I didn't love Ruse as much as I loved Want. Trigger/content warning: blood, gun violence, murderĮdit (August 2019): lowering the rating to 2.5, since I realized that it's been a few months and I don't remember one scene from this book. It was a solid sequel and if you go in wanting more of the characters, you'll love it too. Explores more interpersonal themes though? Like friendships and how they can get through things together, trust, the implications of sacrifice, grief, and the consequences of losing the people that you love. Though this story isn't as discourse- and theme-heavy as the first book, it furthers and develops the discourse from the first, and shows that though one big fight may be hard-won, fighting for change takes time, influence, and power - and how people can use these for good. (Iris is so edgy but is so soft when she's with Lingyi? omg?) I loved that we got to see more of Iris and Lingyi as well. I loved that the characters in Want were developed even more in Ruse. There are three POVs in this book: Lingyi, the genius hacker of the group, who is called in by a childhood friend who may be in danger from Jin who has escaped to China Jason (for most of the book) and, later on in the book, Daiyu as well. Follows the gang several months after the events of Want, as they grapple with the consequences of what happened and the sacrifices that they made. I'm going to miss my revolutionary bb's so much. I loved this sequel so so much, and I'm so sad that this duology is now over.
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My full review can be found in my blog, The Quiet Pond. Is this a game they can survive, much less win? Jin has proudly announced Daiyu will be by his side for the opening ceremony of Jin Tower, his first “vertical city.” And as hard as Zhou and his friends fight, Jin always gains the upper hand. When Daiyu appears in Shanghai, Zhou is uncertain if it’s to confront him or in support of her father. The reunited group play a treacherous cat and mouse game in the labyrinthine streets of Shanghai, determined on taking back what Jin had stolen. But when Iris tells him he can’t tell Daiyu or trust her, he balks. Zhou doesn’t hesitate to fly to China to help Iris find Lingyi, even though he’s been estranged from his friends for months. And when Jin has Jany murdered and steals the tech she had refused to sell him, Lingyi is the only one who has access to the encrypted info, putting her own life in jeopardy. When Lingyi goes to Shanghai to help Jany Tsai, a childhood acquaintance in trouble, she doesn’t expect Jin to be involved. But Jin, the ruthless billionaire and Daiyu’s father, is out for blood. Jason Zhou, his friends, and Daiyu are still recovering from the aftermath of bombing Jin Corp headquarters. If I had a pound for every time such a story had been placed in the Sunday Times for just such a purpose I’d be a rich ….In near-future Shanghai, a group of teens have their world turned upside down when one of their own is kidnapped in this action-packed follow-up to the “positively chilling” sci-fi thriller Want. The Sunday Times is routinely used for these kinds of “plant” stories. It may in fact be a feint, a rue, a rumour put out in the marketplace to create some buzz about a business that, after several years of scaling, has investors impatient for a liquidity event. This indicates that something is going on but it may well not be a sale to Amazon at all. and German DVD rental business to them in early 2008 and putting some cash in to take a 42 per cent stake in the business.Īmazon spokesman aren’t commenting on the rumour and all my sources are claming up as well. Amazon already has a large stake in LoveFilm after selling its U.K. The Sunday Times broke a story (no link because of their paywall) yesterday claiming has made an offer for European DVD rental business Lovefilm of £200 million ($313 million). Sorry!” That’s the quote from one of my sources close to the story that is developing around the so-called Amazon/LoveFilm discussions. “Do I have any views on the rumoured sale of LoveFilm to Amazon? Many.