What do you think?
Rate this book
The Overthrow #3
Thrive
The. Aliens. Are. Here. The heart-pounding conclusion to The Overthrow trilogy that began with Bloom and Hatch.
The alien invasion of Earth is imminent. But maybe not all the aliens are united. A rebel faction has reached out to Anaya, saying there's a way to stop the larger invastion--a way for humans and hybrids and cryptogens to work together. Can they be trusted? Or is this a trap?
It's not even clear if Anaya, Petra, and Seth are united--some of the hybrids think they'd be better off if the aliens won...
With everything on the line, these three teens will have to decide who they are at their core--alien or human, enemy or friend.
The alien invasion of Earth is imminent. But maybe not all the aliens are united. A rebel faction has reached out to Anaya, saying there's a way to stop the larger invastion--a way for humans and hybrids and cryptogens to work together. Can they be trusted? Or is this a trap?
It's not even clear if Anaya, Petra, and Seth are united--some of the hybrids think they'd be better off if the aliens won...
With everything on the line, these three teens will have to decide who they are at their core--alien or human, enemy or friend.
Unknown Binding
First published May 4, 2021
67 people are currently reading
690 people want to read
About the author
Kenneth Oppel
84 books2,724 followersI was born in 1967 in Port Alberni, a mill town on Vancouver Island, British Columbia but spent the bulk of my childhood in Victoria, B.C. and on the opposite coast, in Halifax, Nova Scotia...At around twelve I decided I wanted to be a writer (this came after deciding I wanted to be a scientist, and then an architect). I started out writing sci-fi epics (my Star Wars phase) then went on to swords and sorcery tales (my Dungeons and Dragons phase) and then, during the summer holiday when I was fourteen, started on a humorous story about a boy addicted to video games (written, of course, during my video game phase). It turned out to be quite a long story, really a short novel, and I rewrote it the next summer. We had a family friend who knew Roald Dahl - one of my favourite authors - and this friend offered to show Dahl my story. I was paralysed with excitement. I never heard back from Roald Dahl directly, but he read my story, and liked it enough to pass on to his own literary agent. I got a letter from them, saying they wanted to take me on, and try to sell my story. And they did.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 156 reviews
April 13, 2022
While there was a lot of action in here and lots of stuff going on, this last book in the Overthrow series just didn't satisfy me at all. It was better than the second book but the overall feeling I got from it was just... Gloomy? But I think that is in part because I can "think outside the box" and I can "fill in the blanks" that the author doesn't really cover in here. It's like he set the scenario in the first two books but then he very conveniently ignored certain things. And if this scenario would be real, well, you cannot ignore those things. Things just simply do not go back to "normal" if you kill all of that black grass and those giant insects. Maybe if you are a teenager reading this for fun you will be very excited with this finale book but if you are an intelligent adult you can actually see all the holes and it is those holes that I find very disturbing...
Like: the soil needs microbes to grow plants. You need earthworms and insects. Lots of insects. You need a very complicated food chain for the plants to thrive. But the alien plants have wrecked all of that. How are you going to fix that? You can't just simply start planting lettuce and beans and whatnot blindly thinking it is going to grow just fine! The very air was changing! Am I supposed to believe that planting a few lettuce is going to repair that? It's way more complicated than that. Unfortunately I am smart enough to know that too. Where are they going to get those microbes from? Did they have a biobank? What about bees? Without bees, there will be no crops. Am I supposed to believe that the bee colonies were not destroyed too? What about the nuclear power plants? And the soil needs the proper nutrition; you know, minerals. Otherwise you can eat and eat but you won't get the right nutrition from the food. It will fill the stomach but your body will be starving for vital nutrients.
And even more bizarre was a scene in here where the teens were drinking ginger ale as if they were at a party. But it's the end of the world? I mean where did they even get it from?
I did like certain parts of the story, especially the scenes where Petra and the swimmer work together. But it was never clear to me what had happened to the swimmer later? It was like ze was forgotten. And I don't like that.
I also oddly felt the book was too long? Like I wanted it to hurry up and end already? So I guess I was losing interest in it?
I definitely liked the first half better than the second half. Second half was too wishy-washy in an odd way? I guess I didn't like the strife between some of the characters.
