The Bar Code Prophecy

Bar Code #3

by Suzanne Weyn

Grace lives a normal life. She goes to school during the day, and works part-time at the multinational corporation Global-1. She has a crush on a boy named Eric and wonders if he feels the same way. And when she turns seventeen, she's going to get a bar code tattoo.

Her world seems very peaceful and predictable.

But then it explodes.

As soon as Grace gets the bar code tattoo, she comes home to find her family gone and Global-1 police swarming all over the place. In a split second, her life changes. Now she's on the run, part of a dark conspiracy and an extraordinary prophecy that will change the world forever.

We have doomed ourselves.
We have deluded ourselves.
We must save ourselves.

The bar code prophecy.

Genres: Dystopia, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Adventure, Fantasy

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Suzanne Weyn grew up in Williston Park, Long Island, New York. She has three sisters and a brother. As a girl, she was very interested in theatre and in reading. Louisa May Alcott was her favorite author, but she also read every Sherlock Holmes story. Suzanne lived pretty close to the ocean and going to Jones Beach was one of her favorite activities. Even today, if she goes too long without seeing the ocean, she starts feeling restless.

Suzanne now lives in upper New York State with her husband, two teen daughters and Abby the cat. Her house is at the edge of the woods and is nearly 200 years old. She graduated from State University of New York at Binghamton and received her master's degree from Pace University. She teaches part-time at City College in New York.

Suzanne's other books for Simon Pulse include South Beach Sizzle, a romantic comedy written with Diana Gonzalez. Her novels for the Simon Pulse line "Once Upon a Time" are The Night Dance: A Retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, Water Song: A Retelling of the Frog Prince, and The Crimson Thread: A Retelling of Rumplestiltskin. She very much enjoys rethinking these classic tales from an original point of view, always looking for the real psychological underpinning of the story. Suzanne is currently doing revisions on her fourth book in the line, which will be coming in 2009.

Suzanne's other recent novels are include The Bar Code Tattoo (2004) and its sequel, The Bar Code Rebellion (2006). The Bar Code Tattoo was selected by the American Library Assoc. (ALA) as a 2005 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and was a 2007 Nevada Library nominee for Best Young Adult Fiction. It is currently translated into German and was nominated for the 2007 Jugenliteraturpreis for Young People's Literature.

Reviews

[Kristy Sartain · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think Weyn should have stopped with the Bar Code Rebellion. This book didn't make much sense and didn't tie any loose ends from the first one. Some of it was quite a stretch. Hopi prophecies that predict the Bar Code Tattoo disaster? Maybe the kids that read these books will make that leap, but I couldn't. I literally rolled my eyes.

I didn't like that Grace so readily accepted Decode's explanation after fighting it so long. It didn't fit into her "don't buck the system" attitude. And the most popular boy in school is all of a sudden on assignment to look out for her? I ended up asking more questions that were answered. During the last few chapters, I kept telling myself there must be another book coming. There's no way it will end with only a few pages left.
But it did.
And it was way too tidy and way too vague.

The Bar Code prophecy had similar action and characters as the first two, but there are lots of loopholes that leave more confusion than anything.

[Rusty's Ghost Engine (also known as.......... Jinky Spring) · Rating 2 out of 5]

After the first two books I was kinda looking forward to this but...

...these were my reactions on finishing.

I think there was just too much squeezed into this and not nearly enough explanation. Like all those Hopi prophecies? Seriously. I really thought they should have at least gone deeper into that legend in the first book about "the natural course of evolution". But noooo.

I've gotta say disappointing would be a bit of an understatement for something like this.The only thing I can't decide on is whether to give this one or two stars...

I've pretty much got nothing more to add, the pictures say it all!

[Cara Ledet · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book, but at the same time I didn't. I think this book was a tiny bit better then the last two, simply because Kayla was no longer the main character. Oh, how I loath Kayla. Grace was a good character, maybe not fleshed out enough, but better then Kayla, that's for sure. Eric was also a better character then Zeke, and Mfumbe put together (was there a reason that Zeke and Nedra were never featured in this book? I mean, come on! Zeke was in love with Kayla, and Nedra was a spokesperson… what happened?)

3.5 o 3.6 stars? Who knowssss

I guess when I thought that they had completely defeated Global 1 in the last book, I was WRONG... like, really wrong. I wasn't expecting seeing the bar code makes it's appearance like that in the third installment.

