Cytonic
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- Author：Brandon Sanderson
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Summary
Fighter pilot Spensa Nightshade has been embroiled in an alien empire's war and now， to figure out what she really is， she must leave face her fears and leave everyone behind to enter the Nowhere， a place that rarely sees those who enter ever to return。
Reviews
David Sierra
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Cambio de ambiente y tercio， pero cada vez más trepidante。 Buena trama y todo el saber hacer de Sanderson。 Con ganas de leer el cuarto。
Martin
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2。5
Leoreo
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i just want the skyward gang back together :（
Amy
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Fun fast sci fi
Garret Shields
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Wow！ What a cool world within this already-cool universe that Sanderson has created！ I liked it and did NOT see the ending coming， though it was hinted at。 Very fun book！
R。A。 Cruz
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Siento que tarda mucho en engancharte， casi en toda la parte uno （en mi opinión） como que tienes que esforzarte por engancharte， y es hasta la parte dos en donde empieza a ponerse muy interesante。 Por un momento creí que Sanderson volvería a cambiar el tono de la saga， como hizo en el libro dos， pero de hecho lo mantiene muy bien e incluso lo perfecciona。Amé todo el universo que construyó， se siente con tantas posibilidades， y ahonda mucha en la combinación de Ciencia Ficción y Fantasía。 Te enca Siento que tarda mucho en engancharte， casi en toda la parte uno （en mi opinión） como que tienes que esforzarte por engancharte， y es hasta la parte dos en donde empieza a ponerse muy interesante。 Por un momento creí que Sanderson volvería a cambiar el tono de la saga， como hizo en el libro dos， pero de hecho lo mantiene muy bien e incluso lo perfecciona。Amé todo el universo que construyó， se siente con tantas posibilidades， y ahonda mucha en la combinación de Ciencia Ficción y Fantasía。 Te encariñas demasiado con los personajes， y te quedas con muchas ganas de más。 。。。more
Joel
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Overall， I enjoyed it， but I didn't love the pacing。 It took too long to get to the real important stuff。 Overall， I enjoyed it， but I didn't love the pacing。 It took too long to get to the real important stuff。 。。。more
Cecelia
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The character development， the world building， the everything about this book。 It was probably my least favourite of the series so far but Spensa has come so far as a person and M-bot will forever be one of my favourite characters。 Their banter together just makes me smile so much。 The whole running joke of "Made you look" absolutely broke me。I had no idea what plot this book would be following and it flew off on some odd adventure with the lovely lovely Chet and I'm not mad about it。 I have no The character development， the world building， the everything about this book。 It was probably my least favourite of the series so far but Spensa has come so far as a person and M-bot will forever be one of my favourite characters。 Their banter together just makes me smile so much。 The whole running joke of "Made you look" absolutely broke me。I had no idea what plot this book would be following and it flew off on some odd adventure with the lovely lovely Chet and I'm not mad about it。 I have no idea where Defiant is going to go but I'm hoping for lots more Jorgen， and preparing for lots more heartbreak。 。。。more
Mahima
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I liked this but enjoyed Skyward and Starsight much more。 The world is just expanding exponentially in each book。 The current book somehow seemed less enjoyable mainly because of lack of any of the older characters and it seemed like the time in nowhere is of less importance somehow。 Also I would loved to get more details in the epilogue about Jorgen and the others of Platform Prime。
Jason Joyner
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I love Suzy Jackson as a narrator so much。 She really brings Spensa to life。 Cytonic gets a little zany， but it makes sense in the story world。 So far the Skyward series （including the Skyward Flight novellas with Janci Patterson） are my favorite Sanderson novels， and I have them in hardback and on audio because I love relistening to prep for the next book。
MJ
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Well， I made it through #2 and was glad， but lost this when it turned into Harrison Ford adventure but riding on a pseudo dinosaur。。。 Just didn't have the will to read past the first 20 pages。 Well， I made it through #2 and was glad， but lost this when it turned into Harrison Ford adventure but riding on a pseudo dinosaur。。。 Just didn't have the will to read past the first 20 pages。 。。。more