Like: the soil needs microbes to grow plants. You need earthworms and insects. Lots of insects. You need a very complicated food chain for the plants to thrive. But the alien plants have wrecked all of that. How are you going to fix that? You can't just simply start planting lettuce and beans and whatnot blindly thinking it is going to grow just fine! The very air was changing! Am I supposed to believe that planting a few lettuce is going to repair that? It's way more complicated than that. Unfortunately I am smart enough to know that too. Where are they going to get those microbes from? Did they have a biobank? What about bees? Without bees, there will be no crops. Am I supposed to believe that the bee colonies were not destroyed too? What about the nuclear power plants? And the soil needs the proper nutrition; you know, minerals. Otherwise you can eat and eat but you won't get the right nutrition from the food. It will fill the stomach but your body will be starving for vital nutrients.
And even more bizarre was a scene in here where the teens were drinking ginger ale as if they were at a party. But it's the end of the world? I mean where did they even get it from?
I did like certain parts of the story, especially the scenes where Petra and the swimmer work together. But it was never clear to me what had happened to the swimmer later? It was like ze was forgotten. And I don't like that.
I also oddly felt the book was too long? Like I wanted it to hurry up and end already? So I guess I was losing interest in it?
I definitely liked the first half better than the second half. Second half was too wishy-washy in an odd way? I guess I didn't like the strife between some of the characters.
February 21, 2021
Thank you to the publisher for an eARC of this book.
Although I knew this was the last book in the series, there was a part of me that had a very hard time accepting there wasn't a cliffhanger waiting for at the end of this book, and I wouldn't have to impatiently wait for the next book in the series. I was very satisfied with Thrive and how it concluded the story of this invasion of Earth. I don't want to say too much about the details in this story to avoid spoilers, but I will say the author deserves all the recognition he receives for an engaging, science fiction adventure that will appeal to older middle grade readers.
This is the first time I've read a middle grade book with the gender inclusive pronounces em/eir, and I appreciate how they were used in this story. I look forward to the day when they are as commonplace as other pronouns.
I highly recommend this series, and hope it gets the readership it deserves despite all three books being released during the pandemic.
Although I knew this was the last book in the series, there was a part of me that had a very hard time accepting there wasn't a cliffhanger waiting for at the end of this book, and I wouldn't have to impatiently wait for the next book in the series. I was very satisfied with Thrive and how it concluded the story of this invasion of Earth. I don't want to say too much about the details in this story to avoid spoilers, but I will say the author deserves all the recognition he receives for an engaging, science fiction adventure that will appeal to older middle grade readers.
This is the first time I've read a middle grade book with the gender inclusive pronounces em/eir, and I appreciate how they were used in this story. I look forward to the day when they are as commonplace as other pronouns.
I highly recommend this series, and hope it gets the readership it deserves despite all three books being released during the pandemic.
May 30, 2023
Unfortunately, this was not the awesome final book in the series that I hoped for. I just can't get past one of the main characters using politically divisive words not based on fact and instead based on feeling to address one of the aliens; there's no input from the alien, the person doesn't even ask the alien about it, and the scientists don't challenge it, there's no science! I thought this series was a science fiction series like "The Andromeda Strain" or "Jurassic Park." Now, I realize it is a pseudo science fantasy with an explicit political message. I still love the first two books, however, the last book just lost all meaning for me. It was also a rushed conclusion that wraps up too nicely and skims over the experiences of grief and loss.
May 6, 2021
I loved this trilogy so much, it's everything you could ask for in a middle grade! It does get mildly gory, but there are also tons of important issues woven into the story! Also a character uses ze/zir pronouns which was really cool to see.
Kenneth Oppel never fails!!!
Kenneth Oppel never fails!!!
March 12, 2024
Hello! Here’s my book review: This book was amazing! Best apocalyptic book series I’ve read. I loved this book so much. This book was so well written and had such an amazing plot and story. I would definitely re-read this series and I will recommend this to all my friends. 5 stars. I loved it so much. Thank you for writing such an amazing book.
Read
July 12, 2021the third book in the bloom trilogy. the aliens have arrived and are invading. dramaticness is everywhere.
January 4, 2022
I really enjoyded this trilogy. I binged this middlegrade series in three days, I couldn't put them down.
The trilogy is an easy and fun read but with some good messages in it.