There were so many parts in the book that were SUPPOSED to surprise you, ie: Eric being apart of decode, Grace being adopted, AND being half-sisters with the girl who looks like her mother, Kayla... But even with all those "twists" I was just thinking, "oh.... ok." that's it. There was no moment when I was like, "oh my gosh... this changes everything!!!!" The truth is, I really just didn't care too much. The more I read it, the more I found that the sentences didn't flow well, and the prose was just... weird. Awkward, even.

I even managed to find a typo on page FIVE! Here it is: "So are you are you up for the tattoo or is it banging you out?" and have I mentioned how it's pretty annoying when they say "banged out" or "final-level" no? Well it is.

I'll still never get used to the telepathy or the shamans or the sextuplet clone things from the last books, and just adding yet another crazy/weird thing in the mix (the prophecy)? It just downgrades the whole series for me.

I love rock climbing, so when it was introduced in the beginning of the book, with Eric and Grace, I was excited! Then, it wasn't really mentioned in the book after that... except when Grace and Eric had to scale down a dark passageway/hole thing at the end. But then Eutonah and Eric's uncle showed up, saying "we just found another passageway in her, just by scaling the mountain side.." wow, that just kinda ruined it.

I was shipped Grace and Eric at the beginning (when Grace mentioned she had a crush on him) then as the book went on, the more bored I got. There wasn't too much romance two kissed and one declaration of love that made me face-palm... because, yet again, another couple in this series says they love each other just so quickly, that it doesn't really seem like they mean it too much. I was getting a lot of Kayla deja vu: how Kayla said "I love you Zeke," at the beginning of the book, and then "I love you Mfumbe" towards the end. But if I had to say which couple I like best, it would have to be Grace/Eric over Kayla/Mfumbe or Kayla/anyone ever.

(Grace > Kayla
Eric > Zeke + Mfumbe)
But even though I say this... all the characters are still pretty bland... like, all around, not fleshed-out enough.

At the end I was starting to think that there must have been a forth book, when I was only, 6-ish pages away from the end of the book... But then it ended. Yes. That quickly. That was probably the ONLY thing that surprised me during the entire book.

And to wrap this all up, here are some MORE flaws in the book:
Also, why would Decode send out Grace as a postman, all alone, in the big wide world, when the global 1 police were already after her? Where's the logic in that, huh?
If Eutonah was "projecting" herself (you know, with her mind?) then how could she touch people (holding Grace and Eric's hands) or things, (like opening up a door, and handing then the vr-thingy)?

[Theresa Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review:
I received this ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I have to say, I was very pleasantly surprised by this book. Its pretty short, only about 200 pages, but a very exciting read. The story is of a 17 year old girl, who lives about 20 or so years in the future, where a huge company has designed bar codes for every person to have. The barcodes have all your personal information, your genes, your intelligence level, etc. But also, they inset little nanobots to track your whereabouts and even kill you if they want.

Anyways, there is this prophesy that something crazy bad will happen to the earth due to what we humans have done to the earth. I really liked the way the author incorporated current events (the BP oil spill in 2010, and the current hysteria about the Mayan calendar saying the world will end in 2012…)

So you follow this 17 year old girl, Grace, as she tries to save her family and basically save the world.

The whole romance thing was so far in the background, that when they professed their love for each other I was very surprised… I thought there wouldn’t be a romance… bec it was nonexistent throughout the book.

I liked Grace, she was a pretty good heroine, and Eric (the love interest) was a cool guy. But like I said, their interactions were pretty few and far between. Maybe because the book was just too short.

Anyways, overall it was an exciting, fast read. I think it could have been better… but still was enjoyable.

*I have to add, that I didn’t realize until I was about to upload my review, that this is actually the THIRD book in a series!!! Maybe I should go back to read the first 2 books to get a better feel for this. Despite that, I didn’t feel like I was lacking in anything reading this book without the first two.
Rating: 4 stars.

[Audrey Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting book that talks about the end of the world. Similar to Weyn's other two books in the series, the ending is very rushed and feels forced. I miss the beautiful details we got in the beginning of the book. A quick paced adventurous book for some light reading.

[Ava Geier · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. I stayed up late every night reading the 3rd and final book of The Bar Code series.

[Emma Rosloff · Rating 2 out of 5]

Apparently this is the 3rd installment in a series?? I had no idea when I picked it up at the library. I guess I could've looked it up on Goodreads, but I saw no reason to until it was done.

She could've fooled me. Her protagonist was brand new, behaving in a very "first-book" fashion. I actually really liked the worldbuilding (which is usually my biggest problem with books like these) -- she clearly knows something about the state of the world and technology. But her prose was mediocre, riddled with poor writing choices that I would never have let fly as an editor.

