Ohhhh, I just bloody love this book and this series! Great way to end, even if at times it felt a little rushed - no wonder with how long the book was getting! Still, I was kind of sad that it did come to an end, even though I'm looking forward to moving onto my next book. ;)

I love the humour in this series - the Myg are so funny with their "Irrelevant!" and their "Idiot!" And the baby myg were just so adorable, even if I didn't envy anyone who got climbed on and clung to by them. hehe. Reminded me of those annoying slobbery dogs that try to lick you all over. Still, they were cute.

The Ro were a very scary enemy, for sure!

I liked how it ended, but I got the vague sense that everything fell into place a little too easily in the end. But then I remember there was plenty of death and destruction leading up to that final point. It is quite convenient that all of the main characters survived by the end. I did wonder about Mudge, but nope, he survived!

I love the world Czerneda created with this series, and I think she left this story on a note from which it could be picked up again, probably with different main characters. Though it would be sad to have no more of "NO RIBS FOR MAC / NO RIBS FOR MAC / MAC GETS PIZZA AND BEER!" I'm sure there'd be plenty of opportunity for people to be called "Idiot!" and to be told their comments were "Irrelevant!" though. hehe

In short, love it...and can envision a re-read someday in the not hugely near future (too much else to read!).

A worthy end to the series. I went in with some expectations that turned out to be incorrect. That was probably more my fault than the author's. Overall, I found the world of the series very interesting, and I enjoyed the characters.

I enjoyed reading this series and was sad that it had to end. This is such a great adventure and Mac is a very powerful character. In this story, you gain a bond from the friendship Mac has developed throughout the series. It is fun and exciting as well as answering those difficult questions that occur.

So in the end it all comes down to this. It's unfair to say "I really liked it," but I did like it a little more than average. Probably 6/10.

I liked it because it was fun spending some more time with these characters. I liked it because there was a short section about a party that blew me away: It wasn't critical to the plot, but it was deftly written and planted some seeds ... in a very small number of pages. If Czerneda's work was always at that level, I'd count her as one of the best. Unfortunately, as with the previous books, there's a lot of irrelevant setup and slogging. In particular (minor spoiler) we spend a lot of time setting up the expedition to Myriam ... and the author seems to have completely forgotten that expedition by the end. (Either that, or I did.)

Would I read more by Czerneda? Perhaps, but probably not. There are other authors whom I like better, other authors who can tell a solid story in a lot fewer pages.

This book winds up the trilogy (Czerneda's weakest, I'm afraid) in decent style, but the first half is painfully boring.

In the culmination of the Species Imperative trilogy, Mackenzie Conner figures out the mysteries that have been plagueing her, only a salmon researcher, for the past several months. All the ends and tied up, she gets the guy and is finally able to get back to those salmon. An excellent, character-driven science fiction novel.

*BIB*

Love this series - very attached to the characters, there's a bit of historical sci-fi mystery thrown in, along with suspense and ... Just go read it. And Czerneda is a Canadian biologist. Love. (Also read Jack McDevitt if you like this sort of book).



No ribs for Mac! Mac gets SALAD and BEER!!

A friend recommended this author and series, and I had trouble finding the titles on Hoopla and Libby. I finally purchased the series on Kindle and thoroughly enjoyed them. I found the characters well-rounded, interesting, and thoroughly believable. The author's imagination and world-building are top-notch. I read the whole series within two weeks--really enjoyed this author's work.

It was alright. Not much for me to say. I read it quite a while ago.

This is the third and final book in the "Species Imperative" series, and I recommend all three of the books. The main character is a salmon researcher, and heads a facility off the NW coast of either Canada or the U.S., not sure which, several hundred years in the future. There are several species of aliens who play major roles in these stories, and they are creatively drawn. The earth is under threat from one of the alien species, and solving who the threat is and them eliminating that threat is the theme through all three books. There are also other issues going on in the lives of the characters, and the character development is excellent.

Like all books by Julie I was enthralled to the very end.