The Fallen

4.0 Stars This is one of those rare cases where the sequel is even better than the first book. I liked the Outside, but I really liked the Fallen.   I loved the character work in The Fallen. I struggled with the characters introduced in the first book because they felt somewhat flat and distant. Howeve......more

I admit I was excited to pick up the sequel to The Outside. It was neurodivergent Space Opera with a major touch of quantum physics speculation, godling AIs and Others, massive amounts of head games, and rebellion. The sequel ramps up the rebellion, or at least the survival aspects of it, increases t......more

6/10 stars My full review can be found on my blog. I wanted to read something by Ada Hoffman for a while, as her books have been praised as both a good representation of neurodivergence and as solidly written stories. So when I saw this at NG I jumped at the opportunity, especially because the blurb w......more

On a planet that has been contaminated by the Outside, strange extradimensional energies that do not follow normal rules of the universe, those humans trapped inside the area are mostly just trying to survive, mostly managing to cope with the strangeness but not so much the angels of the AI gods tha......more

Popsugar 2021: A book with something broken on the cover I really enjoyed The Outside by Ada Hoffmann and was excited to find out what happened next. I'd give this book 2.5 stars. The Outside was a very tight book. It focused on Yasira, a young woman caught up in events of universal importance, and Ak......more