Her biggest crime were her dialogue tags. Things like "Grace confirmed", "Eric guessed" that would needlessly describe the dialogue after the fact. She did this all the time, enough to set my teeth grinding. Or she'd fall back on the dreaded adverb "Eric remarked angrily" "Katie smiled softly". Hasn't she ever heard the term "Show don't tell?"

That was my problem with her book on the whole -- her prose. So much of it was just telling us what was happening with generic or weak descriptors that the book never came alive for me. The plot could've been engrossing, but on a tension scale of 1 - 10 she never went past 5, and was usually at about a 3 or 4.

Her concept and worldbuilding were pretty sound and that's rare in YA Dystopian. I give her 2 stars for that. But this book fell short in so many ways that I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with anything in their TBR pile. I can't attest for the first two books, but I don't think I'll be reading them anytime soon.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

Title: The Bar Code Prophecy (Bar Code Tattoo book 3)
Author: Suzanne Weyn
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
Setting: United States, 2025
Characters: Grace, Eric, Eutonah, Mfumbe, Katie
Major Themes: Dangers of technology, danger of misusing natural resources

Brief Summary: Young Grace was just about to turn seventeen and get the bar code tattoo; a tattoo containing your bank information, identification, genetic code, and more. Despite the advice of a close friend Eric, Grace went ahead and got the tattoo. After getting it, a doctor at her job appeared horrified, and told Grace to go home as fast as she could. When she got home, she found her family gone and police swarming the house. The police spotted Grace and started chasing her, until she was snatched up and pulled into the back of a tractor-trailer truck by Mfumbe and Katie, infamous anti-Global-1 activists. It was then that Grace began her life as a girl on the run.

My thoughts: The book was a good short read, and the time difference between the publication of the second book in the series and this book helped accentuate the difference in time and change in characters between the two. Neither this book nor the second book was as good as the first book in the series, but it was an entertaining read to end the series.

[Annie Duong · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a favorite book of mine and I'll tell you why. The book was most definitely boring. It's about a girl who finds out she's adopted and suppose to be a part of a big prophecy. It was not exciting as I think it should be. I thinks she should turn herself in or do something besides sit around whining while someone else take care of the problem for her. So what if she is adopted? So what if she's the daughter of the inventor of the barcode?

The book was not a good trilogy ending. I honestly don't recommend this book unless you want to be bord out of our mind. Most books the main character is a victim and some cases a very clueless idiotic victim. Many books like this are the same like this one, the main character is an special person or an anomaly and she falls in love.

This is a book I would (only) recommend to a 5th grader who has poor choice in books. This book isn't special or amazing it is simple ordinary or below ordinary. I don't find the characters very interesting or out of the ordinary Grace and Eric are normal teenagers with information and that's all.

[Zakiya Sanford]

This book was a very interesting book alot of adventures.

[Allyson E · Rating 5 out of 5]

