Obsidio [Apr 5, 2018]

[Tammie]

Victor *we were on a break!* wrote: "Was going to start this yesterday before I realized it was a BR. I'm in."

I'm starting this soon. I'm glad I'm not the only one who hasn't started it yet.

[Victor *You Bow to No One*]

Tammie wrote: "I'm starting this soon. I'm glad I'm not the only one who hasn't started it yet."

So am I... on both points :)

[Diana Stormblessed]

Woohoo! My library just emailed that my hold came through. I'll be starting this tonight.

[Sha]

Tammie wrote: "Victor *we were on a break!* wrote: "Was going to start this yesterday before I realized it was a BR. I'm in."

I'm starting this soon. I'm glad I'm not the only one who hasn't started it yet."

I have TECHNICALLY started but I'm barely a few pages in, so I might as well not have started. Got distracted by other books.

[Veronica]

I started this morning and got about 13% done during my morning commute. Aiden is still a creepy, obsessive cyber stalker. Hanna is as annoying as ever. Katy and Ezra are cool. Don't know Asha and Rhys well enough yet.

[Siobhan]

44% / page 268. Gahhh!! 😱😰

(view spoiler)[What the hell AIDAN?! The psycho strikes again... At least he saved the baby...
So far I'm quite liking most of the characters, except Hanna is still annoying.
I like Asha and that she's helping that little girl. Hope they get some sort of happy ending. (hide spoiler)]

[Siobhan]

Page 310. These 'Surveillance Footage Summaries' are getting ridiculously subjective. Might as well just call it narrative... The person watching the footage doesn't know what people are thinking and their sob stories etc.

[Veronica]

Good observation, Siobhan. I agree.

[Siobhan]

Iain wrote: "Chapter 90-93... little past 50% I think... HOLY SH!T... you'll know when to click this spoiler: ."

I'm at 57%/page 351 and thought it safe to open your spoiler after what I just read!! (it is safe at this page)

(view spoiler)[I am just as shocked as you were. I can't believe they killed Captain Boll. She was a great person. :( I understand why Garver is upset, but his blame is misplaced.

It's good Kady got a message out to Ella for help. Nice to see Hanna and Nik get some action again. Not been much going on for them in this book. And Ella did the best smartest thing she could plugging AIDAN back in....! (hide spoiler)]

[Miche]

Siobhan wrote: "Iain wrote: "Chapter 90-93... little past 50% I think... HOLY SH!T... you'll know when to click this spoiler: ."

I'm at 57%/page 351 and thought it safe to open your spoiler after what I just read..."

Ella (view spoiler)[ for the rescue! Interesting how we wanted to unplug him a few pages ago just to switch our minds not much later. I know he is a crazy and creepy, but I still love his character. (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Miche wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Iain wrote: "Chapter 90-93... little past 50% I think... HOLY SH!T... you'll know when to click this spoiler: ."

I'm at 57%/page 351 and thought it safe to open your spoiler after ..."

In a lot of ways, this trilogy is about (view spoiler)[AIDAN (hide spoiler)]

[Miche]

I agree, Iain.

[Anni]

I started this yesterday, not too soon and not too late - I'm such a organised person! (Actually that's a lie ;))

10% (view spoiler)[ I think it's a little annoying that the protagonist always shows up as couples... Yeah we have Ella, but I would have loved to have a pair of Protagonist only being friends or brother and sister or whatever. It doesn't really help that the 'kids' are all super intelligent and shit-mouthed and not very different from each other... (hide spoiler)]

30 - 40 % (view spoiler)[ I don't trust Steph, I guess something will go horribly wrong there... In general there are a few people who just scream trouble... Ben Garvner, AIDAN... (hide spoiler)]

[RuinEleint]

20% in. Chugging along nicely. Lots of random death and destruction so far. I love this series.

[Veronica]

At the 52% mark...(view spoiler)[creepy Aidan strikes again. (hide spoiler)] This is how Skynet happens, people.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Veronica wrote: "At the 52% mark...[spoilers removed] This is how Skynet happens, people."

More like Death Match, I think... (view spoiler)[AI with an unhealthy attachment to "creator", killing people... (hide spoiler)] (more of a Death Match spoiler than an AIDAN spoiler, I think)

[Miche]

Veronica wrote: "At the 52% mark...[spoilers removed] This is how Skynet happens, people."

I won't lie: I have some reservations with AIs in general.

[Tammie]

I'm on page 110. This book didn't draw me in immediately like the previous two books did. Also I have the same complaint with this book as I had with the last two. Every single character has almost the exact same personality. It's even more noticeable in this book because we have all three couples here and it's hard to really distinguish between them. And the adults are really immature and unprofessional. That has been my main complaint with this series, even though I still loved the first two books.

