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Average rating3.7
From the immersive and intoxicating world of The Outside, comes the exhilarating sequel from Philip K Dick and Compton Crook Award-nominated author, Ada Hoffmann. The laws of physics acting on the planet of Jai have been forever upended; its surface completely altered, and its inhabitants permanently changed, causing chaos. Fearing heresy, the artificially intelligent Gods that once ruled the galaxy became the planet’s jailers. Tiv Hunt, who once trusted these Gods completely, spends her days helping the last remaining survivors of Jai. Everyone is fighting for their freedom and they call out for drastic action from their saviour, Tiv’s girlfriend Yasira. But Yasira has become deeply ill, debilitated by her Outside exposure, and is barely able to breathe, let alone lead a revolution. Hunted by the Gods and Akavi, the disgraced angel, Yasira and Tiv must delve further than ever before into the maddening mysteries of their fractured planet in order to save – or perhaps even destroy – their fading world. File Under: Science Fiction [ More False Gods | Inside Out | Freedom Fighters | Angels or Demons ]
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3 primary booksThe Outside is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Ada Hoffmann and Nancy Wu.
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I was so excited for this because I really enjoyed The Outside, but it wound up disappointing me a bit. The plot point that I was least happy with at the end of The Outside takes up a lot of real estate in this book, and the parts that involve it are very boring and repetitive. The POV character for most of these sections is THE least compelling character in the series and it feels like half the novel is just him dithering.
The parts about the rebellion and the students' new Outside powers were interesting but not really focused on enough (though I did really like the last couple of chapters). I loved the way the gone people are portrayed in this one - they sort of felt like ~spooky mad people~ in the first book and here their ways of thinking and interacting with the world are explained a bit more. I liked Yasira dealing with her new mindset but sadly I still found Tiv kind of dull - she felt very reactive and kind of just orbited around Yasira.
I would only recommend this if you really liked the first one or if you're really into Elu for some reason.