Review: Blue Noon [Midnighters #3] by Scott Westerfeld
See my reviews of books 1 and 2.
Just a warning, as this is the final book in the trilogy, there will inevitably be some spoilers, just so you know.
After the events of the previous book, the five Midnighters are licking their wounds, their bonds of friendship stretched – if not quite to breaking point – way beyond the closeness that they once shared.
There is one thing, they can agree on though. The Darklings’ connection to the real world has been broken, they’ll never be able to communicate with humans again. They can begin to relax.
That is until, one morning, at just after 9am, the blue time makes an unexpected appearance. This unprecedented event worries them all, even, Rex doesn’t have an answer, with all his knowledge of the lore. And when Mellissa, reveals she can feel the Darklings celebrating, it can only mean one thing. more trouble is on the way!
This was a fitting conclusion to the story, as the final secrets are revealed, we get to see the Midnighters from the side of the Daylighters, and we learn that the original generation might not have been as philanthropic as their history would suggest.
It was also good to see them band together as they race to save their world, they might not be as close as they once were, but they know they need each other to succeed.
Whatever success they achieve may come with an agonising price.
Another entertaining read, and I think it still, just edges out the Uglies series as my favourite.
I’m beginning to believe Scott Westerfeld can do little wrong. 
[rating;4/5]
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Posted by Darren on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Filed under Children's & Young Adult, Fantasy · Tagged with Paranormal, Read in 2009, Scott Westerfeld
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I didn’t like this one quite as much as the other two in the series. It was too fast, I didn’t like the end, and the first two books made little sense when put into the context of the third. Consistency-wise. Other than The Last Days (which I really disliked), this is the only Westerfeld book that earned less than 4 stars from me. I still like the Uglies series better, but I do love Midnighters, too. Infact, I reread the first two books a month or two ago…
I love this series. And I too think it just edges out the Uglies series for me. It’s so different from the Uglies series, so it is hard to compare. I had the first book sitting in my classroom library and then kinda all of sudden realized it was by Westerfeld. Once I read the first one I knew I had to read the rest. The ending of this one was hard – not what I wanted but I understood why.
Okay, okay, I’m going to read Uglies next weekend (I hope) and that will do two things: help me finish your dystopian challenge and will *finally* get me reading Westerfeld. I know, I don’t understand why I haven’t read him yet.
This is one of my favourite series ever. It has an amazing storyline to it and everything that I want in a book. I thought that the ending was great but it also made me sad. I was thinking that it might have been a good idea to make a 4th book about the midnighters journey of the world to try to discover the other midnighters. I also think it would have been good if Jessica had somehow been able to come back into normal time because it was so sad with Beth and the ending. Maybe she could like use the power in her bracelet to shock her back into normal time or something, I dunno… Anyway, overall an amazing series and the best I have ever read
Whilst Jessica’s fate is both saddening and frustrating for the reader. I think that for the book to work, it just has to be like that. The book wouldn’t be as good if it had a perfect ending…
Doesn’t mean, I didn’t wish it were different though!