The trilogy is an easy and fun read but with some good messages in it.
November 2, 2025
Soooo does anyone have something that can fill this new hole in my heart or
July 14, 2022
It was an amazing book I am super happy that I read this and all of the other books in the series
July 23, 2025
This was an exciting and terrifying story. It was not quite as fun, as the people of the earth wage all out war to save humanity. Still, it was hard to put down, because so much was happening for most of the book. It was a good ending for the series.
June 1, 2021
Decent ending to the Overthrow trilogy. These would make for a really nifty Amazon or Netflix series.
February 25, 2022
3.5 stars, rounded up.
This was pretty good. Petra annoyed the crap out of me for most of it, and Seth was kinda annoying too. They did at least come around so I guess it’s fine.
I think this series could really use a spin-off. The reason I loved Bloom so much was the tone of it, the more survival story-ish part. A spin-off book about a normal person living through the invasion would be incredible.
I’m docking 1.5 stars for a few reasons:
So first of all, the swimmer using ze/zir pronouns was dumb, especially since a lot of the cryptogens were just referred to as “it”. Why couldn’t Petra have done the same for the swimmer if she really felt that “it wasn’t a girl or a boy”? Or just they/them? It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.
Second, Petra and Seth were annoying.
And third, the tone of the series continually changed from what I loved so much about the first one. Not a bad book by any means, just different than why I loved Bloom so much.
This was pretty good. Petra annoyed the crap out of me for most of it, and Seth was kinda annoying too. They did at least come around so I guess it’s fine.
I think this series could really use a spin-off. The reason I loved Bloom so much was the tone of it, the more survival story-ish part. A spin-off book about a normal person living through the invasion would be incredible.
I’m docking 1.5 stars for a few reasons:
So first of all, the swimmer using ze/zir pronouns was dumb, especially since a lot of the cryptogens were just referred to as “it”. Why couldn’t Petra have done the same for the swimmer if she really felt that “it wasn’t a girl or a boy”? Or just they/them? It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.
Second, Petra and Seth were annoying.
And third, the tone of the series continually changed from what I loved so much about the first one. Not a bad book by any means, just different than why I loved Bloom so much.
May 1, 2021
A stellar conclusion to a meticulously layered trilogy. I can't wait to share book three with more readers.
January 17, 2025
Read via audiobook since my library got rid of all their other copies. The audiobook reader and production quality was all great, no complaints there.
Alright, on to the book itself:
This was a pretty frustrating conclusion to the series.
Primary issue: Getting VERY SICK of the Esta apologists. Will address this further later.
Secondary issues: Author manages to get on soapboxes about: gender identity/pronouns, climate change (I actually thought we were going to escape that one), feminism, colonialism, humans...existing on a planet apparently; And after all that he somehow missed the "love yourself the way you are!!!!" one. Anyway.
The plot itself was fine - sure, it depends an awful lot on Seth being a self absorbed imbecile, but I get it, he's a teenage boy and they're not exactly the smartest, so sure, I'm willing to look past that. Really, truly, if it had just been the plot in a vacuum, I would have liked the book just fine probably. It was - the other stuff.
This being a "chosen ones" type book - you know, you kind of need the chosen ones not to whine and complain about having been chosen the entire time. I get it, the kids didn't want to be alien hybrids but, well, they are, and the story is about what they do with that. If they sit on a couch complaining about their rights and how they're just being "used" as pawns and experimented on and how they don't owe anyone anything and they shouldn't have to do anything then...we don't have a story. So shut up, Petra. You're special, get over it and now go help out. Earth is being invaded for crying out loud.
Again, I understand we're dealing with a bunch of spoiled teenagers here. But the complaints that they're not everyone's first priority when there is a literal alien spaceship full of heavily armed and very hostile aliens LANDING ON EARTH feels a little tone deaf. "Awww the government is shooting nukes at me don't they care about me" brother you are STANDING ON TOP of the alien spaceship full of thousands of aliens trying to destroy earth. I'm pretty far from a collectivist and no I don't think the ends justify the means and sure the good of the many doesn't outweigh the rights of the one but I'm also not the person making the decision to send the nuke in this scenario and I think maybe you need to realize that either they a) can't tell you're there because you're one person on a HUGE ALIEN SPACESHIP or b) the fact that they're trying to kill THOUSANDS OF HOSTILE ALIENS in order to STOP THE INVASION OF THE ENTIRE EARTH is in fact outweighing the fact that you are a whiny teenager who happens to be where the nuke is going to explode. I'm sorry. If I was on an alien spaceship that the government was shooting nukes at, I would not take it so personally. RIP me.
