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Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions (The Bern Saga #3)
by
Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author)
It's been ten years since Molly last set foot on her birth planet, and this isn't how she'd imagined her homecoming. The sky is full of an invading fleet, one powerful enough to threaten the entire galaxy. The new family she has come to rely on -- her crew of alien misfits and runaways -- are scattered in three directions. As they struggle to reunite, events beyond their c...more
Paperback, 362 pages
Published
June 1st 2010
by Broad Reach Publishing
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May 22, 2013
J.L. Dobias
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Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions(The Bern Saga Book 3) by Hugh Howey
When I choose a book I don't choose by cover- although the covers sometimes are pretty to the eye. I rarely choose by the blurb or any small amount torn out for advertisement purposes. I chose often by reading whatever samples I can get. Usually while in a book store I can get as many pages in as I have time to loiter. On line I can get what they offer. I detest when they drop pages from that sample-I've no idea what that ac...more
When I choose a book I don't choose by cover- although the covers sometimes are pretty to the eye. I rarely choose by the blurb or any small amount torn out for advertisement purposes. I chose often by reading whatever samples I can get. Usually while in a book store I can get as many pages in as I have time to loiter. On line I can get what they offer. I detest when they drop pages from that sample-I've no idea what that ac...more
The space odyssey continues, only this time Molly and Cole are split up, with Cole in Hyperspace.
This book was weird for me. I didn't like the split very much. There is a plot line in the background with Walter that's unnerving and not resolved during this book. In fact, I would go so far as to say that I didn't like the Molly part very much. In this book she was always constantly at the edge of dying or something. No reprieve. The pacing was torturous for me in that way. I had to put it down a...more
This book was weird for me. I didn't like the split very much. There is a plot line in the background with Walter that's unnerving and not resolved during this book. In fact, I would go so far as to say that I didn't like the Molly part very much. In this book she was always constantly at the edge of dying or something. No reprieve. The pacing was torturous for me in that way. I had to put it down a...more
This one killed me. The suspense was awful. I read it all the way through just to see how it would end and I was still left hanging. Naturally, I will be buying the next one very shortly after reviewing this. Molly Fyde has become one of my favorite series.
I struggled through this book more than the other two just because it upset me how many obstacles Molly and Cole had to go through. It is the middle book, so I guess I understand the need for the connection to the end and maybe there is a rea...more
Just finished it, squeezing in this review before I read the next one.
Book 2 ended and it was too late that night for me to immediately start reading this one.
I mean
So the next day I went straight at it, and started reading. And it started off like the previous one had ended:
Now, the whole book has kept me on edge.
I went from angry to disappointed to raging mad to laughing hysterically to almost crying. So many emotions. Hugh Howey is a MASTER for writing human characters. EVEN IF THEY ARE A...more
Book 2 ended and it was too late that night for me to immediately start reading this one.
I mean
So the next day I went straight at it, and started reading. And it started off like the previous one had ended:
Now, the whole book has kept me on edge.
I went from angry to disappointed to raging mad to laughing hysterically to almost crying. So many emotions. Hugh Howey is a MASTER for writing human characters. EVEN IF THEY ARE A...more
Ah...Molly Fyde should be the YA hero of the year...This series is so much more interesting than vampires and zombies. She portrays a strong independent young woman with values, and I love that. The entire series is well written, with action that keeps the pages turning. I could never find a stopping point! And the supporting characters are all fully fleshed out and credible, and I had strong feelings about each of them! (Dang Walter!) I loved the Wool series so I was familiar with Hugh's writin...more
This series keeps getting better with each book. The Blood of Billions is no exception. This is easily the best one I have read thus far. In this story, the plot of the whole series really starts to solidify. We finally start to find out what is really going on in the universe. We get our first real look into who the Bern are and who the Bern Seer really is. We get to visit Hyperspace and find out what Hyperspace really is, and we get to find out what fusion fuel is made from and get a basic ide...more
3.5 stars. The story was good but it was easy to put down unlike other Howey novels. I found Cole's story to be confusing at around the 50% mark when he was making his escape and there were a few instances in both Cole's and Molly's story lines where they left off in one place and came back in another. I found myself wondering if I had missed something or somehow skipped ahead. The Admiral's character did not ring true to me and I could not set that feeling aside for the rest of the book. "Too m...more
I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first two books. It was still good, but a big part of what was fun about the first two books was how the team was built and then how the team worked together. The team was split into 3 parts in this book, which meant three different plot lines, and it never really felt like they came together. The book, like the team, seemed fragmented.
I'll read the next one, because it seemed like things were getting ready to converge in this book, but if it's still fragm...more
I'll read the next one, because it seemed like things were getting ready to converge in this book, but if it's still fragm...more
I had a real hard time getting through Blood of Billions. One of the few things that urged me on was that I wanted to get through it to get to the fourth book so I could finish it up.
It's a bit sad. I like the world that Howey has constructed, the plot is solid and engaging. The writing is lackluster though (and the Kindle version had the hyphenation "baked in" so many words throughout the book are hyphenated when they shouldn't be).
I'm on to the fourth book, but I can't say that I'll be recomme...more
It's a bit sad. I like the world that Howey has constructed, the plot is solid and engaging. The writing is lackluster though (and the Kindle version had the hyphenation "baked in" so many words throughout the book are hyphenated when they shouldn't be).
