The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3) in Beyond Reality

Jan 25, 2024 Natalie rated it liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, series-completed

If I was reading Scalzi's Interdependency series for the human drama, then this book would have felt a fitting end. But I had hoped for more understanding of the "Flow" or liquid like channels that carried space ships around the collection of planets in the Interdependency. Also, I would have liked another alien encounter. But I was disappointed on both counts.
The Last Emperox mostly just continues the progress of the main characters. Cardenia meets with diplomats, tries to work on the difficult ...more

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Apr 04, 2020 Jo rated it it was amazing

Shelves: series, space-opera

Everything is all wrapped up by the end of the book. The ending is nice and neat even if the journey is messy. All the main characters reappear and play important roles. While the ending makes sense in context I am not sure I like where at least one of the characters ended up. Still a fun read with the trademark snark still in place.

I received a free copy of the book in return for an honest review.

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Jun 02, 2020 Tom Britz rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I give this a 5 star rating but with a few caveats. The book itself was shorter than the others, and would have been much shorter if Scalzi didn't pad the word count with his, in my opinion, over rehashing of major plot points. Also I personally am not liking this trend in newer SF of becoming soft porn. Apparently writers today think the future holds nothing but endless orgies. Now I am not against sex at all, but to have it appear constantly, like the characters are constantly horny, leaves me ...more

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Jan 05, 2021 Aaron rated it it was ok · review of another edition

This is as slick and satisfying a reading experience as the first two books of the series. It's a gratifying conclusion in a moral sense as there are unambiguously just desserts served all around. It's a bit of a limp to the finish in terms of resolving the plot elements that generated so much tension in the first two books. Will the empire collapse as the the first book title boldly states? Uh, maybe? But also, maybe it won't. Another irritating feature of this book is how much of it is compose ...more

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