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…a compelling new fantasy series. --Rhianna Pratchett, SFX Magazine on Poison Study
The plot twists and turns…and the story as a whole is peopled by convincing and well realised characters. Verdict: 9/10. --Total SciFi on Fire Study
The fact is, Inside Out is everything you could want in a YA dystopian novel. Loner heroine with the hidden potential to lead a revolution? Check. Intriguing set-up with secrets galore to uncover? Got it. The makings of an addictively unlikely romance? Sure thing. Oppressed masses, imagination-pleasing gadgets, a truly evil female villain... It's all there. It's tense and exciting and compelling and at times it's even... cute. In fact, if I have any doubts about this one, it's that it's a little too spot on. I usually like my dystopians slightly on the out-of-the-ordinary side, and for me Inside Out reads more like it's written to formula. A really, really perfect formula. It even manages to deliver an ending that is simultaneously satisfying and cliffhanging, and that's no small achievement. So, I won't hold its perfection against it. I loved every minute, and I'm counting the weeks till the sequel, Outside In, hits bookstore shelves in 2011. Inside Out is a book that'll whisk you off to its fascinating future world from the very first page, take you on a breathtaking dystopian adventure, and leave you clamouring for more. It's the kind of book that makes your imagination happy. I'd recommend it to YOU. Yes, you. Go on, read yourself some dystopian goodness. --Amazon Customer Review for Inside Out
The plot twists and turns…and the story as a whole is peopled by convincing and well realised characters. Verdict: 9/10. --Total SciFi on Fire Study
The fact is, Inside Out is everything you could want in a YA dystopian novel. Loner heroine with the hidden potential to lead a revolution? Check. Intriguing set-up with secrets galore to uncover? Got it. The makings of an addictively unlikely romance? Sure thing. Oppressed masses, imagination-pleasing gadgets, a truly evil female villain... It's all there. It's tense and exciting and compelling and at times it's even... cute. In fact, if I have any doubts about this one, it's that it's a little too spot on. I usually like my dystopians slightly on the out-of-the-ordinary side, and for me Inside Out reads more like it's written to formula. A really, really perfect formula. It even manages to deliver an ending that is simultaneously satisfying and cliffhanging, and that's no small achievement. So, I won't hold its perfection against it. I loved every minute, and I'm counting the weeks till the sequel, Outside In, hits bookstore shelves in 2011. Inside Out is a book that'll whisk you off to its fascinating future world from the very first page, take you on a breathtaking dystopian adventure, and leave you clamouring for more. It's the kind of book that makes your imagination happy. I'd recommend it to YOU. Yes, you. Go on, read yourself some dystopian goodness. --Amazon Customer Review for Inside Out
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Me? A Leader? Okay, I did prove that there s more to Inside than we knew. That a whole world exists beyond this cube we live in. And finding that led to a major rebellion between worker scrubs like me and the snobby uppers who rule our world. Make that ruled. Because of me, we re free. I thought that meant I was off the hook, and could go off on my own again while still touching base with Riley, of course. He s the one upper I think I can trust. But then we learned that there s outside and then there is Outside. And something from Outside wants In.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The plot was very nearly as awesome as the first book, Inside Out.
There is a couple of twists, which was nice. If you were watching my updates on Goodreads, you probably know that I now consider myself psychic as I predicted what was going to happen before it happened. Then again, does that mean that the twists were rather obvious? I'll let you be the judge of that one.
The ending left me wanting more, I wish I could have seen more of what was going to happen after the events in this book ended. Is there going to be another book? Because this did seem like the end, unfortunately.
The ending did seem slightly rushed, and it did seem like the author just wanted to put a lid on this story. However, I may well be wrong, as this may not be the end of the series *crosses fingers*
As with the first book, Trella was a brilliant female lead. I have not got much to say about her to be honest with you, as she stayed pretty much the same throughout the course of the book. Being the evil person that I am, I did love watching her struggle with her new role in this society.
As for Riley... I wanted more Riley, darn it! He really wasn't in this novel as much as I expected him to be, and I was a bit disappointed. But, when he was in it, he was just as amazing as he was in the first book.
Jacy is also a character I wanted to see more of - but that's mainly due to the slight crush I seemed to develop for him in the first book. He's badass. Yup. And I do still think he and Trella should get together. This is one love triangle I would be supporting.
The antagonists - not to reveal any spoilers - were very interestingly done. I loved reading about them, and then finally meeting them after reading about them for so long was just mind-blowing!
As usual, Snyder's writing style leaves nothing to be desired. Truly splendid, it really is!
Overall, a strong 4.5 out of 5 stars for this novel, and I just wish I didn't have to leave Trella's world just yet.
Recommended!
There is a couple of twists, which was nice. If you were watching my updates on Goodreads, you probably know that I now consider myself psychic as I predicted what was going to happen before it happened. Then again, does that mean that the twists were rather obvious? I'll let you be the judge of that one.
