Tiffany A

Another good book

Revisado: 03-30-25

If you've made it this far in the series, you probably know why you like it and don't need me to tell you. This one ended the same way the others have, with no feeling of an "end," just anticipation for the next book and more of Sen's journey. I really just came here to say that I appreciate the giggles I get from the bloopers at the end of each book in this series. In case anybody on the production team sees this, definitely keep them in there. The reaction to the healing elixir and the one with the kraken were funniest for me personally. Just sayin'.

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Loved it, politics included

Revisado: 03-10-23

All the reviews complaining that the politics should have been left out of the story leave me wondering...what were those reviewers expecting? The book is about a varied group of Americans setting up a colony in a new world, with no government, laws, infrastructure, etc. Modern people, who would have been dealing with the same political issues as those of us in the real world. Of course some of that would be taken with them to Outland. It only makes sense that they'd have to establish new laws and a new government, and that there would be differences in opinion on how that new government should be run. It is, as most people know, a major influence on how we live our lives. I appreciate the fact that the author addressed it, instead of pulling some magical hand-waving BS and telling us that these 400+ people all managed to come to a peaceful resolution that everybody was content with. Ta-da! But this is science fiction, not a fairy tale. I really don't know how the author would have been able to avoid addressing the political situation and have the story remain believable. To the extent that a book about a band of college students saving the human race from extinction-by-volcanic-apocolypse with a device that lets them travel between alternate universes can be believable, I mean.

I'll admit, I'm in my early thirties and agree with the political views of the younger characters. Like many people of my generation and younger, I see our current political systems and power structures as broken things that do not work for the majority of the people. My older relatives vehemently disagree, and can be very vindictive and belittling about it. To see something so similar play out in a book was fascinating. There were points in the book where I would stop and take a break because I didn't feel like dealing with fictional politics for the moment, sure. But I never thought it took away from the story. Far from it. I love what the author has done here.

Could there have been more 'survival-ing' and less 'politic-ing'? Fine, maybe. And maybe Monica could have gone to Dino Planet and tamed a pack of velociraptors to unleash upon Nazi Earth. Honestly, I think what we actually got in the book was the most likely outcome. And I liked it. Besides, these characters have all seen the Jurassic Park movies and probably know that training their own pack of velociraptors is a bad idea.

Thanks for another wonderful story, Mr. Taylor! I'll be happily waiting on your next book, whether it be the sequel to this one or the next Bobiverse book. Or maybe a new series about Meerkat people, since you seem to like those. I'd still read it.

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