The Lost Colony

A great closing to the trilogy. I was pretty confused about halfway through the book, but everything really came back together. The entire premise was not what I expected, and yet still incredibly interesting and mostly plausible.

This was the weakest of the 3 books, but in the end there was a mind bending payoff.

Other than the first few chapters setting the stage, the rest of the first half was disappointing and hard to read. What a slog to read a text version of Jurassic park. Finally that ended and we returned to learn about more about the grid. I read the first part of the reveal one evening, and was troubled to make sense of it. Feared it was going to be one of those sci-fi stories that pushed too far and had a ridiculous ending. I had to make a few notes and think about what I had read and was finally able to get an understanding of it. Was able to start the next read with optimism for the finish. What a whirlwind. Amazing trio of books. I will read more of AG again some day, but need a breather after this with something less intense.

The extended epilogue online seemed over the top. Don't bother, wish I would have skipped that.

3.5/5 stars.

Well that took a turn for the weird. Luckily way more sci-fi and epic than book 2.
Better than the second, worse than the first book.

While this book was more on the less accurate information side from the other two books in the series, it was an excellent conclusion to the trilogy. The man's and absolute legend. Kudos to you Riddle.

A good conclusion to the series, but it takes some crazy, fanciful turns that push even the bounds of sci-fi. I liked it... but it was a lot to pack into the last third of a book that was the last third of a trilogy.