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jun10r36's review against another edition
5.0
I liked this book better than the first two. It seems more mature while building the story.
gudgercollege's review against another edition
3.0
Fun plot, very enjoyable conclusion. Only one mention of a girl in this one, and a dead love interest at that. This series gets somewhat of a pass since it was written before feminism and civil rights, but honestly, I expect better from all books in the future.
melissalenos's review against another edition
5.0
The Pool of Fire
Book 3 of the Tripods Trilogy
Christopher, John
New York: Aladdin, 1970
204 pages
Chapter book
Genres: Science fiction, coming of age, drama, quest, adventure, young adult
Fritz manages to escape the city and he, Will and Beanpole return to the resistance headquarters. The boys travel all over the world to set up resistance cells. When a Master is captured live, the resistance discovers that the Masters can be controlled with alcohol. The resistance places alcohol in the City water supply, disabling all the Masters. The City shell is breached and all the Masters are killed; this plan works in the second City as well, but the third City thwarts the alcohol attack. The resistance attempts to bomb them by air, but the Masters disable the motors on the airplane. Henry detonates the bomb manually, sacrificing himself for the resistance.
Once the Cities are destroyed, thought control is ended and humans begin to rebuild and reconstruct their lost technologies. The Masters destroy their cities remotely, to keep humans from accessing their more advanced technologies.
The series ends on a bleak note – the newly freed humans are already dividing among themselves, heading toward probably conflict.
Book 3 of the Tripods Trilogy
Christopher, John
New York: Aladdin, 1970
204 pages
Chapter book
Genres: Science fiction, coming of age, drama, quest, adventure, young adult
Fritz manages to escape the city and he, Will and Beanpole return to the resistance headquarters. The boys travel all over the world to set up resistance cells. When a Master is captured live, the resistance discovers that the Masters can be controlled with alcohol. The resistance places alcohol in the City water supply, disabling all the Masters. The City shell is breached and all the Masters are killed; this plan works in the second City as well, but the third City thwarts the alcohol attack. The resistance attempts to bomb them by air, but the Masters disable the motors on the airplane. Henry detonates the bomb manually, sacrificing himself for the resistance.
Once the Cities are destroyed, thought control is ended and humans begin to rebuild and reconstruct their lost technologies. The Masters destroy their cities remotely, to keep humans from accessing their more advanced technologies.
The series ends on a bleak note – the newly freed humans are already dividing among themselves, heading toward probably conflict.
kentexmom's review against another edition
3.0
My least favorite... A lot happens in a very few pages. And there are still no girls.
tildyteacake's review against another edition
2.0
Definitely the weakest of the three books for me, with some shonky battles, the young male protagonists increasingly unsympathetic and even at the end, no further concern for all the young women (whilst older women are completely absent in books 2 and 3). Time and place I suppose but i was slightly disappointed, given how good the first book, in particular, was.
rophdofr's review against another edition
3.0
It finished. An interesting concept that finished with the sense that the author just wanted it to end, as soon as he could, and tie on a moral of world peace, for good measure. Read this for completeness, not for individual enjoyment.
colinandersbrodd's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I loved this series as a kid, and get to share it now with my 10-year-old. In this one, humans attempt to take back their planet from the aliens who conquered it so long ago . . . but even if they succeed, what of the inbound starship bearing reinforcments? And can the human race continue to cooperate if the aliens are overcome, once the unifying threat is gone? Or will we revert to quarreling, warring nations and tribes?
logickat's review against another edition
3.0
The resistance takes on the Master aliens!
I enjoyed the fast pace and suspenseful action, particularly in the first half of the book. However, I became a little put off by too many coincidences that made the storyline a bit disjointed at times. Overall, it was an okay conclusion to the trilogy, but I liked the first two books better.
I enjoyed the fast pace and suspenseful action, particularly in the first half of the book. However, I became a little put off by too many coincidences that made the storyline a bit disjointed at times. Overall, it was an okay conclusion to the trilogy, but I liked the first two books better.
nineteenthly's review against another edition
5.0
Loved it. My favourite of the trilogy was 'The City Of Gold And Lead' but it's great to see how an apparently primitive culture can find ways of overcoming a much more advanced one. One thing: The technological progress seems remarkably fast at the end but presumably it's because the way has already been trodden once. Also, that spaceship was bloody massive!