Obsidio (The Illuminae Files #3) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff - Restarting April 17th 2023

[Brooke]

I'm like 75pgs and I'm confused as fuck. Thought I knew what went down in the other books but yah seems I have no recollection. So gonna try to plow through the first 2 this weekend and pick it up again on Monday. Maybe it'll make more sense to me :/

[Courtney]

Brooke wrote: "I'm like 75pgs and I'm confused as fuck. Thought I knew what went down in the other books but yah seems I have no recollection. So gonna try to plow through the first 2 this weekend and pick it up ..."

The first bit of the book deals with new characters to the series. The series doeant really connect to the other two books until later.

[Brooke]

33%
(view spoiler)[ He is asking her to kill people?! I like having AIDAN back in the story, but you know he's gonna kill more people, that's what he does (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

55%
(view spoiler)[ God damnit Garver. You didn't have to staged a mutiny. She didn't deserve to be shot in the damn neck like that, you bastard. (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

69%
(view spoiler)[ Wtf Rys?! Boys are dumb in this book. How could he turn against us!? (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

End
(view spoiler)[ A wonderful finish to this series that's for sure. Was straight up confused up front but the pieces fell in to place around the 20% mark. Makes me happy to see all the characters from each book working together. The mouse, aw, really just made me so sad. Those damn BiTech soldiers. (hide spoiler)]

[Courtney]

Brooke wrote: "55%
[spoilers removed]"

One of the saddest parts in my opinion.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date changed. Restarting June 7th AND June 20th 2019. Happy Reading ☺

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[Eesh]

5% Done
(view spoiler)[I was hoping that this book wouldn't introduce new characters and instead move forward with the ones from before. Alas, that didn't happen but it'll be interesting to get the perspective of someone from Kerenza. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

33% Done
(view spoiler)[Didn't know that I needed Ezra and Nick bonding time until I got it. It was perfect. And now I'm going to need them to become best friends. (hide spoiler)]

[Tee]

Anybody reading this?

[Eesh]

Me!

[Tee]

How far in the book did you make it so far? 😀

[Eesh]

I haven't read it in a few days so I'm still at about 35%. I'm listening to the audiobook.

[Tee]

That's exactly where I am!
How do you like it so far? I personally miss the action the first two books had, feels like they're stalling a bit in this one.

[Eesh]

I like it. Not sure about the new characters but I love the ones from book 1 and 2 interacting. It's important for them to get along for the big finale to work.

[Eesh]

At about 37%
(view spoiler)[AIDAN saying he doesn't want Kady to die... I don't how creepy that is in text, but in audio, it's kinda freaking me out. Like, I'm genuinely afraid AIDAN's gonna start killing people. Again. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

At around 49%
(view spoiler)[Fuck you, AIDAN. Fuck you very much!

Like, I saw this coming, AIDAN's return to mass murder, when Kady mentioned needing to find a solution to the problems; but the God complex alone pisses me off so fucking much. Ugh! Can someone deleted AIDAN please? (hide spoiler)]

[Julianne]

page 54 (view spoiler)[ It might have been too long since I read the other two. I am very lost in the story right now (hide spoiler)]

[Julianne]

Page 106 (view spoiler)[ OKAY the cipher on the message board is actually really amazing. And the HOLE OF DEAD BODIES. OH. MY. GOD.

I shouldn't be surprised about BeiTech but.. damn (hide spoiler)]

[Julianne]

page 263 (view spoiler)[ I AM DONE.

AIDAN WHY (hide spoiler)]

[Natalie]

Starting this now! c:

[Natalie]

Pg28: (view spoiler)[I’d forgotten about the ‘welcome wagon’ explosion when these guys arrived on Kerenza 8’D (hide spoiler)]

Just trying to remember what has happened previously in the series at the moment and what everything means XD

[Julianne]

I KNOW! Its been months since I've read Gemina!

[Natalie]

I think I last read Gemina about a year ago so there’s definitely a bit of stuff to remember 8’D

Pg64: (view spoiler)[Dun dun dunnnnnn... transmission from BeiTech goons on Kerenza IV to the Heimdall - intercepted by the Mao. Time for shit to get interesting... (hide spoiler)]

[Julianne]

Page 529 (view spoiler)[ whenever I see outgunned outmanned I just keep thinking of the musical HAMILTON (hide spoiler)]

[Julianne]

Finished (view spoiler)[ have no words right now. Ended how I thought it would though. I need time to process (hide spoiler)]

[Natalie]

Page 165: (view spoiler)[Time to coerce Rhys into joining the resistance and taking back Kerenza IV from the invading bastards! It’s pretty clear that he still loves her, and I’m fairly certain under all the crap that she loves him too... but I don’t think this is going to end well ._. (hide spoiler)]

[Natalie]

Page 227:
(view spoiler)[Well shit. I guess now we know who Samaira is but boy I did NOT expect for the person that Asha had let down to be her baby sister that she never got to say goodbye to 😭
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I really hope that if nothing else, she’s able to keep Katya safe. PLEASE 😭😭 (hide spoiler)]

[Natalie]

Page 265: (view spoiler)[Well that was certainly hard to read. I definitely understand why AIDAN did it but... wow... that was not a pleasant little tidbit. I’m glad that he at least spared Hypatia and her parents but just... how many other children were on that level? How many innocents gone in the blink of an eye?