Esta. Oh, Esta, Esta, Esta. And Seth. Where to begin.
(I know...you need characters to make decisions to drive stories and they're not always good decisions. I don't mind so much whether or not Esta was right, wrong, evil, bitchy, justified, unjustified, or what have you....what really annoys me is how everyone else treated her).
Alright so you have this girl who clearly delights in torturing people, and has already been arrested for attempted (fairly gruesome murder) and somehow everyone just. ignores this. There's no - "hey Seth, this girl is bad news." "Hey Seth, this girl clearly hates humanity and wants us all dead, could you maybe choose a different girlfriend?" At no point is anyone like, hey, she's committing crimes against humanity maybe we should. Stop her properly. (by which I do NOT mean the half-assed locking her up in a freight container that the Americans did). This entire time Seth is just moony over her, and she's moony over him, and maybe this is my maturity talking but I don't see any romance in someone wanting to destroy the entire earth so it's just the two of you and you can have ~each otherrr~. Like. Do you want a place to live and be in love or.....
Would have been lovely to see her arrested and tried for like actual war crimes and treason since that's what she did but alas. We're all just going to be like "lol teenagers amiright." OH AND then everyone's like "oh poor Seth he's just mad because no one would release Esta" SHE'S A CRIMINAL. She and he both got dealt a crappy hand, I get it, but then I had to sit through an entire book of the both of them, but especially Seth, just blaming everyone else for their ATROCIOUS decisions. "I only murdered 12 people because they put Esta in prison." "I only helped aliens invade earth and murder humans as well as their own kind because I wasn't loved as a baby" GET OVER YOURSELVES.
To be clear. I am fine with characters making bad decisions in character and driving a story. I'm not fine with all the other supposedly rational characters around just ignoring it.
The first book was good, but the follow through in the series wasn't really there I guess. RIP. Annoying because I thought this would be added to the collection of series for my future children to read in the middle grade era, but now I will be keeping this particular series as far away from any of my children as possible.
Alright, on to the book itself:
This was a pretty frustrating conclusion to the series.
Primary issue: Getting VERY SICK of the Esta apologists. Will address this further later.
Secondary issues: Author manages to get on soapboxes about: gender identity/pronouns, climate change (I actually thought we were going to escape that one), feminism, colonialism, humans...existing on a planet apparently; And after all that he somehow missed the "love yourself the way you are!!!!" one. Anyway.
The plot itself was fine - sure, it depends an awful lot on Seth being a self absorbed imbecile, but I get it, he's a teenage boy and they're not exactly the smartest, so sure, I'm willing to look past that. Really, truly, if it had just been the plot in a vacuum, I would have liked the book just fine probably. It was - the other stuff.
This being a "chosen ones" type book - you know, you kind of need the chosen ones not to whine and complain about having been chosen the entire time. I get it, the kids didn't want to be alien hybrids but, well, they are, and the story is about what they do with that. If they sit on a couch complaining about their rights and how they're just being "used" as pawns and experimented on and how they don't owe anyone anything and they shouldn't have to do anything then...we don't have a story. So shut up, Petra. You're special, get over it and now go help out. Earth is being invaded for crying out loud.
Again, I understand we're dealing with a bunch of spoiled teenagers here. But the complaints that they're not everyone's first priority when there is a literal alien spaceship full of heavily armed and very hostile aliens LANDING ON EARTH feels a little tone deaf. "Awww the government is shooting nukes at me don't they care about me" brother you are STANDING ON TOP of the alien spaceship full of thousands of aliens trying to destroy earth. I'm pretty far from a collectivist and no I don't think the ends justify the means and sure the good of the many doesn't outweigh the rights of the one but I'm also not the person making the decision to send the nuke in this scenario and I think maybe you need to realize that either they a) can't tell you're there because you're one person on a HUGE ALIEN SPACESHIP or b) the fact that they're trying to kill THOUSANDS OF HOSTILE ALIENS in order to STOP THE INVASION OF THE ENTIRE EARTH is in fact outweighing the fact that you are a whiny teenager who happens to be where the nuke is going to explode. I'm sorry. If I was on an alien spaceship that the government was shooting nukes at, I would not take it so personally. RIP me.
