end to the series. But no!!! I was wrong!!!!! He wrote 3 more books just to end on another cliffhanger!!!!!!!!
And my entire childhood. 9 books. Just to use an ending on the twist of "and then he woke uo and it was all a dream"
A SIMULATION??????? 9 BOOKS FOR A SIMULATION MADE BY THE CHARACTERS NOT EVEN INTRODUCED UNTIL NOW????? BFFR.
I know I know Grant wrote it to just play around with the universe some more. But the fact he used to read fan fiction with his wife is really starting to show here. Some things are better left uncannon on ao3.
Anyway, complete let down of an ending, incredibly slow. I'll give it 3 stars because this book was better written than the last one, more like the original gone series, but I did have to give up on annotating because of how much it was boring me and slowing me down. I'm gonna pretend this series ended with light!!!
Lots to unpack here.
Let's start with the fact that the series was unnecessary all together. I know Michael Grant himself said he made this series for funsies because he wanted to play around with superhero storylines... that nerd.
Anyway. 3 books years after the first series ended, for what? 2 books of slowass plot and villains with the same arc and same describing sentences in each book. The whole "It's not my fault" or "I'm always in the right" thing got really boring really fast.
Originally I thought Michael Grant was making these extra books to bring an official end to the series. But no!!! I was wrong!!!!! He wrote 3 more books just to end on another cliffhanger!!!!!!!!
And my entire childhood. 9 books. Just to use an ending on the twist of "and then he woke uo and it was all a dream"
A SIMULATION??????? 9 BOOKS FOR A SIMULATION MADE BY THE CHARACTERS NOT EVEN INTRODUCED UNTIL NOW????? BFFR.
I know I know Grant wrote it to just play around with the universe some more. But the fact he used to read fan fiction with his wife is really starting to show here. Some things are better left uncannon on ao3.
Anyway, complete let down of an ending, incredibly slow. I'll give it 3 stars because this book was better written than the last one, more like the original gone series, but I did have to give up on annotating because of how much it was boring me and slowing me down. I'm gonna pretend this series ended with light!!!
janeeyre_914716's review against another edition
1.0
Where to begin. I was honestly super excited for this trilogy and yet, by this last book I came out disappointed and by the last 3 or 4 chapters or so, I was bored. I was sooooooooo close to DNF'ing the book, but I didn't want to cause there were some previous cameos of a few Perdido Beach characters show up and I wanted to see what happened to them at the end of this one. And yet, when something that was supposed to be the big reveal of what was really going on and who these "watchers" were, this is what I was really doing and the sheer stupidity of an ending that I wasn't impressed with in all brutal honesty....
yeah, it's a laughing matter and all I could think of by the end which seemed like Michael Grant didn't know how to end this one or just stopped writing or had some kind of block and decided, "Let's just leave it." It had me thinking....
Seriously though, that ending and finale was beyond boring and a repeat of the first two books basically and nothing new. Can we talk about the end and what Ron Swanson there says? What the heck just happened!? That's it!? Are you freaking kidding me? I LOVED the [b:Gone|2536134|Gone (Gone, #1)|Michael Grant|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1357796831l/2536134._SY75_.jpg|2543657]
series sooooooo better than this trilogy which after this so called
ending, I find they weren't that necessary after all again being brutally honest here. However, I did like book two [b:Villain|36039308|Villain (Monster #2)|Michael Grant|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1519419999l/36039308._SY75_.jpg|57966145] but I felt like the titles for books 1 and 2 need to be switched and then we're good to go. Other than that, I cam out disappointed with this spinoff even though I'm glad it gave me an excuse to revisit Perdido Beach and the FAYZ after all these years so at least that was worth it.
Okay, unpopular opinion and if you want to judge me or unfriend me for what I believe in, go for it. But it's how I felt when reading/listening to this spinoff. I found this way too political with some characters and their thoughts and even dialogue like a trans or all the LGBT stuff. As a Christian, I don't support the community but I do RESPECT also I have a gay friend who I absolutely adore despite our views on some things. And yet, I would support someone in the community if they were treated wrongly because they're still human beings. But it's a lifestyle I just don't support, though I do RESPECT like I said. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't mind any of this being in books but to talk about it and make it sound like it's shoving down my throat or mind, I can't do it if it sounds too political because it takes away my own personal reading experience of trying to enjoy a good book and even story.
For example: Cassandra Clare's LGBT characters in her Shadowhunter Chronicles I can handle because they're part of the story and yet she doesn't overdo it. Michael Grant made this too much for me in a political sense and by this last book, it defeated the purpose of the actual story. Cassandra Clare's gay characters I do love and adore, but I felt like Michael Grant made it overly political at some points that didn't have to do with the story, but when he put it in the Gone series, it was like the way Cassandra Clare did it, not overly political. And yet, it seemed like he put it in the trilogy spinoff just to make a statement *eye roll*
So if one is going to make any kind of LGBT character(s), PLEASE do not make it political and just say they're gay or like the same sex and leave it at that and then focus on the story. We get it. You don't have to keep having the character play victim and keep talking about it. Just write the dang story. There, I said it. Make it like Cassandra Clare does and don't make too big of a deal from it.
Other than that political stuff to me, that still would've been a 2 or 2 1/2 star rating if not for the horrific and pathetic ending and the way he ended this one because the first two were the best endings ever and then this one had that one star drop hence it being one star. But if you've read the original series and want to read this trilogy, go for it and READ IT FOR YOURSELF AND FIND OUT IF YOU LIKE IT. By this last book I just had difficulty getting into it and as a story, it was boring, a repeat of book 2 but someone and mutation much worse, the ending was more than lame (understatement) and this finale just sucked compared to the first two.
sorry but not sorry to be that harsh and without the political stuff for me, I'd still rate it one star because of the very last few pages which I can't stop thinking about how stupid it was and trying so hard not to spoil it. If I had known it was going to end the way it did, then yeah, I'd have DNF'd it.....
Which is why I say read it for yourself.