Cassidy
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3。5
Yash
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Okay， I'll admit this one didn't have the fast-paced nature that the previous two had。 And that might explain its relatively low rating。BUT。I personally felt that this book had its own charm。 I did remark that it had become a snoozefest at certain points， but looking back， I believe that to be just a recency bias side effect。 Chet was so nice！ M-Bot grew up。 And the Broadsiders were amazing！ Peg and her muluns especially， haha。P。S。: I can't live without giving a book a 5* rating， can I？ P。P。S。: Okay， I'll admit this one didn't have the fast-paced nature that the previous two had。 And that might explain its relatively low rating。BUT。I personally felt that this book had its own charm。 I did remark that it had become a snoozefest at certain points， but looking back， I believe that to be just a recency bias side effect。 Chet was so nice！ M-Bot grew up。 And the Broadsiders were amazing！ Peg and her muluns especially， haha。P。S。: I can't live without giving a book a 5* rating， can I？ P。P。S。: Guess who's become a Brandon Sanderson fan now？ 。。。more
Dani Paige
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3。75-4
Avinash Hindupur
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Decent book which felt like a filler for the most part with nothing substantive happening as far as the rest of the universe is concerned。The protagonist herself develops a lot during this period， but am kinda sad that the rest of the characters don't get any read-time。 Eagerly looking forward to the next book， the stage is all set for a grand finale！ Decent book which felt like a filler for the most part with nothing substantive happening as far as the rest of the universe is concerned。The protagonist herself develops a lot during this period， but am kinda sad that the rest of the characters don't get any read-time。 Eagerly looking forward to the next book， the stage is all set for a grand finale！ 。。。more
Alan Beam
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It's really good sci-fi and a really good story but I'm really just here for the really good characters。 It's really good sci-fi and a really good story but I'm really just here for the really good characters。 。。。more
Celine De Smet
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3。5*
Jisa
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⭐ 3。5 ⭐Por fin termino este libro y tengo sentimientos encontrados。Por un lado， me gusta mucho toda la información nueva que tenemos， hay personajes de siempre y uno nuevo que están en mi corazón y ya las últimas 50 páginas me tenían súper enganchada， no podía con todo lo que pasaba y me hacían sentir。 Por otro lado， se me hace el libro que tiene la trama más pobre。Entiendo el objetivo con este libro， pero hubiera preferido que se desarrollara de otra manera。Igual me sigue encantando la historia ⭐ 3。5 ⭐Por fin termino este libro y tengo sentimientos encontrados。Por un lado， me gusta mucho toda la información nueva que tenemos， hay personajes de siempre y uno nuevo que están en mi corazón y ya las últimas 50 páginas me tenían súper enganchada， no podía con todo lo que pasaba y me hacían sentir。 Por otro lado， se me hace el libro que tiene la trama más pobre。Entiendo el objetivo con este libro， pero hubiera preferido que se desarrollara de otra manera。Igual me sigue encantando la historia， entrega unos mensajes necesarios que me fascinan， siguen el con el mismo humor y amo leer a Spensa， es de mis protagonistas favoritas。 Además ya necesito leer el libro de historias y que salga el último。 。。。more
Rayco Cruz
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Quizás sea el más confuso de los tres libros hasta ahora publicados de la serie。 Algo no me ha terminado de enganchar。 Es verdad es pura acción y muy entretenido， pero pasé por el libro sin realmente involucrarme en lo que me estaba contando。 Hay conceptos complicados de visualizar en la ninguna-parte y algunas cosas no me terminan de encajar y resultan más un apaño que algo con sentido。El libro está bien escrito y los personajes son interesantes， muy al estilo Brandon Sanderson。 Los dilemas y p Quizás sea el más confuso de los tres libros hasta ahora publicados de la serie。 Algo no me ha terminado de enganchar。 Es verdad es pura acción y muy entretenido， pero pasé por el libro sin realmente involucrarme en lo que me estaba contando。 Hay conceptos complicados de visualizar en la ninguna-parte y algunas cosas no me terminan de encajar y resultan más un apaño que algo con sentido。El libro está bien escrito y los personajes son interesantes， muy al estilo Brandon Sanderson。 Los dilemas y planteamientos a veces están cogidos por los pelos y， aunque nos trata de mostrar a una Spensa más madura， lo cierto es que es un personaje al que casi todo le sale bien。 Lo más interesante es el tratamiento de las IA y su desarrollo， cosa que sí me ha parecido bien trabajado。Si hay un cuarto libro seguro que lo leeré para saber cómo termina todo， pero no lo espero con especiales ansias。。。 。。。more
