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Liberty (Legacy Ship Trilogy, #3)

by Nick Webb

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Linda said: " Talk about saving the best for last, going out with (mostly) a bang, and almost, ALMOST being the first book of the series to get a 5th star because of it. Almost. But nope. One star deduction for a reason I'll state later. Note: Lengthy review to fo Talk about saving the best for last, going out with (mostly) a bang, and almost, ALMOST being the first book of the series to get a 5th star because of it. Almost. But nope. One star deduction for a reason I'll state later. Note: Lengthy review to follow, as this is the last book of the series and thus merits a bit of wordiness on my part.

This was without a doubt one fine conclusion to the series and ended up being my favorite of them all. It had the proper tone of finality to it that one would expect when you reach the end of something massive, if this ends up being the true end anyway. Because it does seem like it can go on forever actually. At any rate, stakes are extremely high and, even though those pesky Swarm critters keep refusing to die (which feels repetitious, but hey...that's the plot, so whatever), I liked the overall comradery of the various characters we've gotten to know warring for victory at last. And now, we even get to SEE those dang Swarm cockroaches. There's still a lot of chaos happening like in the previous books (how anyone has the time to eat, bathe, sleep, or even pee is beyond me, which is probably why they never seem to do it lol). But whether it's because I'm accustomed to this constant, nonstop action or because things were better arranged by the author, I didn't feel lost and overwhelmed as much as I used to. The action was fun to read and I'm quite amazed with the author's imagination of scenes and characters, particularly the variety of aliens and their manner of life and existence.

Further, I am very glad to finally get some fun character interactions between those who have tangible relationships this time around. The unbreakable friendships is one thing, but I particularly loved the squabbles and talks between father and son, Volz and a Zivic. It finally gave me some bit of "reality" as a reader, folks who have experienced troubles that maybe us normal readers who are outside the fiction of this world can relate to. And since I couldn't frickin' get a little fleshed out romance between literally ANYONE in this story even when it would have been justified, (and the folks who DID have that sort of relationship develop are conveniently shoved in the background), I ended up settling for the other relationships. They fortunately sufficed for what I needed. It ain't like this story was in dire need of someone having a love life, but I just feel it would have made some character motivations a lot more compelling. It would have grounded me a bit better, since the momentum of these stories sways just alllll over the place, so it's nice to have something to gravitate towards and cling to. But...no matter.

Minor complaints here. I'm still not crazy about how it seems that even when spread out in the vastness of space, the characters still managed to be in the same scene not one or two pages later. And I'd be thinking, "Well wait, weren't they over THERE? How'd they get HERE?" Then I'd backtrack to see if I missed something, which usually was a fruitless mission. I just had to accept that it was just that easy for characters to get to each other without much fuss. I also felt like I had to forgive character ages and physical appearances, as they were never much factors in the story like I felt they SHOULD have been. Except maybe a running moment with Proctor, but that was pretty much it. The typos were still super evident everywhere, which makes me wonder if the author needs to do a little firing and find someone else. I get that typos happen; they happen to everyone. Hell, I probably got 'em even here. But some of the typos are downright obvious that I don't even know how they'd be missed.

Possible MILD SPOILER, but....the biggest crime committed that forced me to deduct a star was this: Though this book built up momentum, action, and even tragic sadness in an epic, conclusive sort of way that practically manhandled me into submitting to its tension, the final couple of chapters by comparison were MAJOR let-downs. It was, dare I say? Bad. Anti-climactic bad. It teetered into cop-out territory and felt like a freaking joke. It almost seemed like the author finally, FINALLY ran out of steam from all the chaos of the story, that once he reached what he was going for he just sort of....slapped it all together in a hurry just to get it over with. Seriously? It took 6 books that occur during the span of multiple decades to fight the Swarm and then when it comes to THAT point...it just sorta...fizzles out? Like THAT? Really? I felt so incredibly deflated from my initial puffed up excitement and curiosity. And that's an annoying feeling. So even though I totally still loved the book compared to the others, I couldn't fathom giving it a perfect 5-Star Rating.

I'm sure this series will continue. It certainly ended on a point where it could. And I'm sure I'll still join in to see where it goes since I'm in too deep already. But, I'll be giving it a big break and come back way later. More stories to read, after all. ...more "

Apr 25, 2026 02:42AM · see review

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by Dean Koontz (Goodreads Author)

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Linda said: " **This was my first exposure to Dean Koontz...**

...and what a stellar introduction. Because this book is literally perfect. PERFECT. Even if it had flaws, I was too much sucked into the premise that it was literally impossible to not think it was per ...more "

Mar 14, 2025 11:35PM · see review