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Tomorrow #3
The Third Day, the Frost
Five desperate teens resort to terrorist tactics in this frighteningly realistic follow-up to Tomorrow, When the War Began and The Dead of Night.
And then there were five....
It has been six long months since Ellie and her friends returned home from a camping trip to find their families and friends imprisoned by an enemy that threatens to steal Australia's freedom. Only they can stop this. Like seasoned soldiers, their methods have become extreme, even involving terrorism.
When she's not gathering food and supplies or running like prey to survive, Ellie wonders at what they've become: Are they now ruthless terrorists? The more involved and vicious it gets, the higher the stakes are raised. Everyone is fighting for their lives.
And then there were five....
It has been six long months since Ellie and her friends returned home from a camping trip to find their families and friends imprisoned by an enemy that threatens to steal Australia's freedom. Only they can stop this. Like seasoned soldiers, their methods have become extreme, even involving terrorism.
When she's not gathering food and supplies or running like prey to survive, Ellie wonders at what they've become: Are they now ruthless terrorists? The more involved and vicious it gets, the higher the stakes are raised. Everyone is fighting for their lives.
278 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
About the author
John Marsden
100 books1,910 followersThere is more than one author with this name in the database, see f.e. John Marsden.
His first book, So Much to Tell You, was published in 1987. This was followed by Take My Word for It, a half-sequel written from the point of view of another character. His landmark Tomorrow series is recognized as the most popular book series for young adults ever written in Australia. The first book of this series, Tomorrow When the War Began, has been reprinted 26 times in Australia. The first sequel of a new series of books featuring Ellie Linton from the Tomorrow series (While I Live) was published in 2003, with the second novel and third novels released in November 2005 and November 2006 respectively.
His first book, So Much to Tell You, was published in 1987. This was followed by Take My Word for It, a half-sequel written from the point of view of another character. His landmark Tomorrow series is recognized as the most popular book series for young adults ever written in Australia. The first book of this series, Tomorrow When the War Began, has been reprinted 26 times in Australia. The first sequel of a new series of books featuring Ellie Linton from the Tomorrow series (While I Live) was published in 2003, with the second novel and third novels released in November 2005 and November 2006 respectively.
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January 16, 2020
Another excellent book in the Tomorrow series, with Ellie and her friends setting their sights on their next target. We follow them as they start to prepare their for the onslaught, on what will prove to be their most dangerous mission yet.
Be prepared for shocks, thrills and heartbreak in this book. John Marsden has certainly set a high bar with this series, and I'm looking forward with great anticipation to the next one. Wonderful characters, that we really feel for, being thrust into a situation so far from their normal life. We watch them as the grow, and harden, into new people. I can't recommend this series enough.
Be prepared for shocks, thrills and heartbreak in this book. John Marsden has certainly set a high bar with this series, and I'm looking forward with great anticipation to the next one. Wonderful characters, that we really feel for, being thrust into a situation so far from their normal life. We watch them as the grow, and harden, into new people. I can't recommend this series enough.
May 12, 2024
First Read: March 10th 2010
Re-read: March 1st 2018, September 19th 2020, June 12th 2022, 2023
the third book in the tomorrow series The Third day, The Third Frost.. yes i know in america and canada they changed the book's title to 'A killing frost' i didn't see any reason why they did change it? was it to confusing for them or something?. the book pick's up shortly after the end of book two, the teens find themselves struggling to decide what to do next, and how to continue avoiding the army and colonists that have invaded Australia.
This was the book that things started to get much darker and deeper into the storyline and the continuation of the character development. although none of them are a real picnic, this is the one where everything that has happened since the invasion really hits home, however this is where you begin to see the cracks with each character where it was mental or physical.
Marsden has that way of writing where he makes you feel for the characters and he did a wonderful job!
the only problem i had with this is he KILLED one of my favourite characters! and no i will not spoil it, go read the series and you will understand what i mean!