[Victor *You Bow to No One*]

Page 199 / 32%

(view spoiler)[If not letting Kady die is a mandate for Aidan, I envision him killing a whole bunch of passengers on the Mao 😱 That's what I would do, if I were AI 😛 (hide spoiler)]

[Victor *You Bow to No One*]

Tammie wrote: "I'm on page 110. Every single character has almost the exact same personality. It's even more noticeable in this book because we have all three couples here and it's hard to really distinguish between them. "

I'm having the same issue. I am thisclose to writing up bios on a sheet of paper to keep them straight in my head. It doesn't help that I didn't bother to reread the other books before starting this one 😞

[Tammie]

Victor *we were on a break!* wrote: "Tammie wrote: "I'm on page 110. Every single character has almost the exact same personality. It's even more noticeable in this book because we have all three couples here and it's hard to really d..."

I didn't reread either. I never do, but I usually end up remembering the important stuff.

[Victor *You Bow to No One*]

Fifty-two percent. My hands are literally shaking.

(view spoiler)[Control of the bridge has been lost (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Victor *we were on a break!* wrote: "Fifty-two percent. My hands are literally shaking.

[spoilers removed]"

Yea... I paused the book on my drive home at that development...

[Miche]

Victor *we were on a break!* wrote: "Fifty-two percent. My hands are literally shaking.

[spoilers removed]"

I didnt expect that development either.

[Mayim]

I am very disappointed in this book I have to say. I read it in two sittings but it most certainly did not meet my expectations.

[Siobhan]

Victor *we were on a break!* wrote: "Fifty-two percent. My hands are literally shaking.

[spoilers removed]"

That was intense!!

[Siobhan]

I'm on page 448 (about 75%). I'm really looking forward to seeing how this all plays out now.

(view spoiler)[I don't have a clue any more whose side Lindstrom is on. He kills 4 of his people to protect Asha, then the Duke gets killed and suddenly he doesn't seem to give a shit about her anymore and has had her arrested! Is he really that fickle? Or is he working an angle? Can't tell! (hide spoiler)]

[Siobhan]

Finished! I loved it.

(view spoiler)[AIDAN was definitely my favourite character, so interesting to read.

I found the parachute scene near the end quite funny! But at the same time I sighed because they always seem to lose their nerve on an unhappy ending, all has to be happy with the main characters alive after all!

It was a devastating/amazing scene when Katya was shot. But she's fiiiiine.

Nah I know it's YA and they're not gonna go for the grim ending. I thought it was all wrapped up really well and I'm glad they're all happy really! :D

And AIDAN isn't dead... He's invincible! (hide spoiler)]

[Victor *You Bow to No One*]

Siobhan wrote: "Finished! I loved it.

AIDAN was definitely my favourite character, so interesting to read.

I found the parachute scene near the end quite funny! But at the same time I sighed because they always ..."

I liked this one more than the previous two books and I think it had more to do with the banter between the characters than anything else.

(view spoiler)[The Ayatollah of Rocknrolla AKA Little Spider was my favorite.... sarcasm, so yeah.

On page 448 with Rhys, I felt like the rug was pulled out from under my feet. It was written so well that I couldn't tell if it was part of the plan.

I thought it was hilarious when Nik and Little Spider were having a moment and she hugs him and notices that he's still wearing the parachute.

I agree with you regarding the loss of nerves. I thought maybe, just maybe Donnelly would be the only survivor with the outside chance that Rhys and Asha could be rescued once the threat was gone.

Aidan is invincible, but poor guy still got his heart broken 😢 (hide spoiler)]

[Mayim]

Iain wrote: "Talk about an anti-climactic "reveal" @ chapter 140: [spoilers removed]

While I'm here: Asha/Rhys [spoilers removed]"

I did feel for her; I think that she was my favourite character in the whole trilogy.

Iain wrote: "Chapter 90-93... little past 50% I think... HOLY SH!T... you'll know when to click this spoiler: I think I grew a bit complacent... Did NOT see the science captain dying...

I read Illuminae and Ge..."

I thought the romance in this instalment was particularly lame.

[Mayim]

Siobhan wrote: "44% / page 268. Gahhh!! 😱😰

What the hell AIDAN?! The psycho strikes again... At least he saved the baby...
So far I'm quite liking most of the characters, except Hanna is still annoying.
I like ..."

To be honest I thought that they wrote it only because there was such a hype on AIDAN that they wanted it to retain certain maniac qualities that would balanced the sugary (view spoiler)[falling in love with Kady (hide spoiler)].

Siobhan wrote: "Page 310. These 'Surveillance Footage Summaries' are getting ridiculously subjective. Might as well just call it narrative... The person watching the footage doesn't know what people are thinking a..."

The thing is, when you think about it, a lot of these files do not make sense from the purely "case against BT" point of view. What does the court care who is snogging whom and in what manner? It really hit me in this instalment.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Mayim wrote: "Iain wrote: "Talk about an anti-climactic "reveal" @ chapter 140: [spoilers removed]

While I'm here: Asha/Rhys [spoilers removed]"

I did feel for her; I think that she was my favourite character ..."