Prajakta
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* Major Spoilers ahead*Scud。 What a book。 Brandon Sanderson has managed to put Spensa in three completely different yet thrilling situations with a newish plot line and newer characters without making us miss the old ones。 I thought I'd want to see the previous characters again for some further character development but as I started reading about the new ones I rarely thought about the precious ones。 First of all， can we all have a Chet in our life？ Such positivity， adventure and politeness。 Who * Major Spoilers ahead*Scud。 What a book。 Brandon Sanderson has managed to put Spensa in three completely different yet thrilling situations with a newish plot line and newer characters without making us miss the old ones。 I thought I'd want to see the previous characters again for some further character development but as I started reading about the new ones I rarely thought about the precious ones。 First of all， can we all have a Chet in our life？ Such positivity， adventure and politeness。 Who would have thought this man would turn out to be a rouge delver！ And his backstory was a complete twist。 I was hoping for some evil aliens to kill for pleasure but they were a victim of such a primal emotion。 Grief。 So many people in today's world do cruel things to each other mostly out of fear， undirected grief or to cover up one's own shortcoming while blaming the other so they forget about their own problems。 I kept thinking about the link to the book Sapiens， wherein Yuval Harris mentions that homo sapiens developed too fast to get to the top of the food chain unlike other animals who took millions of years。 And that made us extra cruel because were did it more out of fear。 We lacked the natural majestic-ness of the apex predators。 The Delvers also seek to destroy not only because they can but because they were so very afraid。 M-Bot was simply too cute， His new drone， his understanding of emotions and the teary sacrifice。 I know he's going to come back as a badass character in the next novel。 Maybe with humanoid features？ I hope not though。 He's awesome as a fighter plane。 Doomslug。 Thank the star for her。 She seemed like such a mature character。 And to protect her own。 That was just beyond awesome。 Now， Spensa。 I loved her transformation。 I loved her confidence。 Such faith in one's abilities。 If I had half that awesomeness I'm sure I would be in a very different situation in my life。 She knows her shortcomings。 And she's not overconfident。 She knows she was good simply from practice。 。 And that is truly amazing。 Also throughout the book she keeps growing as a person。 To listen to and realize different points of views。 To not judge an alien species based on previous experiences。 To embrace and truly accept your so-called enemy。 Truly awesome。 I always keep thinking there are so many things we can learn from reading。 I wonder why everyone doesn't do it often enough。 These characters are always so inspiring。 If she can do it so can I。 And we often see them grow。 We know what sort a mindset they come from。 And I know these are fictional characters， but I would like to believe that there are similar people who are real。 Just like she chased the heroes her Gran-gran taught her about， I hope I can also grow with her in my mind。 The stories of the pirates and factions was quite nice。 Even the path of elders gave the book a lovely story arc。 There is so much we can learn from our ancestors。 The origin of villains often comes form pain。 But I feel that everything was overshadowed by the incredible character development。 We often see things that interest us the most。 I really hope mine is as beautiful。 Also did I mention Hesho？ Screw Chet。 I was a Hesho in my life。 Such wisdom from a 25 centimeter alien。 Such respect and inner peace。 Such。 。。。more
Pat
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Book 3 has Spensa and M-Bot going into the Nowhere， first as an escape from the Superiority and then in an attempt to neutralize the delvers。 （That sentence will make sense to only a select few， I realized as I was typing it。） A good chunk of the book read like a Treasure Island-style adventure story， which was fun。 We're again introduced to a new crop of characters， with a couple returning from earlier books， and again Spensa ends up training a bunch of raw pilot recruits。 I hope in the next on Book 3 has Spensa and M-Bot going into the Nowhere， first as an escape from the Superiority and then in an attempt to neutralize the delvers。 （That sentence will make sense to only a select few， I realized as I was typing it。） A good chunk of the book read like a Treasure Island-style adventure story， which was fun。 We're again introduced to a new crop of characters， with a couple returning from earlier books， and again Spensa ends up training a bunch of raw pilot recruits。 I hope in the next one Sanderson branches out with a new plot。 But the world-building continues to be excellent， and I'll see what happens in the 4th （and final？） book。 。。。more