The ending left me wanting more, I wish I could have seen more of what was going to happen after the events in this book ended. Is there going to be another book? Because this did seem like the end, unfortunately.
The ending did seem slightly rushed, and it did seem like the author just wanted to put a lid on this story. However, I may well be wrong, as this may not be the end of the series *crosses fingers*
As with the first book, Trella was a brilliant female lead. I have not got much to say about her to be honest with you, as she stayed pretty much the same throughout the course of the book. Being the evil person that I am, I did love watching her struggle with her new role in this society.
As for Riley... I wanted more Riley, darn it! He really wasn't in this novel as much as I expected him to be, and I was a bit disappointed. But, when he was in it, he was just as amazing as he was in the first book.
Jacy is also a character I wanted to see more of - but that's mainly due to the slight crush I seemed to develop for him in the first book. He's badass. Yup. And I do still think he and Trella should get together. This is one love triangle I would be supporting.
The antagonists - not to reveal any spoilers - were very interestingly done. I loved reading about them, and then finally meeting them after reading about them for so long was just mind-blowing!
As usual, Snyder's writing style leaves nothing to be desired. Truly splendid, it really is!
Overall, a strong 4.5 out of 5 stars for this novel, and I just wish I didn't have to leave Trella's world just yet.
Recommended!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I have read both of Maria V. Snyder's previous series and have found them to be entertaining, engaging and addictive for their own individual reasons. So it was with high hopes that I started Outside In.
Firstly I should point out that I was bought this as a present from someone who knew I loved Snyder's previous work. Secondly, that I did not know this was the second in the series.
It begins with an introduction to the ship which is the place where the human race now exists, spinning across space with layer after layer of living compartments inside it and even more unexplored levels. The revolution is at an end, the dictators have been overthrown and we enter the world of Inside at the point of committees and paperwork, where practical solutions to the aftermath of social disruption are being discussed. And Trella, the heroine of the hour, the instigator of the revolt, the leader of the force of sheep, wants nothing to do with it.
Having set her fellow Insiders on the right path and removed the power crazed Travas and Pop Cops from the equation, she only wants to be allowed to continue her exploration of the spaces above the living levels that have been found and return to relative anonymity. But after a couple of homemade bombs start to make life not only difficult but downright dangerous for those Inside, it seems as though Trella won't have much choice in the matter. Especially not now there is the offer of a solution, but it's a solution that no one ever thought possible.
I managed to read the majority of the book and not miss having not read the first one so on this point I applaud Snyder for being able to write a standalone novel in part of a series; an ability I have found few books to possess. Also, the wonderfully original story line is a trait I am coming to link synonymously with Maria Snyder's work. That said I was bitterly disappointed in the book as a whole.
If you're picking up this series to read because you have previously read the Yelena Zaltana Poison Study (Book 1 in The Study Trilogy) (MIRA) or the Opal Cowan Storm Glass (Opal Cowan Trilogy - Book 1) (MIRA) series as I have done then unfortunately you will not find the same flowing description and dialogue in these books. The adolescent first person description is probably very true to the main character of Trella but by the second chapter I was sick of the slang and spoon fed description in the book. The characters themselves seemed very two dimensional and their back stories almost forced to fit the mould needed to make their motives credible. Perhaps it was the previously encountered controlled and stoic Valek that ruins Riley for me or the barely suppressed maternal flutterings of Iris that destroyed any empathy I could feel for Doctor Lamont, but whatever it was I could not bring myself to feel enough for the characters to care about their outcome. Sure by the end of the book, I wanted it to end well but unfortunately, more than that, I just wanted it to end.
I am almost ashamed to write this review because it wasn't a bad book; it wasn't even a poor book. It had all the ingredients to be a very good Sci-Fi / Fantasy and the author with the talent and imagination to carry it off. Maybe I was expecting too much, maybe I have only myself to blame. Maybe the first of Snyder's books spoilt me into expecting too much, but for whatever the reason I have been left very much wanting at the end Outside In and it had left me thoroughly disappointed and slightly concerned about what is next to come.
Firstly I should point out that I was bought this as a present from someone who knew I loved Snyder's previous work. Secondly, that I did not know this was the second in the series.
It begins with an introduction to the ship which is the place where the human race now exists, spinning across space with layer after layer of living compartments inside it and even more unexplored levels. The revolution is at an end, the dictators have been overthrown and we enter the world of Inside at the point of committees and paperwork, where practical solutions to the aftermath of social disruption are being discussed. And Trella, the heroine of the hour, the instigator of the revolt, the leader of the force of sheep, wants nothing to do with it.
Having set her fellow Insiders on the right path and removed the power crazed Travas and Pop Cops from the equation, she only wants to be allowed to continue her exploration of the spaces above the living levels that have been found and return to relative anonymity. But after a couple of homemade bombs start to make life not only difficult but downright dangerous for those Inside, it seems as though Trella won't have much choice in the matter. Especially not now there is the offer of a solution, but it's a solution that no one ever thought possible.