Esta. Oh, Esta, Esta, Esta. And Seth. Where to begin.
(I know...you need characters to make decisions to drive stories and they're not always good decisions. I don't mind so much whether or not Esta was right, wrong, evil, bitchy, justified, unjustified, or what have you....what really annoys me is how everyone else treated her).
Alright so you have this girl who clearly delights in torturing people, and has already been arrested for attempted (fairly gruesome murder) and somehow everyone just. ignores this. There's no - "hey Seth, this girl is bad news." "Hey Seth, this girl clearly hates humanity and wants us all dead, could you maybe choose a different girlfriend?" At no point is anyone like, hey, she's committing crimes against humanity maybe we should. Stop her properly. (by which I do NOT mean the half-assed locking her up in a freight container that the Americans did). This entire time Seth is just moony over her, and she's moony over him, and maybe this is my maturity talking but I don't see any romance in someone wanting to destroy the entire earth so it's just the two of you and you can have ~each otherrr~. Like. Do you want a place to live and be in love or.....
Would have been lovely to see her arrested and tried for like actual war crimes and treason since that's what she did but alas. We're all just going to be like "lol teenagers amiright." OH AND then everyone's like "oh poor Seth he's just mad because no one would release Esta" SHE'S A CRIMINAL. She and he both got dealt a crappy hand, I get it, but then I had to sit through an entire book of the both of them, but especially Seth, just blaming everyone else for their ATROCIOUS decisions. "I only murdered 12 people because they put Esta in prison." "I only helped aliens invade earth and murder humans as well as their own kind because I wasn't loved as a baby" GET OVER YOURSELVES.
To be clear. I am fine with characters making bad decisions in character and driving a story. I'm not fine with all the other supposedly rational characters around just ignoring it.
The first book was good, but the follow through in the series wasn't really there I guess. RIP. Annoying because I thought this would be added to the collection of series for my future children to read in the middle grade era, but now I will be keeping this particular series as far away from any of my children as possible.
September 29, 2021
If you haven’t yet picked up book #1 of The Overthrow Series by Kenneth Oppel, then WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? I was 100% hooked during book #1, Bloom, and then I felt so much closer to each character during my read of book #2, Hatch. So Thrive had a lot to live up to if it was going to carry the momentum of the series through to the very end. And MY OH MY, what an incredible finale to this three book sci-fi/horror series series!
Kenneth Oppel created an amazing world with Anaya, Petra, and Seth, building suspense and keeping me guessing throughout each book. I deeply appreciated the thoughtful questions about humanity, friendships, and emotions. We’re also forced to consider how our childhoods impact how we see the world and how difficult or easy it is to bond with others. So I appreciated the realistic questions in relationships and the philosophical questions hanging in the balance when it comes to things like differences between these particular aliens and what we’ve done as a human race OR about body modification vs. accepting who we are. It’s also natural to read this series and consider what we would or wouldn’t be willing to do to ensure the continuation of the human race – particularly in regards to environmental concerns. LOTS to discuss in this series and I highly recommend for children and teen homes and libraries everywhere!
Kenneth Oppel created an amazing world with Anaya, Petra, and Seth, building suspense and keeping me guessing throughout each book. I deeply appreciated the thoughtful questions about humanity, friendships, and emotions. We’re also forced to consider how our childhoods impact how we see the world and how difficult or easy it is to bond with others. So I appreciated the realistic questions in relationships and the philosophical questions hanging in the balance when it comes to things like differences between these particular aliens and what we’ve done as a human race OR about body modification vs. accepting who we are. It’s also natural to read this series and consider what we would or wouldn’t be willing to do to ensure the continuation of the human race – particularly in regards to environmental concerns. LOTS to discuss in this series and I highly recommend for children and teen homes and libraries everywhere!