Michelle
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Love the humor and personality。 The story felt a bit nuts and over explained。 The world seemed overly complicated and lasted too long in the outerworld。 Characters were perfect though。 （the book makes so much more sense when read in context with all the following novellas and novels）
Ezra white
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good stuff
Andrés Anda
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Wow！ Wooooooow！！！
Megan Jeganathan
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I love Brandon Sanderson books and have always enjoyed this series however I did struggle to engage with the first half of this book。 Perhaps it was because there are very few familiar characters or places to latch onto as this book barrels into new locations and a cast of new characters。 I am hoping the last book in the series immerses me more and keeps up the intensity of the first books in the series。
ChangedByBooks
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Wow！ I totally thought I was going to give Cytonic 4 stars but the last 50 pages completely made it a 5 stars！ 😭 Oh my god！ The emotions I felt！ I just don’t know how I’ll be able to wait until the next book that god knows when it’ll be published 🫠This particular book in the series has a lot of information to process and it gets really scientific at times and honestly I absolutely loved it and the things I wasn’t enjoying at the beginning I know that if I re-read it I would absolutely love and a Wow！ I totally thought I was going to give Cytonic 4 stars but the last 50 pages completely made it a 5 stars！ 😭 Oh my god！ The emotions I felt！ I just don’t know how I’ll be able to wait until the next book that god knows when it’ll be published 🫠This particular book in the series has a lot of information to process and it gets really scientific at times and honestly I absolutely loved it and the things I wasn’t enjoying at the beginning I know that if I re-read it I would absolutely love and appreciate knowing what I know now 😅💙My favorite characters are definitely M-Bot， then Hesho and Doomslug 🥹💚 but overall I also love Rig， Jorgen， FM and even Spensa， Scud！！！ 😅😂 。。。more
Jennifer
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This series is unrecognizable from when it started。 （view spoiler）[It was basically Starsight 2。0 in some ways， when I was really looking forward to returning to an old setting and previous characters。 （hide spoiler）] This series is unrecognizable from when it started。 （view spoiler）[It was basically Starsight 2。0 in some ways， when I was really looking forward to returning to an old setting and previous characters。 （hide spoiler）] 。。。more
Alton Chaney
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In terms of the way this installment pulled off a massive genre-shift for the series， I'd say it was very successful， however it felt a little needlessly bloated especially in the later half of the book where the real meat of the plot really occupies only the very last few chapters。 All that being said I think this sets up a nice final installment in the series and I'm intrigued where all of this is headed， but I wish this had been more of a novella length akin to ReDawn or Sunreach。 In terms of the way this installment pulled off a massive genre-shift for the series， I'd say it was very successful， however it felt a little needlessly bloated especially in the later half of the book where the real meat of the plot really occupies only the very last few chapters。 All that being said I think this sets up a nice final installment in the series and I'm intrigued where all of this is headed， but I wish this had been more of a novella length akin to ReDawn or Sunreach。 。。。more
Alyssa
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This was good but definitely not my favorite of the three， and honestly， in my silly opinion， not the best ending to the series。 The last two books set up an awesome exchange between main forces of good and evil- and it kind of fell flat。 We basically went through the same formula of Spin going somewhere far away and then training people- and it felt a little repetitive。 There was growth。 There was plot。 But I’m a little miffed about how this ended。
Chris
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Added dimensions to adventure and self discovery， well written。
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