The first book in this series was amazing. The second book less so but still good. I’m afraid the third book ranks about the same as the second for my taste. It isn’t that I didn’t like the last book it is simply that neither of the later books measured up to the first. Do I regret committing so much time listening to them? Probably not. Would I do it again? No. That doesn’t mean I won’t check out other titles by this author, I have the feeling that I will find his non-fiction work fascinating.

This book picks up where the last one left off and I managed to listen to the second half of it in a marathon session this morning as I found myself with 7 hours left in my loan time to listen to 7 hours of book…. Nothing like procrastinating. Anyway, I discovered a brilliant feature in the Overdrive app, changing the speed in which a book is played. I ended up listening to those last 7 hours at 1.6 speed and finished three hours before the book was due. Have to say I might be listening to more audiobooks this way as it gave my mind less time to wander while the story was read. Because of said mind wandering I feel like I might have missed a lot of the first half of this book as I do not remember much of what happen…

The message that the author is trying to portray about our society is one that many of us need to hear. I fear there is probably a fine line in this story as to what is real and what is fiction. There was plenty of action as this book took place over a longer timeline than its two predecessors. The end felt like the story was left hanging with a few unresolved plot threads. There were some parts near the end that felt a bit forced in this book. In the end, though, I was simply glad it was over and am not interested in pursuing this world further. I’m glad I listened to it but I’m ready to move on.

Like another reviewer suggested definitely go and read the first book as it was brilliant, but as to the last two book…. If you have nothing better to do or listen to then sure why not.