May 1, 2023
While I appreciated the writing style, characterization of the aliens, and constantly moving plot, this third part of the story was too violent for me. Spoiler: I understand that they're at war, but if I have to read extreme violence and murder, I need the main characters to have more involved emotional reactions to these life-changing experiences and actions. In this third part, the 3 main characters don't talk as much amongst their peers about what is happening to them and the actions they have to take. I needed more resolution and debriefing and processing. 3.5
February 9, 2022
This is one of the best conclusion books i have read in a decent while! It has taken me FAR longer than I would have liked to know the ending.( what with starting it on book one as soon as it came out) but it was a wonderful story!
The tension the drama! It is definitely one of my favorite alien stories!
The tension the drama! It is definitely one of my favorite alien stories!
December 17, 2024
I enjoyed this entire trilogy, but I think my favorite of them was book 1, Bloom. Thrive gives readers a good conclusion to the set, but I felt the last third of the book was a tad drawn out and could have been condensed for better pacing. It was interesting to see all the plot line conclusions and get to see hybrid-cryptogen interactions.
June 21, 2022
This was such an action-packed, really clever ending to The Overthrow trilogy! I thoroughly enjoyed all of these books, and I AM NOT a sci-fi lover. Highly recommend especially because of the complex family, friend, and social relationships that develop throughout the three books. There was also a ton of creativity involved in the world-building!
May 20, 2023
A wonderful conclusion to the Bloom Trilogy/Overthrow series! This is one of my favourite book series of all time, and I would reread a third, fourth, fifth time and so on. I love Kenneth Oppel's writing, and I would definitely give this book a full five stars!
May 19, 2023
Amazing
April 10, 2024
That was a nerve wracking ending but I'm glad it ended the way it did. Was a fun little series!
December 4, 2025
lost the plot a little from the first one but it was fire (rip ze/zir alien you really showed those conservatives it’s ok to be an alien crocodile/dolphin/scorpion/ze/zir)
June 29, 2023
A satisfying conclusion to an exciting and very entertaining trilogy!
September 26, 2021
Great end to the series. Even Petra matured and managed to get over herself a little. I think Oppel did a fantastic job bringing everything together and ending the trilogy.
January 3, 2023
Selten hatte ich dermassen spannende und actiongeladene Bücher wie die der Bloom-Trilogie gelesen. Nachdem mich Kenneth Oppel einmal mehr mit einem fiesen Cliffhanger geködert hatte, stand also fest, dass ich auch das grosse Finale unbedingt lesen musste. Und ja, wenn man nach der Lektüre zurückschaut, kann man sich definitiv als ein Köder fühlen... als ein Köder für Alien-Würmer...
Das klingt jetzt vielleicht etwas skurril, aber ich kann euch versprechen, auch "Bloom: Jetzt greifen sie uns alle an" ist wahnsinnig rasant, spannend und auch etwas gruselig.
Für die Menschen entwickelt sich die Erde nämlich immer mehr zu einem lebensfeindlichen Planeten. Die Alieninvasion steht unmitelbar bevor, doch unter den Eindringlingen gibt es anscheinend auch Rebellen. Diese wollen mit Hilfe von Anaya, Petra und Seth die Übernahme verhindern. Doch wem können die drei wirklich vertrauen?
Auch "Jetzt greifen sie uns alle an" wird abwechselnd aus der personalen Perspektive von Anaya, Petra und Seth geschildert. Alle drei haben ja sowohl menschliche als auch kryptogene DNA, jede*r geht mit dieser Tatsache jedoch anders um. Petra wäre am liebsten nur menschlich, Seth ist von seinen kryptogenen Fähigkeiten total angetan und Anaya versucht das Beste aus ihrer Situation zu machen. Ihre Identitäts-Probleme als Hybriden zeigten sich schon in den ersten Bänden, spitzen sich nun jedoch immer weiter zu.
Es ist total spannend, die Entwicklung von Anaya, Petra und Seth mitzuverfolgen.
Auch die Problematik zwischen den Menschen und den Kryptogenen spitzt sich weiter zu. Der Konflikt polarisiert und bringt eine spannende Dynamik in die Geschichte.
Zudem weiss Kenneth Oppel auch dieses Mal zu überraschen.
Auch der abschliessende Band von "Bloom" ist wieder so mitreissend, dass man das Buch kaum aus der Hand legen kann. Die Handlung ist faszinierend und weiss zu überraschen - wie von Oppel bekannt, mischt er auch dieses Mal einige Horrorelemente mit ein.