Grace Morrow is almost seventeen. That means that soon, she will get the bar code tattoo; but it is completely safe now, no more nanobots, no more genetic codes, just personal information that banks, insurance companies, and other places need for identification. She works as a receptionist at one of the millions of Global-1 buildings in the world. She really likes climbing rock walls, especially since Eric Chaca works at the place. Eric was Olympic bound for his rock climbing skills. He also is interested in the Decode operation, trying to get Grace in to it too. Little do they know, when Grace gets the tattoo, both of their worlds will forever be changed. Whether it is a good thing or a bad thing is up for them to decide.
The Bar Code Prophecy takes place in the United States, 2025-2026. President Loudon Waters is still in office, despite the efforts made to convict him of several felonies against humanity involving the bar code tattoos. The sun is getting excruciatingly hot, a meteor gets a little too close to Earth, almost all satellite signals are gone. Is this the end of the world? Is there anything that can help? A prophecy.
The Bar Code Prophecy is the third and final book in the Bar Code series. In order to understand this book, reading the first two books definitely helps. I absolutely loved the first two books, so naturally I came into reading this one with very high expectations. So I can say that I really loved this book as well. I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves science fiction and/or Dystopian fiction - as I do. I like how the author made realistic emotions and reactions in characters to certain situations, instead of everyone immediately trusting and liking complete strangers, for example. This was mainly shown in Grace, which I really admired because of how throughout the story, she was constantly thrown into completely new elements by other characters. As well as how she was constantly having conflicting thoughts between what she already knew and new found information. Many of the characters could be very relatable at times, which makes me like any book even more. ***SPOILERS*** One thing I did not like about the book, was toward the end, where Suzanne Weyn seemed to be pushing her luck for trying to add as many natural disasters as possible, to almost over-emphasize the fact that the world was ending. Along with this, some scenes seemed a little over dramatic making it predictable.
One of the main ideas in this book was change. Obviously most of this book would not be a good example of realistic change, because it was mainly written for entertainment purposes. However, the emotions and reactions of Grace during this change is fairly realistic, given the circumstances. It shows how people can deal with change and how change does not have to be or cause the loss of anyone, whether that be by death or an ending of a relationship. In fact, it can do just the opposite: building and forming new relationships. Change can seem like the worst thing that could have happened when life was going so smoothly, according to plan with a daily routine. It can make everything you thought you knew so confusing and frustrating, just wanting definite answers. “In the near-dark, she looked at her wrist, tried to make out the details of the Bar Code. But they were as unreadable as anything else about her life. Other people might know the truth of it, but she didn’t,” (Weyn 49). But no matter how much we try to avoid it, change is inevitable for anyone and everyone. It can often make you feel empty inside like you have nothing to offer because it has taken everything from you. “Why do I feel like I’m never coming back here? It was such a strange sensation, this instinct. But it felt like certainty. When I get home, everything will be better, she told herself. But those words also felt hollow, as if she already knew better,” (Weyn 46). So we are going to have to learn how to deal with it somehow and try to make the best out of it so we are not suffering all the time. Nothing is guaranteed, all you can do is try.

[Gold Dust · Rating 4 out of 5]

The third book in the series features a different girl as the main character. It is based on the real Hopi prophecies, which I learned about from the End of Days book by Sylvia Browne. Since this book is based on those prophecies, you would think that it would go into more detail about the full list of prophecies, but it only briefly mentioned three (105). Like the other books in the series, this one is simplistic and barebones, but still worthwhile for a middle schooler to read.

The book uses fracking as the reason the universe is in peril (110). I think it’s unrealistic to blame fracking for any peril beyond Earth. But I still appreciate that the book informs young readers about fracking.

The barcode still exists in this book, but employers and insurance companies can no longer see it (42). Now instead of Global-1 killing people with the barcode, they just track people. And it is still required for adults to buy and sell.

This book has the inventor of the bar code tattoo turn against the agenda to barcode everyone (44). Reminded me of Dr. Robert Malone, inventor of the MRNA technology in covid vaccines who spoke out against the forced vaccination of everyone.

Quotes I liked:
“Genetics was what Global-1 was all about. It had started as a company that made hybrid food and grew to one that made animal clones for meat production. Now it was trying to make hybrid people. And it was doing everything in its power to control the population, just as they had cornered the market on the world’s food supply. We’re just a product to them, like cattle” (83).
“We all do what Global-1 wants us to do, live the way they say, believe what their commercials and TV news want us to believe. It’s set up so that they can get richer and greedier and more powerful by the day. And all the while they destroy the planet we inhabit and make our lives smaller” (130). Just replace Global-1 with Big Pharma.

Quote I didn’t like:
Mfumbe: “I was taught in Bible class that the world would never again be destroyed by flood like it was back in Noah’s ark times.”
Kayla: “It’s not destroyed.”
Eutonah: “It’s just been given a second chance” (201).
By that logic, the world was also given a second chance in Noah’s time too.

Mistake by the author:
Eutonah is supposed to travel around in spirit while in prison, but she’s somehow able to lift objects in this form, which shouldn’t be possible (102).

[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Set in the year 2025, “The Bar Code Prophecy” begins with Global-1 creating a second- generation bar code containing generic information but with no nanobots. President Loudon Waters denying the allegations against him is still in power and David Young the leader of Decode has gone underground after being released from prison. In this environment Grace Morrow whose father works in maintenance at GlobalHelix a division of the multi-national corporation has not only accepted a summer job there but is excited when she gets her bar code after her seventeenth birthday.

Infatuated with Eric Chaca a Native American pre-Olympic rock climber and a “Postman” in the resistance who works at the climbing center where she works out, Grace is soon swept up in the intrigue of the anti-code opposition when she discovers she’s adopted, her biological father Dr. Harriman the inventor of the tattoo; her family’s missing; and that Global-1 is harbouring secrets foretold in a prophecy that could destroy the world.

