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TWINMAKER BY SEAN WILLIAMS

30/5/2016

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Where is Q?

Clair and Jesse have barely been reunited when the world is plunged into its biggest crisis since the Water Wars. The d-mat network is broken. The world has ground to a halt. People are trapped, injured, dying. It’s the end of the world as Clair knows it—and it’s partly her fault.

“The girl who killed d-mat” is enlisted to track down her missing friend Q—the rogue AI who repeatedly saved Clair’s life. Q is the key to fixing the system, but she isn’t responding to calls for help, and even if she did...can she be trusted?

Targeted by dupes, abandoned by her friends, caught in a web of lies that strike at the very essence of who she is, Clair finds powerful allies in RADICAL, secretive activists who are the polar opposite of anti-d-mat terrorist group WHOLE. However, if she helps them find Q, will she be inadvertently trapping her friend in a life of servitude—or worse, sending her to an early death by erasure?

Caught between pro- and anti-d-mat philosophies, in a world on the brink of all-out war, Clair must decide where she stands—and who she stands with, at the end.

Crashland is a fantastic tale that raises philosophical questions about right and wrong, and what is humane. - Abooktopia
Where is Q? What is she? And most importantly, where does she stand? That’s what everyone wants to know. A question, that Clair does not have an answer to. D-mat is broken, and society does not know how to survive without it. Unable to leave or travel, people are unable to access hospitals halfway across the world. The world is in turmoil, and it’s all Clair’s fault. Hailed as the girl who broke d-mat, her only hopes of fixing the world, is through Q. Yet somehow Q has managed to stay under the radar. She can’t be found unless she wants to be found. With dupes now after Clair, and society blaming her for the world’s chaos, Clair is desperate to survive and make it out through all of this.

Crashland: Crash, once again embodies the impacts and dependency of technology. Whilst at the same time bringing fourth questions battling against morals and beliefs. Right and wrong. Why should someone get to choose who lives and who dies? Why should someone have the authority to decide whom to bring back from the dead? This novel is filled with action along with cunning twists and turns that will keep you reading on.

The relationship between Clair and Jesse is once again very interesting and peculiar. Clair wants to restore d-mat, whilst Jesse wants the world to adapt to the abstainer lifestyle. Beliefs and morals battling against another.  Clair grew as character as she observed herself during her voyage to fix the world, and slowly began to lean from her mistakes.

The ending truly won me over with its cleverness, and well thought out ideas. I am exhilarated to begin Hollowgirl: Fall, and cannot wait to see where Clair will stand, and what will happen next. The characters overall were well developed and grew together as the storyline grew.
***I received a copy of this book in return for an honest and unbiased review***
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#1 New York Times bestselling Sean Williams lives with his family in Adelaide, South Australia. He’s written some books--forty-two at last count--including the Philip K. Dick-nominated Saturn Returns, several Star Wars novels and the Troubletwister series with Garth Nix. Twinmaker is a YA SF series that takes his love affair with the matter transmitter to a whole new level. You can find some related short stories over at Lightspeed Magazine and elsewhere. Thanks for reading.


Twinmaker by Sean Williams:
BOOK 1: Twinmaker: Jump
BOOK 2: Crashland: Crash
BOOK 3: Hollowgirl: Fall
56 Comments
Emily Brown
6/7/2015 12:52:38 pm

Still need to read this one :S

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Josh Noah
6/7/2015 03:33:11 pm

I'm actually so pumped up for Fall 😆

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Abooktopia link
7/7/2015 12:30:34 pm

Same here! I just need to find the time to read it.

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Josh Noah
11/7/2015 12:17:13 pm

It's always so hard to find the time to read.

Abooktopia link
13/7/2015 11:35:01 am

It truly is. Especially in High School.

Josh Noah
16/7/2015 08:04:15 am

So very true.

Sonia Benevolia
6/7/2015 03:34:27 pm

lol. I still haven't found the time to read this one yet. When does the final book come out?

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Abooktopia link
7/7/2015 12:29:36 pm

The final book will be released early November this year.

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Sonia Benevolia
11/7/2015 12:17:46 pm

K thanks :)

Abooktopia link
13/7/2015 11:35:40 am

Your welcome.

Jessica
7/7/2015 12:22:00 pm

I've started reading the first book and I'm quite enjoying myself.

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Jessica
7/7/2015 12:22:55 pm

Even though the pacing is quite slow, but it is realistic. And that's what makes it so great.

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Abooktopia link
13/7/2015 11:36:26 am

I'm so glad your enjoying it! I truly love the slow pacing as it brings everything to live and keeps things realistic.

Jessica
16/7/2015 08:05:38 am

I usually find slow pacing extremely boring but this time round I appreciated it.

Abooktopia link
18/7/2015 06:24:53 pm

It's actually nice to for a change enjoy the slow pacing of a book.

Jessica
21/7/2015 10:32:30 am

It really is

Elena Zawilski
7/7/2015 12:36:17 pm

I'm actually currently reading this one! It's getting so good now.

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Abooktopia link
13/7/2015 11:36:54 am

How much have you read?

