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Laddar... Extrahumansav Susan Jane Bigelow
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Being "The Sampler" isn't easy. As the weakest member of the Extrahuman Union, Jill is overlooked by just about everyone. After all, no one cares about an Extrahuman who possesses every possible superpower, but can barely use any of them. Jill is a nobody, on the run and out of a job, with no home and barely any friends to her name. To make ends meet, Jill turns back to one of her favorite jobs: stealing. When her latest job goes terribly wrong, Jill is left with a mysterious alien artifact-one that starts whispers to her, unlocks impossible powers, and shows her incredible things. Now Jill is on a quest for answers that will take her from the high mountains of Valen to the depths of interstellar space; from a bizarre prison planet where old friends and enemies are held captive, to the roots of St. Val's mysterious letters and decade-spanning plans. The fate of her friends, her world, a vanished alien species, and the entire Confederation will rest on Jill's shoulders. Extrahumans is a tale of superpowers and long-forgotten mysteries, and the fourth and final book in the critically acclaimed Extrahuman Union series "Come for the superheroes, stay for the characters and world-building." - A Fantastical Librarian Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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The plot of this book is essentially: closing up a story about superheroes living among us in a dystopian world. Jill is trying to survive, and somehow gets the team back together in the process. There will be love, loss and lots of fighting in this epic finale. It felt like a cool mix of Star Wars, Star Trek, the beautiful landscapes and colours of Jupiter Ascending and a pinch of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It took all the best things of my favourite sci-fi movies and mashed them together in the best possible way (in book form, of course).
There's something about this book that makes it fun and engaging, and I could barely put it down. It's packed full of fun character (with real flaws - they're not perfect!), there's lots of action and adventure, superpowers galore, dystopian landscapes, a Pakistani woman lead and a little LGBT representation!
I found it a tiny bit difficult jumping into the last book of this series, but I think Susan Jane Bigelow did an excellent job of filling in the blanks within the book. I would have enjoyed understanding the past relationships and struggles the characters had before, but I was still able to fully throw myself into this book. Either way, I'd love to read more by Susan now because she is just a really good writer! Any writer who can make me love a genre I typically don't is totally worth reading.
I also did not enjoy Jill's character in the beginning. I found her super annoying and childish, but then she started growing and changing as the events of the novel took place. And, at least for me, the surprises about her in this book were welcome and absolutely lovely. I was very happy to see her character develop into someone I could actually respect instead of dramatically roll my eyes at.
Overall, I would highly recommend this series! It's a fun, sci-fi adventure with an excellent writing style. If you love sci-fi, I'm sure you'll love it more than I did!
Four out of five stars.
i received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. (