Good concept

Not as good as neutronium alchemist trilogy. Good concept though. Main character did go on a bit.

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An enjoyable conclusion to the Arkship trilogy

Much like the previous books in the Arkship trilogy, this one focuses on Hazel, Fraser, and the rest of humanity on the arkship Deadalus as they try to wrest control back from the alien Yi and make their way to their new homeworld. If you're listened to the previous two audiobooks then you'll know what to expect, and without delving into story spoilers there isn't much to add. It's a great conclusion, delivered with a quick pace whilst not skimping on some tech and world-building Hamilton is known for. Definitely a trilogy aimed at a more YA audience despite some aspects that could come straight out of an SF horror movie. Klett once again delivers a performance suitable for the protagonist and story.

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Famous Five in Space concludes

If you've got this far, keep going. More of the same and very good it is too. Child friendly to boot!
Sequel?

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A disappointing book from one of my favourite authors

Sadly this series of books is just not that good. A bit of a let down from one of my favourite authors.

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Captivated me from start to finish

Great show and really good narration. Tightly focused from the protagonist's view. Satisfying end it really feels like a sequel to the Greg Mandel series, not that it's necessary at all to read that.

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Really enjoyable!

Really enjoyable, good fast paced story. I did speed the narration up to 1.5, but that’s normal for me!

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Good story, terrible narrator

An enjoyable story, not Peter F. Hamilton's best, but still good. It was about 30% too long though, rather dragged towards the end. Unfortunately this recording was ruined by the terrible narration. Elizabeth Klett has an unbearably posh voice, totally unsuited to the story. Character voices differ only in how much more posh they sound: in dialogue it was very hard to follow which character was speaking. She even mispronounced several pretty simple words ("suit" with a Y in it, "Mach" as "mark"). Hopefully it won't be long before the stories are published in print form, and I can properly enjoy them without the grating posh voice spoiling them.

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Excellent conclusion to the trilogy

A thoroughly enjoyable listen that wrapped up the trilogy nicely. I definitely recommend giving the trilogy a read or a listen.

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Another excellent story from the master of Sci Fi

A different style of story telling for Peter Hamilton; the entire Trilogy is told from a single persons perspective. It took a little while to get used to both the story style and the narrator, but it didn’t detract from this excellent yarn. I enjoyed it and recommend.

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Losing momentum

The third and final book leaves me satisfied with the trilogy. Like the other books the story is pretty predictable and it's a comfortable ride to finish. Nothing wrong with that though, although I found myself losing interest more often than I did earlier, perhaps it dragged out slightly longer than I would have wished.

Compared to Hamiltons best work (Commonwealth saga if you ask me), this is obviously aimed at a younger audience and from a single pov, making it a much more linear and child friendly story.

Still worth a listen and although there are books I regret purchasing this certainly isn't one.

Footnote: The narrator obviously isn't using her normal accent but tries to do some kind of posh British that I actually don't think exists, and she pronounces some words really funny. Not enough to annoy me, but I can imagine it can be an issue for people that actually are native English speakers, especially British ones.

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