Intensity and suspense in this well-written, fast-paced short story mounts as Grace searches for her adopted family after saving Dr. Harriman from the clutches of Global-1 while working with Eric, Kayla Reed, Mfumba Tayor and the Decode organization not only to uncover the Corporation’s plans but to understand the impact of a native prophecy before the two collide. Skillfully Suzanne Weyn breaks the rising tension with the ups and downs in the romance blossoming between Eric and Grace especially when she feels betrayed after discovering his deception.

Woven into this page-turning thrill-ride are familiar faces like the resourceful and brave clone Kayla Reed (K-1); her steadfast and selfless boyfriend Mfumba Taylor; the loyal and smart science whiz Allison Minor; and Jack Kelly, the clever computer hacker and creative genius. Completing this wonderfully multi-faceted and compelling host of characters is the stubborn, gutsy and forgiving Grace Morrow; the shy, agile and candid Eric Chaca; as well as the highly intelligent, deceived and remorseful Dr. Jonathan Harriman.

Although the story could have been more detailed and expanded in areas, I thoroughly enjoyed “The Bar Code Prophecy” the third book in a science fiction series filled with mystery, romance and intrigue.

[Chance Hansen · Rating 1 out of 5]

(This is a long one But It's broken up a little.)
This book is rough there are some issues I can't turn a blind eye to. I still remember how I felt about the other two. I really liked The Bar Code Tattoo and the Bar Code Rebellion was weird but all right. I actually went into this book knowing it was going to different. But not this different. (More on a theory later.)
I first want to comment on the cover. I can believe that the girl is Grace it make sense but that is not Eric. Technically the book says specifically that he has hair that he is combing his fingers through.
(Sure you could say that it's Mfumbe who I can actually picture as but then's not Kayla if she was on the cover of her own two books.)
The Story
I really like the beginning of this book and some new gimmicks that were introduced early on such as rock wall climbing, free running, missing parents, and the fear of global 1's grasp but before you even get to the introduction of free running the story introduces problems.
Problem 1 This story has too many directions and it can't balance the all at the same time.
This story really disregards a lot that happens though out the book. Free running? Done and gone, rock climbing is disregarded after that, strangely enough even Global 1's desperation disappears half way though the book.
Problem #2 The prophecy part of this story is useless and so was Grace.(Might I add the resistance conceited her useless to.)
Allow me to explain. If Grace was so important to destroy Global-1 why did they make her a deliveryman to send information without backup. She suppose to be hiding from the cops and cloned drones with laser guns.
Through the entire book Grace is a go with the flow character and her actions and decision don't really matter.
Problem #3 The meteorite
When it is almost confirmed that the meteorite is going to crash on earth it is said to crash on (Texas?) But then it is almost confirmed to be hitting the ocean while only being a running theory.
Problem #4 Constant Questions (Man do I have issues with this book.)
Honestly I was starting to wonder if Grace was just repeating some of the same questions chapter after chapter because I already knew the answer to the question before they had to ask.
Problem #5 Some small Irks though the book
Personally the Swing-lo could have had a better name. (Not major but it's name bothered Pascha.)
I love how they had to mountain climb down into the cave but a couple pages later Chief Russel and Eutonah walk in though a side entrance.
Might I add that isn't it incredibly odd that when Eutonah is having that out of body experience she can also carry stuff. (She actually unlocks a door for our two young hero's.)(No hologram concept I've ever seen.)
(Although I haven't seen/read Twilight Grace seriously gives me a Bella vibe which comes to my theory)
My theory
Maybe because it took six years between book two and book three. (Which if this book went the two years along would have been released alongside the movie Twilight.) I think a natural inspiration from that movie sneaked into this book for the next four year of production.

[LilyU · Rating 2 out of 5]

I chose to read THE BAR CODE PROPHECY by Suzanne Weyn. This book mostly takes place at the school and the Multinational Corporation Global-1. The main character is Grace, a sixteen year old girl that has a crush on another character Eric. Other characters in the book are her adoptive family and her biological father.
The year is 2025 and Grace is prepared to get a bar code tattoo on her seventeenth birthday. After she gets her tattoo, she finds out her adoptive family is missing, so she goes to try and find them. Global-1 organization is up to no good, so they are trying to get it shut down.
Overall, I think this book was kind of boring, but it was still fairly interesting. My favorite part was the romance between Grace and Eric. If you like reading books that are taken place in the future, then you might enjoy reading this one,

[Sky · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was completely unnecessary lol. This series was better as duology for me, this installment did very little to add to the story we already knew and that would have ended just fine last book. We get a SLIGHTLY different protagonist and we speed through her life and relationships in a vague retelling of the first 2 books with this prophecy shoved in to make it feel new. Previous characters make brief appearances, all except the most important one from the 2nd book, her we mention once and then totally forget about, and i mean forget about, as in she probably died at the end with no mention. It wasnt the worst most boring thing I've ever read, but it did feel a bit like a waste of my time. The book was so short and fast paced I didn't give a single hoot about a single character introduced here and was only still in it to finish what the first 2 books started.

