Outside In (Insider, #2) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jul 17, 2010 Literary Ames rated it really liked it

Shelves: arc, netgalley, read-in-2011, free-read, kindle-other-sources, dystopian-or-post-apocalyptic, futuristic, series-finished

After a brilliant and very useful recap of Inside Out, this only got better. It found it's footing immediately and ran like the wind to the closing lines.

It was so jam-packed with action, betrayals and trickery I was exhausted just reading it. It wasn't simple either. I'm impressed Snyder could fit so much in (including technical detail) and I could still follow her throughout. Something I couldn't do with the first book.

I never knew who to trust. That seems to be a real theme that Snyder just After a brilliant and very useful recap of Inside Out, this only got better. It found it's footing immediately and ran like the wind to the closing lines.

It was so jam-packed with action, betrayals and trickery I was exhausted just reading it. It wasn't simple either. I'm impressed Snyder could fit so much in (including technical detail) and I could still follow her throughout. Something I couldn't do with the first book.

I never knew who to trust. That seems to be a real theme that Snyder just loves to play with. I don't know how Trella managed what with getting injured, drugged or knocked out every five minutes and having to deal with the difficult relationships with her mother and her boyfriend. Time was a real factor, she never had enough of it but she somehow triumphed more often than not.

There was very little skimming this time around. Snyder was economical with words yet she still managed to fill many, many pages, more than I expected and I never got bored. Unusual for me with YA. The only real downside was no sexually explicit content even when it would've made sense with what should've been a very steamy shower scene, dammit! F-R-U-S-T-R-A-T-I-N-G.

Talking of frustration, Trella's stubborn reluctance in taking on the responsibility of leadership and leaving it to others -ugh! I was so desperate to reach into the book and throttle her and take the reins myself. Everything was falling apart and she was doing NOTHING! It was all her fault. Maybe not but she could've prevented some things or at least coordinated responses to them more efficiently. I'm so glad she learned from her mistakes.

Anyway, things were all nicely wrapped up. Perhaps a little too quickly (I wanted to know what crimes the Outsiders committed to be kicked out of Inside) but by then I was tired and just wanted to put the book down to catch my breath so I didn't care too much. I'm guessing this is a duology, I could be wrong but it ended perfectly so I'm not expecting another instalment. Oh, and I'm assuming Trella got the top spot at the end, in more ways than one. Wink, wink. ...more

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May 29, 2019 Dichotomy Girl rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, authors-i-love, 2019, own-kindle-read

This was probably me. I kept forcing myself to read this book even though I wasn't into it. ...more

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Jul 10, 2011 Thenia rated it really liked it

Shelves: reviewed, 2012, series, dystopia

Apart from Trella's reluctance to accept responsibilities and take action without it being absolutely necessary, I really liked both her and her story.

Her world is in upheaval and she tries to distance herself from the mess and avoid being involved in the procedures following the riot, causing a whole lot of problems.

She gets banged up a lot, gets into heaps of scrapes and manages to do what she was needed to with help from her friends and some brilliant organizing skills and ideas of hers.

A fu ...more

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Oct 04, 2010 Steph rated it it was amazing

Shelves: series-completed, author-웃, series-ended, arc-netgalley, year-read-2011, age-group-ya-na

Outside In picks up six weeks post-Force of Sheep rebellion which occurred in Inside Out. Trella, used to being the Queen of the Pipes and now seen as victorious leader of the rebellion, is doing all she can to avoid any responsibility, most importantly aftermath clean up and reorganization of the Insiders.

The Insiders, now a combination of Uppers and Scrubs, find themselves under control once again. But, this time, instead of Pop Cops and the Travas, there's a Committee - "comprised of one rep ...more

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Dec 29, 2010 Kristina rated it really liked it

review to follow: Contains spoilers from the first book.

First published:http://newborrowedused.blogspot.com/2...

My Thoughts: I ended up liking this book more than I thought I would. I was curious what could be done considering they are living in this huge ship and cannot go anywhere else. The author managed a plot that worked with this and still seemed plausible with the situations. There were a couple of things I didn't like. There were too many flips in this book. Trying to figure out if someo ...more

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Sep 18, 2012 Carrie rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, young-adult, rrrc, dystopia, teen, book-shelf-bingo, post-apocalyptic, random-book-list-challenge, space, rlftci

A little slow starting for me, but I think that was just because the first bit was talking about the events of Inside Out. Which to someone who hadn't read the first book recently that would be fine, but as I had only finished that book not that long ago it made the story creep along. I just wanted to get into the action of it. And when the action did start I was engrossed in it. I was left just as confused as Trell, I didn't know who was telling the truth and who wasn't.

I am interested to find ...more

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Jul 28, 2011 Deyara rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, science-fiction

Great book 2, really liked the story, and we see more of each of the characters. Trella is less disconnected, and I liked the ideas for rearranging society at the end, hope it works!

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