I'm on to the fourth book, but I can't say that I'll be recomme...more
This is mostly three stars, but two stars for a particular issue: the crew of the Parsona are separated for the entire book and the 3rd person limited narration changes each chapter. I have been reading a lot of those types of YA books lately (Ridley Pearson especially) and I'm a little impatient with the mechanic. If it weren't for that - the ensemble cast and shifting narrations - I would have liked this better. The characters continue to grow and develop, being tested to the edges of their ab...more
With every book this series gets better and better. When I first heard of the series I was not that excited because it is about a young female character, and I am neither young nor female. As I read it though, I have grown to like the characters quite a bit. I also love the sci-fi concepts that Hugh Howey presents in these novels. Sometimes I have to put the book down and think about physics or math for a few minutes, one of the marks of a good sci-fi book.
Enjoyed this book. Collects the loose ends and set every thing up for the last book. Starts a little slow but picks up quickly then moves right along. The author does a good job of juggleing all the people in the story who are in differnt locations. Now just waiting for the final book. Authors say he is shoting for December his publisher say January. hope it December
yours James
yours James
A bit harder to get through than the earlier Molly Fyde books. The book sometimes speeds up, while at other times ventures in too many sideways. Also more violent. Molly definitely has grown up very quickly in the span of several months. Loved the description/explanation of hyperspace and the nature of fusion fuel.
Just love this character, Molly Fyde, with all her faults and bravado. Sometimes the story gets to be a little too much in detail when some things could be said more concisely and to the point, but the plot is fun and the multitude of characters intriguing. Feels like you're along for the ride, at times you wish you were so you could slap a couple the characters upside the head when they do dumb stuff :-) Then again, that's what makes those particular characters charmingly-annoying...their perso...more
There was something about this third Molly Fyde book that just didn't do it for me. Maybe it's the fact that all our heroes are spread out across the galaxy? They are great when they're all together, but not so much when they're apart. And the character Walter is super annoying, but I suspect he's meant to be. Still looking forward to part 4.
Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions is just as good as the first two! It's a bit more confusing and science-fictiony, and the ending seemed to forshadow an end to the series that makes me cringe. But it was still exciting--I couldn't put it down! Be prepared though . . . the good guys have a rough go of things this time around. It's The Empire Strikes Back of the Molly Fyde stories.
On to number 4!
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The best book in the series so far, mainly because it feels less like a novel for young readers than the first two. More moral dilemmas, more character development, although I have to say that the main characters are still somewhat one dimensional. Entertaining, though, and surprisingly gory.
Another great read from Mr. Howey. After reading the first three in the series I need to carefully back away since I've been loosing way to much sleep. I'm reading Middlemarch just to get some rest!
very exciting and hard to put down! but those cliffhangers were nagging me, and for those who thought this was a standard "young adult" fare, it gets really gory. I mean - REALLY gory.
I love Hugh Howey. I believe he is one of the prolific authors of our time. I will say out of the WOOL series, I, Zombie, and the first three Bern Saga novels, The Blood of Billions was perhaps the least good. not that it was NOT good, it was, I just found it to be a bit slower and almost as if the plot was being forced out. Still, that is my only criticism. As with his other works, the settings, situations, and characters are vivid and enthralling. I can't wait to read the next in the series. I...more
This was a lot slower than the first few, and contained far fewer settings and stories, despite much greater length. It was still enjoyable.
I would give this 3.5 stars but couldn't. I liked parts of this book, but other parts definitely didn't flow well for me, but I am ready to go onto to the next book to see how things work out.
Another great book in the series! I find myself not wanting to finish for fear that it will all be over!!!!
Shockingly bad compared to the first books. Just one overly long, boring, pointless, obvious-ending fight after another.
This 3rd instalment was not as riveting as the first two books, perhaps because the 3 main characters were never together but each had their own separate storyline.
I got slightly lost in all the space talk (especially during the first part of the book) but really enjoyed the elaboration about the Wadi, where fusion fuel comes from and what (where) hyperspace is.
Eventhough this one was a little bit of a let-down I will still read the last instalment in this series as Hugh Howey has a way of captu...more
I got slightly lost in all the space talk (especially during the first part of the book) but really enjoyed the elaboration about the Wadi, where fusion fuel comes from and what (where) hyperspace is.
Eventhough this one was a little bit of a let-down I will still read the last instalment in this series as Hugh Howey has a way of captu...more
I quite enjoyed book three. It was like the 'Empire Strikes Back' of the series, breaking up the heroes and throwing them into different perilous situations, but all tied together. It leaves me eager to get started with the fourth installment.
I enjoyed the first two books a lot, but found that the story quality dropped significantly in the third.
Just love this series!
The first two Molly Fyde books were very good. This one was a bit of a disappointment. It was too long and drawn out; and it had way too much unnecessary blood and gore. I skimmed some parts because they went on and on and on and were not important to the story. I hope the 4th and final book is better and of the same caliber as the first two.
May 20, 2012
Laura Dixon
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finished this several days ago; forgot to mark it finished. Molly Fyde series is just fine, but my money is still on the Wool series. Guess i like distopia more than heroic teens in space.
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I'm the author of WOOL, a top 5 science fiction book on Amazon. I also wrote the Molly Fyde saga, a tale of a teenager from the 25th century who is repeatedly told that girls can't do certain things -- and then does them anyway.
A theme in my books is the celebration of overcoming odds and of not allowing the cruelty of the universe to change who you are in the process. Most of them are classified...more
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A theme in my books is the celebration of overcoming odds and of not allowing the cruelty of the universe to change who you are in the process. Most of them are classified...more
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