At least he chose a peaceful manner of death for them? ;-; (hide spoiler)]

[Natalie]

Page 311: (view spoiler)[Well that confirms it. Little Luke - Ben’s godson - died 😭😭😭 After that bit earlier where we got to know him, got to SEE him, and now the little boy - along with SO MANY OTHERS - is gone. (hide spoiler)]

[Natalie]

Page 433: (view spoiler)[So Isaac Grant basically just offered to be a stand-in father to not just Ella, but Nik and Hanna as well and I just would like to say that I am 100% here for that makeshift family! Heck yeah! (hide spoiler)]

[Natalie]

Page 502: (view spoiler)[Aha! Confirmation! I knew it! I knew from the moment it happened that Asha getting “arrested” and her palmpad being taken was part of Hanna’s plan! And not just some backup in case things all went to hell ;D Maybe it was a bit rougher than they wanted it to be but - aside from the whole suicide bomb by a rebel thing - it was all according to plan. And now we get an Asha/Rhys reunion too 😊💕 (hide spoiler)]

[Natalie]

Page 548: (view spoiler)[THOSE BASTARDS KILLED KATYA. HOW COULD THEY. (hide spoiler)]

[Natalie]

Page 591: (view spoiler)[LMAO. I KNEW IT. I FUCKING KNEW THAT PARACHUTE WAS GONNA BE IMPORTANT. HECK YEAH.

Side note: now that Katya is potentially y’know... NOT dead... can we keep her that way? Pleaseeeee? (hide spoiler)]

[Julianne]

Natalie your reactions are everything. I feel EXACTLY the same way about pretty much everything you commented on

Particularly (view spoiler)[ AIDAN killing the innocent people from the Hypatia!! Its literally the EXACT same thing that BiTech did on Kerenza IV by killing 'nonessentials' (hide spoiler)]

But.. the book needed a monster right???

[Natalie]

Natalie wrote: "Page 311: [spoilers removed]"

Also, in hindsight... I WAS WRONG ABOUT THIS AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT (view spoiler)[LUKE WAS ALIVE AFTER ALL (hide spoiler)]

[Natalie]

Julianne wrote: "Page 106 [spoilers removed] "

(view spoiler)[Honestly even with the cipher key supposedly posted I still have absolutely ZERO idea as to how that damn cipher worked XD

I 100% agree about that damn hole. OH MY GAWD. (hide spoiler)]

[Natalie]

Julianne wrote: "page 263 [spoilers removed] "

(view spoiler)[Because every story needs a villain? Every hero needs a monster? All that crap? 8'D (hide spoiler)]

[Natalie]

Julianne wrote: "Page 529 [spoilers removed]"

Well I have zero frame of reference for that :P

[Natalie]

Julianne wrote: "Finished [spoilers removed]"

A lot of time to process is needed, yes :|

[Natalie]

Julianne wrote: "Natalie your reactions are everything. I feel EXACTLY the same way about pretty much everything you commented on

Particularly [spoilers removed]

But.. the book needed a monster right???"

Well yeah... (view spoiler)[But I'm fairly certain that BeiTech didn't kill the "nonessentials" as peacefully as BeiTech took out the people on the Mao ._. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Natalie wrote: "Page 502: [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Personally, I was worried! We saw that Rhys cared about some of his team and I was afraid he'd gone crazy. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Julianne wrote: "Natalie your reactions are everything. I feel EXACTLY the same way about pretty much everything you commented on

Particularly [spoilers removed]

But.. the book needed a monster right???"

(view spoiler)[It's not the same, I don't think. I mean, BeiTech did it because they're murderous assholes. AIDAN, as much as I don't like him, did it because otherwise, everyone would have died. So technically, he saved a lot of people. While, BeiTech just killed them for no reason. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

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Date changed. Restarting December 4th 2019. Happy Reading ☺

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[Arthur]

Obsidio

Hello everyone :D I'm new here and I'm here to get some urgent help. I have to write a full notion on The Writer in his Century and chose this book as my personal document (because I'm an absolute fan of this series !). However, I need my extract to be in english, but I bought the book in french... :/

Can anyone hook me up with scans or pictures of pages 69-70-71 ? Basically the email from Admiral Sun to BeiTech HQ :3

Thank you to however will assist me in the near future !!

[HeatherH]

@arthur I can send you photos, pm me and let me know if you want them sent on here or to an email

[Claire]

16%
(view spoiler)[Oof, I have a habit for feeling cripplingly sentimental towards non-sentient things so that really hit me in the feels. Godspeed, Hypatia :<

Also can Kady please program an AI girlfriend for AIDAN or something? I feel so bad for him.

I love that Stephanie Garber showed up as a character! This feels like be the kick I need to finally continue with the Caraval series, hah. (hide spoiler)]

[Claire]

32%
(view spoiler)[AIDAN saying "as you wish" just like Ezra! 😭

Can we please let AIDAN be a real boy? Actually on second thought that's a terrible idea... But still.

And oho! So the video analyst guy has been Nik this whole time! I love that :D (hide spoiler)]

[Claire]

57%
(view spoiler)[AIDAN be like:


In all seriousness though, oof. I really do love that the authors don't shy away from showing the horrors of war though.

Syra noooo! I knew that we'd get at least one major character death since we got one in each of the previous books but this still sucks :<

The comic section was so freaking cool, I love Marie Lu's art style! (hide spoiler)]