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Elena Zawilski
23/7/2015 05:42:46 am

I've actually just finished it. Damn the ending took me by surprise. I have no clue how the author would write the third novel in the series.

Abooktopia link
28/7/2015 02:18:22 am

The third novel is really something unique. I've currently just began reading it and I already love it so far. You get to read about Clair's experience in the Yard and about her other self as noted in at the very end of the second novel.

Elena Zawilski
29/7/2015 04:58:46 am

DO YOU HAVE COPY???!!!!!!!!

Abooktopia link
3/8/2015 05:23:56 am

Yes I do

Carina Watson-Gail
7/7/2015 03:13:48 pm

That's the author you got to meet right? With Amie Kaufman? Maybe? No? Yes?

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Abooktopia link
13/7/2015 11:37:37 am

Yes it is! I had such a wonderful time meeting both authors as it's so rare to get the chance in Australia.

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Macey
11/7/2015 12:16:47 pm

Great review!

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Abooktopia link
13/7/2015 11:37:59 am

Glad you like it and thanks!

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Macey
24/7/2015 05:54:10 am

Your more than welcome lovely

Sonia Benevolia
11/7/2015 02:21:27 pm

I'll have to add it to the tbr list

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Kelly Stephenson
11/7/2015 02:33:57 pm

The ending was just... WOW...
And the way Q hid from everyone
Impressive.

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Abooktopia link
13/7/2015 11:38:55 am

I was surprise how Q hid away so well, but at the same time I wasn't. It was all in her capability.

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Kelly Stephenson
24/7/2015 07:39:37 am

Sean Willams knows how to plan and use critical thinking. He's created such a complex world and I must applaud him for answering as much questions as possible with his theories which must have taken a LOT or research.

Abooktopia link
28/7/2015 02:21:21 am

He truly does. He does an excellent job at answer as many questions as he possibly can, with the best of his abilities. There will always be something that you can't explain and it's really quite hard to create an explanation that works.

Kelly Stephenson
29/7/2015 04:59:55 am

He would have also needed professionals to help tell him what would work what wouldn't. It's no easy fret.

Abooktopia link
4/8/2015 02:16:40 am

A lot of authors need to check their writings with professionals.

Chanda
12/7/2015 04:27:56 am

I really enjoyed this one. I am super excited for Hollowgirl

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Abooktopia link
13/7/2015 11:40:17 am

I received a signed ARC edition of Hollowgirl but I just haven't been able to find the time to read it. So little time, too many books.

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Chanda
24/7/2015 05:55:19 am

WHAT?!!! OMG YOU ARE SO LUCKY!!!!!
I AM BOILING WITH ENVY
😭😭😭😭😭

Chanda
24/7/2015 05:58:59 am

Such a shame that you've been so busy lately and that you haven't been able to post *sniffles* 😢

Abooktopia link
28/7/2015 02:23:22 am

I wish I just had more time on my hands. Since I'm in college and heading into VCE time is hard to make and find in between the homework load, but I try. I've started reading some of it and I'm loving it so far!

Chanda
4/8/2015 07:21:38 am

Are you from Australia? Because in America it's different here. And I understand. Well good luck, and I hope you can still manage to squish in books to read.

Katherine
13/7/2015 04:12:33 am

I'm still trying to patiently wait for the final installment. I would highly recommend this trilogy.

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Abooktopia link
14/9/2015 09:17:39 am

It's so hard to wait, but I was fortunate enough to get the chance to meet Sean Williams in person, and he offered to send me an ARC of his novel, so that was exactly what he did when he got home form his tour.

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Asha Berkery
13/7/2015 11:34:27 am

Still need to read this beauty 😁

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Abooktopia link
18/7/2015 05:34:44 pm

You should try fitting it in before the release date of the third novel so you can read them continuously.

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Asha Berkery
3/8/2015 05:21:20 am

I will have to see to it.
*squishes trilogy in by the end of the year*

Abooktopia link
4/8/2015 02:15:39 am

I wish you the best of luck with that. You'll need it.

Asha Berkery
14/9/2015 09:16:34 am

Thxs 😁

Simon Hiddelson
14/7/2015 10:21:43 am

This was such a well-written novel. I truly loved the slow pacing for once, and saw the value in doing so. I must admit I did reread it to find the hidden hints. It was well planned out I must say. All the information was in front of us, we just had to decipher it.

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Abooktopia link
18/7/2015 05:08:03 pm

I'm glad you loved it as much as I did, if not more! The slow pacing for perfected and very much needed for us to process all the information.

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Simon Hiddelson
29/7/2015 05:00:32 am

It's one of my all time favorites now XD

Abooktopia link
3/8/2015 05:20:03 am

I'm so happy to hear that! I just know your gonna love the last installment in the series.

Simon Hiddelson
4/8/2015 07:18:03 am

I cant wait to get my hands on a copy

Abooktopia link
14/9/2015 09:16:04 am

I just know you're gonna love it!

Victoria
16/7/2015 04:58:19 am

Damn I still need to fit this one in

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Abooktopia link
18/7/2015 03:50:29 pm

You should totally give it a try!

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Victoria
24/7/2015 07:40:10 am

I shall 😊




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