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Really a disappointment

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2019

Felt like a waste of time
I was looking forward to some new tech or anything new
Pointless chase scenes are a waste of time. I am amazed that people that can build a starship cannot prevent dinosaurs from over running their city and default to a cave. Boring
Then find out the story is in its 9 th virtual iteration, really at this point who cares. Breaking news matter in space expands and then contracts and repeats. Pure genius

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Really a disappointment

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2019

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A disappointing end to a great series

Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2019

You could tell the author was grasping at straws at how to end the series. Early chapters reminded me of the clickbait stories you see on Facebook , (if you liked that wait til you see the NEXT chapter! Etc). Later chapters became very long and convoluted, including of all things hand drawn blueprints for houses.....yeah you read that right. The addition to the plot by that little tidbit was out of character and very duct taped onto the plot. It was almost laugh out loud bad. I know the book released 10 days later than expected so I'm guessing the last few chapters were very very hurried. I haven't been this disappointed by a series ending since Mass Effect.....and that one ended in lawsuits

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What a fantastic trilogy -

Bolter

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2019

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A complex, revealing and incredibly entertaining conclusion to a mind-blowing story

Matthew

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2019

This book has really blown my mind -- right until the final chapters I was kind of putting all the things together, but when the author finally revealed what he had intended from the beginning -- wow.
This has been one of those books, that are so well-written and so incredibly complex (like a matryoshka doll -- story within a story, within a story etc.), that you literally cannot put them away.

This books is very, very good and if you've read anything by A.G. Riddle, and liked those stories, you will like this one (the whole trilogy, by extension, I mean), too. Personally -- I loved it.

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Ian M. Walker

Well, that explains it!

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2020

I held off on reviewing book two until I had finished this third and final (?) part. I needed time to think and to try to get past some annoyances I found in book two.

I'm glad I did. Book three made it all make sense! And such clever sense! A couple of times I thought I had worked out what was going on and I did come close but it was still a fantastic revelation.

One thing I found fascinating in books two and three was that I thought I was becoming exhausted with all of the seemingly endless challenges faced by our survivors. Yet when we finally had some down time, I began to miss the rollercoaster ride of adrenaline!

An excellent, intriguing story with a very clever long game.

This series MUST be made into a film (or two?).

Mr. Riddle gives us the gift of an extended epilogue. Be sure to read it with the following caveat: it WILL make you realise we could still have more to explore and we may have to hold his feet to the fire to ensure it wasn't just a tease. ;)

Highly recommended.

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A Satisfying Finale for the Trilogy

Cacher

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2019

As a voracious reader, making the transition from traditional books to ebooks happened very quickly. The greatest benefit was the vast array of new authors I was exposed to. Having been an A.G. Riddle fan for some time now, he is one of the more complex authors I admire. His novels manage to include a lot of science, a good portion of philosophical intrique and yet never come across as preachy. The science and philosophy ask the reader to consider viewpoints that may have previously never been considered. The trilogy is an intricate symphony that approaches a multiverse view while asking the question that can what appears right and moral and good ultimately lead to the worst possible result. If you had the power to change something and you did not, are you guilty for what happens? It is hard to write a review to describe the depth and excellence of this entire trilogy without giving away it's substance. To explain how much I enjoyed it, I read it in one sitting and it is a long novel to do so with. And I have not a single regret. There are paths the author takes you where you wonder "did I miss something, did I somehow skip half the book or start it over? Yet as the pieces slowly fit together the genius of the design becomes apparent. I believe this trilogy to destined to be considered a great classic, as it broaches so many timeless questions previous great authors have tried to address and does so with actual science to make it even better and a fantastic read.

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Scott McCoy

My Head Just Exploded

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2019

Holy smokes, what a scientific twist and a superb ending to this trilogy!

I'd love to say "xyz pdq" was so cleverly thought out, but don't want to be a spoiler...

I had to re-read a chapter or two just to make sure I understood what was happening; and the crazy thing it's that it all makes logical sense. Maybe a bit far fetched for the human race today, but not for the Grid.

What did I like about the book (or the series for that matter)? I couldn't put the book(s) down. It was tough at the end of each chapter not to be curious about what's going to happen next - that's what made it great for me.

Also AG Riddle has a writing style that paints a picture in my mind without going into over complicated detail just to frame the scene - having never been there, I have a great idea what Eos looks like without ever seeing a rendering of it, etc.

All I can say it's thank you for sharing your imagination and capturing mine.!

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Gary L. Close

A thoughtful finale.

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2020

This is the last of the trilogy with a fitting title. It begins with a scene we know all to well from the first two books. Disaster. Mayhem. Danger. All there from the beginning. Then there is a long slog through one battle after another, one disaster after another, one death after another. To be honest it became too much for me at one point. But, as a character in the book insisted more than once, all will be revealed. And it is. The disasters ad infinitem have meaning -- even in their repetition -- but enough of that. I am again reminded of Robert Heinlein when reading this book. Perhaps it is the first person narrative. Perhaps it is the grit in the characters. Perhaps it is the treatment of a cosmic subject, much like Stranger in a Strange Land, that draws me to that comparison. Quantum Physics has a mystical edge to it and Riddle takes full advantage of it in this conclusion. This is another tour de force and worthy of my highest recommendation. Two thumbs up!

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Pierre

I HATED THIS BOOK!

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2020

I hated this book because like all the other AG Riddle books, the rest of my life went to hell in a handbasket once I started reading and couldn't put it down!

OMG, what a wonderfully dizzying, complex masterful blending and weaving of the first two books in this trilogy with new revelations to form a mind bending tapestry that explains all that has gone before.

I've been a voracious fan of Riddle's since he self-published his first book on Amazon. And now here he is, an author who has sold millions of books with two major motion pictures of his stories in the works.

And I can't wait for his next one.

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Sorry It's Over

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2020

The Long Winter Trilogy was my first reading experience with this author and I was certainly not disappointed. This final book was full of moments - holy cow, sad, confused, awed, all of them. This was a complex end to a really good story. A lot of times the last book in a series has an anticlimatic end because it has run out of steam. Not so with this, just the opposite. I never imagined the story taking the turns it did. A really good read and a really good ending.

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