Vor allem bekommen die Scienc Fiction Anteile in diesem dritten Band noch viel mehr Gewicht, denn die Kryptogene rücken mit ihren Raumschiffen, technischen Errungenschaften und Waffen in den Mittelpunkt.
Und ja, auch dieses Mal spitzt sich die Situation zum Ende hin immer weiter zu und endet in einem rasanten Showdown. Oppel schafft es, alle Handlungsstränge und die Entwicklung der Charaktere zu einem runden Ende zu führen, so dass "Bloom" wirklich eine richtig gelungene Trilogie ist.
Das klingt jetzt vielleicht etwas skurril, aber ich kann euch versprechen, auch "Bloom: Jetzt greifen sie uns alle an" ist wahnsinnig rasant, spannend und auch etwas gruselig.
Für die Menschen entwickelt sich die Erde nämlich immer mehr zu einem lebensfeindlichen Planeten. Die Alieninvasion steht unmitelbar bevor, doch unter den Eindringlingen gibt es anscheinend auch Rebellen. Diese wollen mit Hilfe von Anaya, Petra und Seth die Übernahme verhindern. Doch wem können die drei wirklich vertrauen?
Auch "Jetzt greifen sie uns alle an" wird abwechselnd aus der personalen Perspektive von Anaya, Petra und Seth geschildert. Alle drei haben ja sowohl menschliche als auch kryptogene DNA, jede*r geht mit dieser Tatsache jedoch anders um. Petra wäre am liebsten nur menschlich, Seth ist von seinen kryptogenen Fähigkeiten total angetan und Anaya versucht das Beste aus ihrer Situation zu machen. Ihre Identitäts-Probleme als Hybriden zeigten sich schon in den ersten Bänden, spitzen sich nun jedoch immer weiter zu.
Es ist total spannend, die Entwicklung von Anaya, Petra und Seth mitzuverfolgen.
Auch die Problematik zwischen den Menschen und den Kryptogenen spitzt sich weiter zu. Der Konflikt polarisiert und bringt eine spannende Dynamik in die Geschichte.
Zudem weiss Kenneth Oppel auch dieses Mal zu überraschen.
Auch der abschliessende Band von "Bloom" ist wieder so mitreissend, dass man das Buch kaum aus der Hand legen kann. Die Handlung ist faszinierend und weiss zu überraschen - wie von Oppel bekannt, mischt er auch dieses Mal einige Horrorelemente mit ein.
Vor allem bekommen die Scienc Fiction Anteile in diesem dritten Band noch viel mehr Gewicht, denn die Kryptogene rücken mit ihren Raumschiffen, technischen Errungenschaften und Waffen in den Mittelpunkt.
Und ja, auch dieses Mal spitzt sich die Situation zum Ende hin immer weiter zu und endet in einem rasanten Showdown. Oppel schafft es, alle Handlungsstränge und die Entwicklung der Charaktere zu einem runden Ende zu führen, so dass "Bloom" wirklich eine richtig gelungene Trilogie ist.
July 9, 2022
Bloom: Jetzt greifen sie uns alle an - Kenneth Oppel
Band 3
Mit gemischten Gefühlen stand ich diesem Buch gegenüber. Band zwei fand ich nicht so berauschend, es hatte aber einen ganz miesen Cliffhänger. Also musste ich unbedingt wissen wie es weiter geht.
Die Aliens landen nun auf der Erde, jeder Muskel und jede Faser der Menschen ist angespannt.
Gibt es wirklich Rebellen unter den Aliens, die die Inversion verhindern wollen?
Doch auch unter den Hybriden - halb Mensch, halb Alien, gibt es gespaltene Meiningen, ob die Aliens wirklich verlieren sollten.
Anaya, Petra und Seth stecken wieder mittendrin, das Militär ist auf ihre Hilfe angewiesen. Die Außerirdischen müssen über jede Kleinigkeit der Invasion ausgefragt werden und es muss schleunigst eine Strategie entworfen werden, wie man die Aliens besiegen kann.
Ich habe Band drei mit sehr viel Genuss verfolgt.
Es war spannend, nervenaufreibend und hin und wieder witzig. Es war toll die verschiedenen Rassen und ihre Technologien kennen zu lernen. Ich fand es auch super, dass jeder der drei Teenager eine eigene Mission und dementsprechende Herausforderungen zu meistern hatte. Das verlieh den Jugendlichen mehr Tiefe.