[Jo Stevens · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the first two and The Bar Code Prophecy is no different. Every book is an acquired taste but I happened to enjoy the stories. Even the idea that all of the strip mining could lead to an imbalance in the universe and cause a meteor to be rerouted our way. Sure the characters can be a little weak, often silly, and ignorant to boot but then can't we all seem that way at times? They could have been developed in more depth but then the authors target audience is young adults. Judging by my own young adult, some just can't focus on a really in-depth book. They are impatient to get to the end so for a series of YA fiction they were perfect. I personally only gave it a four star because I like a book that takes more than about 10 hours to read.

[Cynthia Ramirez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. I read the other reviews and they are saying that this book was useless and that the author¨Suzanne Wayne¨ should have only left it like that with two books but this is the first book I read from the series and I really enjoyed it. I like how she is happy every day to go to her half-time job just because her crush/coworker works there. Also, I recommend this book if you like suspense. I really hope this actually does not happen to earth in the future because I think it would be creepy and weird if we had microbots inside of us (the tattoo everyone gets at the age of 17)that could possibly kill us at any moment they wanted to.

[Emily Hennek · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book seemed rushed and just didn't jive as well with the other two books in the series. This book focused more on the Native American Prophecy (thus the title). Grace, who is the half sister to Kayla (the main character in the last two books) and Eric (the son of Eutonah) are proclaimed the people described in the prophecy. They must find the stone prochpecy which is hidden in a cave. Along with all this, the Global-1 story that was the focal point in the last two books continues to unravel. It seemed like two separate stories that were trying too hard to be the third book in a trilogy.

[Rebecca The Files of Mrs. E, · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just couldn't get into this one as much as the other two. It's disconnected from the other books a bit and moves further into the fantastical with the Hopi prophesies and more magical. And while the first two were also a good critique of totalitarian government and where our country could believably be heading (covid anyone?). But in this one it's entirely the evil corporation and moves into a stronger environmental message.

[Annabelle Soucie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the last book in this trilogy and I thought it was a nice ending to the trilogy. The Bar Code Prophecy had a lot of the same characters as the first two books, but you are introduced to a new character who the book is about. Over all I liked the book, but the ending is what I don't think anyone was expecting.

[Theresia Mead · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two stars is me trying to be nice . . . It's so cringe worthy for example the main character was surprised they were alive even though everyone had a parachute. Another time she was worried about a meteor even though the government was trying to kill her at that time. I guess the point is don't read it.

[Jaki · Rating 2 out of 5]

Since this is a trilogy, I was surprised when the second book wrapped things up. It was interesting to see the author take a look into what happens next. The seeming happy ending of book 2 is shaken up with political intrigue. However, the new characters did not capture me and the plot was weak at points. Most importantly, I did not feel the prophecy was adequately explained.

[Joamaliz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was amazing it did go way to fast and at times I was very confused but I did not care I loved the characters so much that I excepted how fast it went I don’t usually write reviews but this book was amazing I finished it in a day that’s how good it was (but it’s also very tiny so yeah) any hope u give it a try also I live Eric and grace there amazing too lol

[Abby · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought that this was a good book but it did not really seem like a continuation of the first two. Although they kept some of the main characters from the first on this story mainly focused on new main characters which made it seem ore like an off book. Also what the story is about is different which makes it see like a different story built on the first one.

[Cynthia Diestelkamp · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good ending to the series. The whole series makes you think about a lot of things that are going on in the world- maybe that's why I didn't greatly enjoy the series, I usually read to escape from reality.

[Joshua · Rating 4 out of 5]

I rated this book 4 stars because the beginning was interesting. I think the part that disappointed me was that it was a different character and not the one in the previous 2 books. It was a good book overall though.

[Lisa Dickson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought the last book was the end... should of known that it wasn't over until the bad guys were destroyed

[Feral · Rating 5 out of 5]

grace lives

[Siobhan Delate · Rating 1 out of 5]

changes way too much.