Obsidio

The Illuminae Files, Book 3

By: Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

Narrated by: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Olivia Mackenzie-Smith, Ryan Gesell, Carla Corvo, MacLeod Andrews, Erin Spencer, Andrew Eiden, Lisa Cordileone, Matthew Frow, Full Cast

Length: 13 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

From best-selling author duo Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff comes the exciting finale in the trilogy that broke the mold and has been called "stylistically mesmerizing" and "out-of-this-world-awesome". 

Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza - but who knows what they'll find seven months after the invasion? 

Meanwhile, Kady's cousin, Asha, survived the initial BeiTech assault and has joined Kerenza's ragtag underground resistance. When Rhys - an old flame from Asha's past - reappears on Kerenza, the two find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. With time running out, a final battle will be waged on land and in space, heroes will fall, and hearts will be broken.

A Kirkus Reviews best book of 2018.

©2018 Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (P)2018 Listening Library

Am I Not Merciful?

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this book with this caveat. It is the conclusion of a story told in two superior novels. This novel is not near as engaging as the other two.

Which scene was your favorite?

I thoroughly enjoyed and found myself absorbed during each of the reincarnations of AIDAN. It has served as fuel for my imagination in a way few things have.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The ending disappointed me. It could only have been more cliche if it had been set in an old widowed train car diner. the story is so well crafted until the ending scene. It took a lot away from he experience prior to this point.

Any additional comments?

I highly recommend the entire series If I could follow an alternative time line I would choose to put the book down once the verdict had been reached. Perhaps the me from moments before the end of the book has done just that and is content with the entire thing.

Conclusion to an outstanding series!

Well acted and compelling, unique format, great characters. All the classic plots rolled into a new form

Should Not Have Been the Final Book

Allow me to start by proclaiming my love for this series. The Illuminae Files is one of the most fun and emotional series I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Nothing about this book truly disappoints me except for its length. I could not force myself to care for the two new characters introduced in this book as much as I care for the the other two duos. The other two got books almost entirely to themselves so the reader could learn who they were and care about them. I did care about and like them, but they felt out of place with the rest of the group at the end. This book is nearly evenly split between them and the older characters so we have less time with them and I feel like their plot was rushed.

This brings me to my main point. There should have been a fourth book with no new main characters introduced to wrap up everything, or at the very least an extra 100 or so pages in this book. There is a perfect fourth book location mentioned in the end of Obsidio. They rest for months on a farming planet but that is just a few lines. The wrap up should have taken place there, in my opinion.

All in all, I love his book and this series, I will mourn that it is over for years to come. My only wish is that there would have been four books instead of 3.

Fucking amazing overall!

I don't think you'll find another audiobook like this one! The amount of work that clearly went into it to make it as real and immersive as possible is just amazing. I read the first two books, and honestly thought that it couldn't be done as an audiobook. But then I didn't have the time to finish the last one so I thought I'll try the audiobook while I work. It was so incredibly amazing! I couldn't stop listening to it!

Great last book

This was a fantastic finish to a great trilogy. Looking at the print books, you might think there's no way that they could successfully translate to audiobook. The full cast narration and great effects really pull it off though. I still recommend giving both versions a try as they are very different but equally amazing experiences. As for Obsidio in particular, I thought it was a good finish to a really strong series. Pretty much everything you've come to expect from these books plus the grand finale thrown in. I would love to see more from these two authors.

Utterly mind blowing!

If you even slightly enjoy SciFi....you must read this series! Truly amazing. The audio cast did a phenomenal job unfolding this story!

Uhm, Yes.

This book has a full audio cast and they are freaking phenomenal. And the story? Holy Cow. It's been a long while since I've been this engaged and impressed by a novel. I hope Amy Kaufman and Jay Asher write more together, they're a fantastic combination.

Absolutely Loved it!

What made the experience of listening to Obsidio the most enjoyable?

The full cast of voices was amazing.

What did you like best about this story?

I liked that I didn't know what was going to happen next

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Not sure but I will be checking out their other works for sure.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes if I had the time.

Mind blowing beautiful piece of work

Soooooo freaking goooood!!! The characters! The plot! The voices! The sound effects! I cried. I screamed. I laughed. I loved. It. Was. AwESomE.

Sound Effects

One of the female voice actresses sound so dry. It was like listening to someone read a textbook. But overall, I loved how all the sound effects included helped to make the story become more imaginable.