I managed to read the majority of the book and not miss having not read the first one so on this point I applaud Snyder for being able to write a standalone novel in part of a series; an ability I have found few books to possess. Also, the wonderfully original story line is a trait I am coming to link synonymously with Maria Snyder's work. That said I was bitterly disappointed in the book as a whole.
If you're picking up this series to read because you have previously read the Yelena Zaltana Poison Study (Book 1 in The Study Trilogy) (MIRA) or the Opal Cowan Storm Glass (Opal Cowan Trilogy - Book 1) (MIRA) series as I have done then unfortunately you will not find the same flowing description and dialogue in these books. The adolescent first person description is probably very true to the main character of Trella but by the second chapter I was sick of the slang and spoon fed description in the book. The characters themselves seemed very two dimensional and their back stories almost forced to fit the mould needed to make their motives credible. Perhaps it was the previously encountered controlled and stoic Valek that ruins Riley for me or the barely suppressed maternal flutterings of Iris that destroyed any empathy I could feel for Doctor Lamont, but whatever it was I could not bring myself to feel enough for the characters to care about their outcome. Sure by the end of the book, I wanted it to end well but unfortunately, more than that, I just wanted it to end.
I am almost ashamed to write this review because it wasn't a bad book; it wasn't even a poor book. It had all the ingredients to be a very good Sci-Fi / Fantasy and the author with the talent and imagination to carry it off. Maybe I was expecting too much, maybe I have only myself to blame. Maybe the first of Snyder's books spoilt me into expecting too much, but for whatever the reason I have been left very much wanting at the end Outside In and it had left me thoroughly disappointed and slightly concerned about what is next to come.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
*Possible spoilers of Inside Out*
Following the rebellion and the discovery of Outside, the people of Inside are struggling to deal with their new found freedom. Things haven't gone quite as planned and the Committee (those now in charge) are having to take measures which make them not so different from the previous leaders.Trella expected a quiet life following the rebellion but people are expecting her to step up and be a leader. And then they have the issue of something trying to get Inside.
Outside In follows on nicely from the previous book with a little recapping of what happened without repeating too much. The story is as exciting as the first, full of twists and turns, leaving you not knowing what is going to happen next or who to trust. There's plenty of action going on as well as getting to know the characters more and exploring the relationships between them. We also find out more about the history of Inside.
A great story world and impressive writing makes this one of my favourite books of the year so far.
Following the rebellion and the discovery of Outside, the people of Inside are struggling to deal with their new found freedom. Things haven't gone quite as planned and the Committee (those now in charge) are having to take measures which make them not so different from the previous leaders.Trella expected a quiet life following the rebellion but people are expecting her to step up and be a leader. And then they have the issue of something trying to get Inside.
Outside In follows on nicely from the previous book with a little recapping of what happened without repeating too much. The story is as exciting as the first, full of twists and turns, leaving you not knowing what is going to happen next or who to trust. There's plenty of action going on as well as getting to know the characters more and exploring the relationships between them. We also find out more about the history of Inside.
A great story world and impressive writing makes this one of my favourite books of the year so far.
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A great follow up!
First of all, let me just say there are some series that it would be okay-ish to read out of order. This is NOT one of them. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Geekius
Better than inside out
Good book, I enjoyed reading it. Good plot and got quite attached to the characters and was very sorry when it finished.
Published 1 month ago by hcapowell
Good read!
I started liking Maria V Snyder when I read the Poison Study series. This book, although really good, doesn't seem to quite match up to the standard of the first series. Read more
Published 3 months ago by K. Parkinson
Snyder - at her best
Maria Snyder has created a world that is very believable and I immediately felt comfortable with the main characters. Read more
Published 4 months ago by M. P. Jennings
Good but not brilliant
The book starts of pretty much where it left off which is good for thoses like me had to wait a long time before reading this book. Read more
Published 6 months ago by bebe
Enjoyable, but not as good as part one.
Who's in charge when the slave masters are overthrown? An enjoyable read as sci-fi meets fledgling democracy ... but not as good as part one.
Published 9 months ago by R. C. Evans
I LOVE TRELLA AND RILEY!! Great read!
I absolutely loved Inside Out so I was really excited about reading the follow up, Outside In. I was almost completely singing the author's praises for creating such an interesting... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Amber
AMAZING!
I normally am not a big fan of sci-fi, but I have to say, I really loved this. I liked the whole trella/riley pairing in Inside out, and I was hoping for more of that. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Izzy231
Not as good as Inside Out.
This one is OK, but it loses its way a bit in the first half of the book. The author seems to flounder a bit, while the newly invented difficulties in the Inside are altogether... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Demon Teddy Bear
Book-lover
I have read previous series by Maria V. Snyder and enjoyed them so hoped I would also enjoy this one - and I did. Different concept but well thought out. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Alma
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