caitcosentino's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
3.6 stars
Definitely my least favorite of the three. I think the missing characters leave a giant gap & the remaining characters aren't likeable enough to carry the story.
I tried to listen to this as an audiobook like the other ones, but the voice actor they used for grown-up Eva was intolerable.
Definitely my least favorite of the three. I think the missing characters leave a giant gap & the remaining characters aren't likeable enough to carry the story.
I tried to listen to this as an audiobook like the other ones, but the voice actor they used for grown-up Eva was intolerable.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Murder, and War
laviskrg's review against another edition
1.0
Finally finished with this steaming pile of shit. Next step: eliminate this trilogy from my shelf all the while cursing that the precious little queens of Goodreads receive free books (most of them cancer like this one) and gush all over them for publicity and due to a total lack of honour and backbone while I will never, ever see one cent back of the money wasted on this retarded collection of words.
This trilogy started out fine, quite good, actually. I was never a fan of the dialogue / script / interview style, I think that one book and one book alone has done it properly, and that book is "World War Z", which this filth tries to piggyback on. But in the first installment of this series, it actually worked and we weren't assaulted with screams and curses and cheap commentary every couple of pages.
The second book turned soapy and sappy and tried to up the drama bu murdering a lot of....faceless, nameless people. No, I am not impressed by mass elimination because I give no fucks about humanity. I really don't. The only way I will ever feel anything for merciless wipe-out is if it is engulfed in a moving, well-structured, dense story. This shit wasn't any of the aforementioned things.
This shit was a nerdy author self-insert-centered wannabe sci-fi masturbation, drama and secret bratty kids included. It featured the most boring robots ever, the most pathetically Buddhist aliens with the lamest excuse ever, the most unsatisfying extraterrestrial planet, the largest density of geniuses and special snowflakes who are also simpletons, valley girls and lame cunts, all at the same time, a pretty respectable quantity of Mary Sue/Gary Stu/spesh saviour characters and the worst way to write action scenes EVER fucking seen in literature, aka through screams, grunts, "words" like aaaaaaaargh, ugh, aaaaaaaaa (I am not kidding, I mean, to call this insulting is to barely scratch the surface).
And the third book, this one, the one I am writing a review for was the celebration of all that was rancid and bad and insulting in the previous installments, minus anything that was good, and a half-assed attempt at the metaphor of discrimination, racism, anti-Muslim propaganda, concentration camps and the emotional instability of warmongering countries. Sure, the metaphor is nice but one needs a sizable IQ to properly feature it within a story. No intelligence, control of language, originality or literary ability were found in this case, so we have the Themis files, an insult to SciFi and literature at the same time.
The first book was rejected 50 times, and this was the best one of the series. Finally, it got accepted and set the rest of this mess in motion, which proves that at the end of the day, shit will always float.
This trilogy started out fine, quite good, actually. I was never a fan of the dialogue / script / interview style, I think that one book and one book alone has done it properly, and that book is "World War Z", which this filth tries to piggyback on. But in the first installment of this series, it actually worked and we weren't assaulted with screams and curses and cheap commentary every couple of pages.
The second book turned soapy and sappy and tried to up the drama bu murdering a lot of....faceless, nameless people. No, I am not impressed by mass elimination because I give no fucks about humanity. I really don't. The only way I will ever feel anything for merciless wipe-out is if it is engulfed in a moving, well-structured, dense story. This shit wasn't any of the aforementioned things.
This shit was a nerdy author self-insert-centered wannabe sci-fi masturbation, drama and secret bratty kids included. It featured the most boring robots ever, the most pathetically Buddhist aliens with the lamest excuse ever, the most unsatisfying extraterrestrial planet, the largest density of geniuses and special snowflakes who are also simpletons, valley girls and lame cunts, all at the same time, a pretty respectable quantity of Mary Sue/Gary Stu/spesh saviour characters and the worst way to write action scenes EVER fucking seen in literature, aka through screams, grunts, "words" like aaaaaaaargh, ugh, aaaaaaaaa (I am not kidding, I mean, to call this insulting is to barely scratch the surface).
And the third book, this one, the one I am writing a review for was the celebration of all that was rancid and bad and insulting in the previous installments, minus anything that was good, and a half-assed attempt at the metaphor of discrimination, racism, anti-Muslim propaganda, concentration camps and the emotional instability of warmongering countries. Sure, the metaphor is nice but one needs a sizable IQ to properly feature it within a story. No intelligence, control of language, originality or literary ability were found in this case, so we have the Themis files, an insult to SciFi and literature at the same time.
The first book was rejected 50 times, and this was the best one of the series. Finally, it got accepted and set the rest of this mess in motion, which proves that at the end of the day, shit will always float.
bbboeken's review against another edition
3.0
***1/2
Nice enough ending, but a bit too much 'Hollywood' to my liking. Loved the series though, and endings *are* difficult.
Nice enough ending, but a bit too much 'Hollywood' to my liking. Loved the series though, and endings *are* difficult.
sillypunk's review against another edition
4.0
Good, but a bit stressful and some of the themes I find a bit depressing: https://blogendorff.com/2018/07/16/book-review-only-human/
tms98's review against another edition
4.0
Eindelijk het einde van deze verrassende trilogie. Het laatste boek had nog heel wat verrassende plotwendingen waardoor het boek niet was wat verwacht werd, maar dit maakt het net interessanter.
pondojames's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ejsanders2's review against another edition
5.0
This book wasn’t as action packed and thrilling as the first two books. But honestly, I still loved every minute of it. Sylvain Neuvel is one of the most creative authors I have ever read. Sci-fi isn’t something I usually like and yet I LOVED this series. If you haven’t picked this up you need to!
snapweed's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
eddiemoy's review against another edition
3.0
The series was terrific and I greatly enjoyed the premise and story over the 3 novels.
The 3rd book in the trilogy was something I was looking forward to...but the built up anticipation and excitement kind of melted away as I worked through the first half. Maybe I was looking for more robot fights and more exploration and discovery. There were definitely some of that in the latter half of the book, but it was a slow crawl to a fast and satisfying finish. Sometimes you don't want a book to finish, but the slow pace at the beginning had me yearning to get to the end with the hope there would be more action and just to get the story over with.
Nonetheless, the series was enjoyable.
The 3rd book in the trilogy was something I was looking forward to...but the built up anticipation and excitement kind of melted away as I worked through the first half. Maybe I was looking for more robot fights and more exploration and discovery. There were definitely some of that in the latter half of the book, but it was a slow crawl to a fast and satisfying finish. Sometimes you don't want a book to finish, but the slow pace at the beginning had me yearning to get to the end with the hope there would be more action and just to get the story over with.
Nonetheless, the series was enjoyable.
aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
4.0
Probs my fave of the series. The buildup throughout was very good. A decent ending as well although not my favorite ending. I listened to the audio, and I think the narrator choice for Eva was off for me. Wish the person for Eva was more consistent with the narration of her in the second book because the new voice really threw me off the whole book.
Super easy and entertaining sci fi for those who don't read a lot of it (me I don't read a lot of sci fi haha).
Super easy and entertaining sci fi for those who don't read a lot of it (me I don't read a lot of sci fi haha).