Shades of Earth (Across the Universe, #3) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Feb 21, 2012 Talyah rated it it was ok

Shelves: sold-gave, read-in-2013, young-adult, dystopia-post-apoc, fantasy

This cover is going to drive my OCD crazy!

(I'm super picky about my bookshelf. It's arranged by genre in alphabetical order. Also, if they are in a series they have to all be either hardcover or paperback and match! Moira Young's Dustlands series did this to me too =( the book Gods are working against me *shakes fist*) ...more

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Feb 21, 2011 Sarah Dizon rated it really liked it

Shelves: library, 4-stars, borrowed, young-adult, e-book, read-in-2016

This is the final book in the Across the Universe Trilogy, and it took me quite awhile to finally get here. It happens much more than I'd like it to and I'm hoping that I will become more in the habit of reading through series instead of jumping around. However, as a mood read that doesn't always happen. Wow, I digress, this was the combination of so many things. I had so many expectations because I enjoyed the rest of the series so much that I wanted a perfect ending. While it wasn't a 5 star r ...more

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Nov 18, 2016 Darlene rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, books-i-own, bought, young-adult, read-in-2016, science-fiction

Revis carries the momentum from the second book of the series, A Million Suns, into the third book of the trilogy. I was riveted from start to finish!

I listened to A Million Suns back in 2012, and I bought Shades of Earth from Audible when it was released in 2013. However, I’ve been putting it off for so long. One of the reasons for that is because I absolutely loved A Million Suns, and I was worried that Revis wouldn’t deliver and that there was no way that the third book could be as good as th Revis carries the momentum from the second book of the series, A Million Suns, into the third book of the trilogy. I was riveted from start to finish!

I listened to A Million Suns back in 2012, and I bought Shades of Earth from Audible when it was released in 2013. However, I’ve been putting it off for so long. One of the reasons for that is because I absolutely loved A Million Suns, and I was worried that Revis wouldn’t deliver and that there was no way that the third book could be as good as the second. Well, I was wrong!! It was thrilling ride from start to finish. Finally, we find out what Orion was trying to warn Amy and Elder about with all those clues and the secrets about Centauri-Earth and its inhabitants.

Elder really shined in this installment. He embodies the qualities of a true leader, sacrificing himself for the sake of his people time and again. When the military personnel are brought out of their cryogenically frozen state, Amy’s father tries to take over as leader and he soon finds out that he is not in control of the shipbornes. Elder doesn’t let Amy’s father push him around, which creates a bit of tension. When the newcomers are attacked, Amy’s father and Elder realize that they must work together if they have any hope of survival. However, it appears that Colonel Martin is keeping secrets from even his own daughter which makes Elder even more wary.

Amy is so adaptable, almost TOO adaptable! She was able to make Godspeed her home relatively quickly and identify with the shipbornes, and then is able to think of Centauri-Earth as her new home almost immediately. I suppose that is a good quality to have, when you have to give up the life that you knew on Sol-Earth. When she said this, it all fell into place for me: “Sometimes home is a person.” Now I know why she was able to do that!

Here is another memorable quote:

“I learned that life is so, so fragile. I learned that you can know someone for just days and never forget the impression he left on you. I learned that art can be beautiful and sad at the same time. I learned that if someone loves you, he'll wait for you to love him back. I learned that how much you want something doesn't determine whether you get it or not, that "no" might not be enough, that life isn't fair, that my parents can't save me, that maybe no one can.”

I love dystopian novels, but I have to admit that books involving “space” don’t typically interest me. I am so glad that I gave this series a try, because I absolutely loved it!!

Tara Carrozza and Lucas Salvagno continued as dual narrators, and I love how Revis told the story from different points of view. I thought both narrators did a great job. Lucas’ characterization of Amy made her slightly whiney. I don’t know if that was intentional or not, but it made me cringe slightly.

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Mar 26, 2014 Marla rated it it was amazing

Shelves: adventure, young-adult, back-to-back, series, romance, science-fiction, book-about-books, favorites-ya, dystopia, mystery

Excellent ending to a great series! People, action, world-building, mystery and danger were all very well done.

Likes:
* Thrilling, edge of your seat, adventure
* World building on the new planet was excellent - deadly predators loose in a combination Jurrasic Park/National Park setting
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Nov 26, 2013 Rusty rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, children-ya

Why do I often pick up a later book in a series? Such is the case with this one which is the last in a trilogy. Yet I liked it very much. It is easily a stand alone since references to the earlier novels are clear and concise.

Imagine traveling through the stars to a new earth or rather an earth-like planet to make a new home. Such is the case with those aboard the spaceship Godspeed. Most of the inhabitants look exactly alike but one group has the differences of original mankind. This group make ...more

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Jan 11, 2014 Megan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-in-2014, 2014-series-challenge, out-of-this-world

I finished A Million Suns and started Shades of Earth almost right away, which I then finished in one day. I just didn't want to put this book down and had to see where the story ended.

The story picks up exactly where the previous one left us. There was so much going on, though I did have suspicions I really wasn't right about any of them, so the twists and turns were great!

I was disappointed in Amy's father. In the first book he seemed so great and then in this one he came across different ...more

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Nov 14, 2015 Desiree M ~*~*~ LiveReadCollect rated it really liked it

Shelves: 4-star-reads, hero-good-guy-straight-arrow, annoying-hated-relatives, 00-green-covers-00, sci-fi-romance, annoying-secondary-characters, heroines-that-annoy-me, fantasy, futuristic-setting, borrowed-from-library

I might change my rating later when I've stepped away for a while but for now it falls at a 3.5 stars.

In the first 2 books I'm kept on my toes when it comes to guessing what's going to happen next. Some incidents I was able to figure out correctly but much was still a mystery until it was revealed. In this book I was 10 steps ahead of the plot for almost the entire book.

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