I realized recently that Tade Thompson seems to have dropped off the face of social media, which is a shame because he was always an interesting voice to follow.

Anyway this was a fitting end to an excellent trilogy. Hope he makes more. ( )

One of the main reasons I read SF is for new and intriguing ideas, and this series is loaded with them. The xenosphere was very interesting. I also enjoyed the Nigerian setting. However, I did find the action confusing: so many characters, so many points of view, such time jumping, made the story hard to follow.

Still lots to think about, particularly on the topic of what constitutes one's identity. ( )

The hot question with me was how Thompson was going to bring this slow-motion take on alien invasion home, and the answer is somewhat haphazard and chaotic, which fits perfectly with the milieu in question. I'm going to admit that I felt that the second book was the strongest part of the trilogy, as that was the one that inspired the most empathy in me, but it also seems clear to me that Thompson had a good sense of how he wanted this trilogy to end, and he stuck to that vision. As for who makes it out on the other side, that would be telling, but let's just say that certain of the characters in these books always wind up on their feet in the end; recommended. ( )

Thank you Tade Thompson for a great trilogy! ( )

All three of these Wormwood books are perfect for Weird fans. Not that you have to be weird as a fan to enjoy them, merely that you must enjoy Weird fiction, be tolerant of cthulhu-like alien entities who provide rather miraculous services in return for a foothold in humanity. Wait. Isn't this just an alien invasion story?

Sure, like Fight Club is just a story about self-help groups.

We get a solid return for main characters in the previous two, get thrown into time-travel, end-of-the-world, last-stand alien repulsion, and, surprisingly, a rather large part of the novel deals with gay rights.

The subtext is solid, but it never gets in the way of the over-arching tale. Which is big. It spans across a lot of countries and across a theoretically huge amount of time, and although there IS time travel in this, it doesn't take up a lot of page-time.

I loved the big story. I enjoyed seeing old characters come back. I wasn't as impressed with the amount of character-building in this one as compared to the first or especially the second books, but it felt like a pretty good send-up to me.

The most impressive part of these books is the all-out genre-bending courage it takes to make them. I'm a big fan of Tade when it comes to this. His two novellas gave me a huge wonderful taste and three out of five novels pretty much solidified it. Imagination is key. They're full of it. :) ( )