I didn't read these for the romance, so I tried to ignore anything cringe-y/grating about it as much as possible...

[Mayim]

No, I didn't expect you were. But there were hordes of adolescents pining for romance. :D

[Diana Stormblessed]

Mayim wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "44% / page 268. Gahhh!! 😱😰

What the hell AIDAN?! The psycho strikes again... At least he saved the baby...
So far I'm quite liking most of the characters, except Hanna is still an..."

The way the "files" are so emotionally driven has been a huge turn off for me in the whole installment. It takes me out of the story and makes me not care.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Playing to the courtroom, I guess...

[Veronica]

I finished this back on Friday and was just glad to be done. I loved the first book but each successive book has been more and more of a disappointment. Though I'd probably rank this book higher than the second book, mostly because I found (and still find) Hanna and Nick the most annoying out of all the teen characters in this trilogy.

@Tammie - I totally agree with you about all the teen characters having the same personality. It just made them all interchangeably bland.

I also discovered that three separate romantic teen pairings is two and a half too many for me. Do. Not. Care.

I sped up the narration speed to 3x for the last 30% or so, just to get it over with.

[Mayim]

Interesting, I thought Gemina was the best of all three because it has the most sparkles and the suspense factor was high.

The whole 3 books 3 couples idea is a rehashed idea Amia Kaufman already executed writing Starbound: These Broken Stars, This Shattered World, Their Fractured Light (to the smallest comma, actually). But then, having read Starbound and reasonably enjoying it, I knew what to expect.

[Veronica]

Mayim wrote: "Interesting, I thought Gemina was the best of all three because it has the most sparkles and the suspense factor was high."

Hanna as an adolescent John McLaine was just a bridge too far for me, lol. And Nick as the drug dealing, mobster dude with a secret heart of gold who's ready to step in as the love interest within the same 24 period that Hanna loses her father and friends AND finds out her boyfriend is a mole for the enemy...I just couldn't. lol

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Veronica wrote: "Mayim wrote: "Interesting, I thought Gemina was the best of all three because it has the most sparkles and the suspense factor was high."

Hanna as an adolescent John McLaine was just a bridge too ..."

You start going down THAT rabbithole and it never ends... (view spoiler)[most of the sequence of events in book 1 working out... Frobisher being Ezra's mother out of everyone in the galaxy, Rhys and Ashe reuniting on Cerenza-4, etc etc etc... (hide spoiler)]

[Mayim]

This book is made of cosmic conveniences. That is all in the genre. :D

I like the from enemies to lovers trope in Gemina, Veronica. The cheesy side of me won that battle.

[Veronica]

Cheese kills, Mayim. ;-)

[Siobhan]

I agree with all your comments, it's cheesy and convenient as hell. The romance was rubbish. But... For some reason I still loved it! XD

[Siobhan]

Victor *we were on a break!* wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Finished! I loved it.

AIDAN was definitely my favourite character, so interesting to read.
"

I agree with you that the twists were well written, definitely surprised me. And I love the Little Spider too, she was probably the least annoying human. :)

[Miche]

Siobhan wrote: "I agree with all your comments, it's cheesy and convenient as hell. The romance was rubbish. But... For some reason I still loved it! XD"

Me too! :D

[Siobhan]

Miche wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "I agree with all your comments, it's cheesy and convenient as hell. The romance was rubbish. But... For some reason I still loved it! XD"

Me too! :D"

Yay! 😄😘

[RuinEleint]

I am still somehow stuck in the middle of this. For some reason this book simply is not grabbing me like the previous two ones

[Tammie]

Victor *we were on a break!* wrote: "Page 199 / 32%

[spoilers removed]"

Yeah I could picture that too.

[Tammie]

I've made it up to page 254. The book has picked up a bit, although still not as engaging as the first two. I am really missing the whole monster scenario. No zombies or alien creatures so far. The humans seem to be the monsters here.

Page 215 (view spoiler)[ Killing a ten year old. That was brutal. (hide spoiler)]

[Tammie]

Pages 259-268. The humans are the monsters and of course there is also (view spoiler)[ AIDAN "Every Story needs its monster." That was terrible, but not at all unexpected. (hide spoiler)]

[Tammie]

Siobhan wrote: "Page 310. These 'Surveillance Footage Summaries' are getting ridiculously subjective. Might as well just call it narrative... The person watching the footage doesn't know what people are thinking a..."

I agree. I was thinking the same thing on page 292 (view spoiler)[ when Rhys kisses Asha to cover for them being in the restricted area. There is no way the summary would include all those details and opinions about them kissing and what they might be feeling. No one would care. (hide spoiler)] I don't remember the video summaries being this ridiculous in the first two books, but maybe I was so into the story I just didn't notice as much.