Über das Ende der Trilogie kann ich kein bisschen meckern, ich hätte es mir gar nicht anders wünschen können. Es ist zwar schade, dass dieses Abenteuer nun zu Ende ist, aber dafür war es eine echt coole Geschichte.
Band zwei, hatte meiner Meinung nach etwas geschwächelt, was Band drei aber wieder wett gemacht hat.
Band 3
Mit gemischten Gefühlen stand ich diesem Buch gegenüber. Band zwei fand ich nicht so berauschend, es hatte aber einen ganz miesen Cliffhänger. Also musste ich unbedingt wissen wie es weiter geht.
Die Aliens landen nun auf der Erde, jeder Muskel und jede Faser der Menschen ist angespannt.
Gibt es wirklich Rebellen unter den Aliens, die die Inversion verhindern wollen?
Doch auch unter den Hybriden - halb Mensch, halb Alien, gibt es gespaltene Meiningen, ob die Aliens wirklich verlieren sollten.
Anaya, Petra und Seth stecken wieder mittendrin, das Militär ist auf ihre Hilfe angewiesen. Die Außerirdischen müssen über jede Kleinigkeit der Invasion ausgefragt werden und es muss schleunigst eine Strategie entworfen werden, wie man die Aliens besiegen kann.
Ich habe Band drei mit sehr viel Genuss verfolgt.
Es war spannend, nervenaufreibend und hin und wieder witzig. Es war toll die verschiedenen Rassen und ihre Technologien kennen zu lernen. Ich fand es auch super, dass jeder der drei Teenager eine eigene Mission und dementsprechende Herausforderungen zu meistern hatte. Das verlieh den Jugendlichen mehr Tiefe.
Über das Ende der Trilogie kann ich kein bisschen meckern, ich hätte es mir gar nicht anders wünschen können. Es ist zwar schade, dass dieses Abenteuer nun zu Ende ist, aber dafür war es eine echt coole Geschichte.
Band zwei, hatte meiner Meinung nach etwas geschwächelt, was Band drei aber wieder wett gemacht hat.
September 1, 2021
Oppel has a bunch of great ideas that he has trouble delivering on. This book was even shakier than the previous one until the climactic battle scenes. There, the ideas seemed fully developed, but for a lot of the rest of the series, concepts and relationships are introduced and then all but abandoned.
The series just wasn't satisfying to me beyond some neat ideas. And it got really close to the Maximum Ride fatal flaw of pushing too hard and too preachily on climate change. (Thankfully, it drew back before impaling itself on THAT sword.)
Even if you're writing for younger readers, write some characters we can care about for more than a couple of minutes. So much potential here, just fell short.
The series just wasn't satisfying to me beyond some neat ideas. And it got really close to the Maximum Ride fatal flaw of pushing too hard and too preachily on climate change. (Thankfully, it drew back before impaling itself on THAT sword.)
Even if you're writing for younger readers, write some characters we can care about for more than a couple of minutes. So much potential here, just fell short.
July 13, 2021
Oh my...
I didn't want to start the day feeling emotionally distressed, but that is how I am starting apparently. This book just makes me so happy and sad and hopeful. I have a deep love for our planet and humanity as a whole, and reading about humanity fighting for their place in the universe always makes me so emotional. The main characters in this book are amazing. The plot, the tension... I am speechless...
I almost cried at the end. I can't believe this series is over. Kenneth Oppel has always been a favourite author, but now he's a FAVOURITE author. This series is just as book as Airborn. I didn't think any of his works would ever top that.
I didn't want to start the day feeling emotionally distressed, but that is how I am starting apparently. This book just makes me so happy and sad and hopeful. I have a deep love for our planet and humanity as a whole, and reading about humanity fighting for their place in the universe always makes me so emotional. The main characters in this book are amazing. The plot, the tension... I am speechless...
I almost cried at the end. I can't believe this series is over. Kenneth Oppel has always been a favourite author, but now he's a FAVOURITE author. This series is just as book as Airborn. I didn't think any of his works would ever top that.
January 27, 2023
Love this book! Soo happy I'm able to re- read this series! 9/10
Displaying 1 - 30 of 156 reviews