Re-read: March 1st 2018, September 19th 2020, June 12th 2022, 2023
the third book in the tomorrow series The Third day, The Third Frost.. yes i know in america and canada they changed the book's title to 'A killing frost' i didn't see any reason why they did change it? was it to confusing for them or something?. the book pick's up shortly after the end of book two, the teens find themselves struggling to decide what to do next, and how to continue avoiding the army and colonists that have invaded Australia.
This was the book that things started to get much darker and deeper into the storyline and the continuation of the character development. although none of them are a real picnic, this is the one where everything that has happened since the invasion really hits home, however this is where you begin to see the cracks with each character where it was mental or physical.
Marsden has that way of writing where he makes you feel for the characters and he did a wonderful job!
the only problem i had with this is he KILLED one of my favourite characters! and no i will not spoil it, go read the series and you will understand what i mean!
April 10, 2018
I think this was originally meant to be the finale in a trilogy, I am so glad that there are more books in this series. The Tomorrow series follows a group of Australian teenagers and their efforts in fighting an invading army that has taken control of Australia.
I love how raw and brutal this series is. It doesn't sugar coat anything and goes into the complexities of right/wrong. Ellie is a fantastic main character and all of her friends are well-fleshed out as well. Everything is portrayed in a realistic manner and that is what makes these books so believable and kind of frightening.
The focus on the Australian outback lifestyle and landscape are part of what really makes these book unique and add so much to the story. All of the books are relatively short and easy reads, so definitely pick them up if you are looking for something different.
I love how raw and brutal this series is. It doesn't sugar coat anything and goes into the complexities of right/wrong. Ellie is a fantastic main character and all of her friends are well-fleshed out as well. Everything is portrayed in a realistic manner and that is what makes these books so believable and kind of frightening.
The focus on the Australian outback lifestyle and landscape are part of what really makes these book unique and add so much to the story. All of the books are relatively short and easy reads, so definitely pick them up if you are looking for something different.
April 10, 2017
Plot summary: Following the tragic end of The Dead of the Night, Ellie and her friends are back in Hell. It's now six months since the invasion, and they decide that they should head for Cobbler's Bay and see if they can do some damage there. The journey to Cobbler's Bay brings an unexpected reunion, and a fairly spectacular plan.
Thoughts: This is the book in the series that broke my heart the most when I was a kid. This is the one that teaches you - much like Deathly Hallows does - that war is not without casualties. While there have been injuries and casualties in the past, it was the end of this book in particular that has stuck with me for 17 years. The end comes so quickly that I can remember clearly reading the last chapter over and over again in order to process what happens.
It's this book that brings face-to-face contact with the invaders, contact with an antagonist from a previous book, and contact with the wider world. It demonstrates that war can be weeks of mind-numbing boredom followed by bursts of more fear and nerves and explosiveness than one person should have to cope with. It's a powerful story, bringing change to the characters faster and more dramatically than in the previous books.
The series had the potential to be a trilogy. I'm still grateful Marsden didn't end it with this book. Because I'm not sure 12 year old me or 29 year old me could have coped with that at all.
Thoughts: This is the book in the series that broke my heart the most when I was a kid. This is the one that teaches you - much like Deathly Hallows does - that war is not without casualties. While there have been injuries and casualties in the past, it was the end of this book in particular that has stuck with me for 17 years. The end comes so quickly that I can remember clearly reading the last chapter over and over again in order to process what happens.
It's this book that brings face-to-face contact with the invaders, contact with an antagonist from a previous book, and contact with the wider world. It demonstrates that war can be weeks of mind-numbing boredom followed by bursts of more fear and nerves and explosiveness than one person should have to cope with. It's a powerful story, bringing change to the characters faster and more dramatically than in the previous books.
The series had the potential to be a trilogy. I'm still grateful Marsden didn't end it with this book. Because I'm not sure 12 year old me or 29 year old me could have coped with that at all.
March 24, 2014
Every time I pick up another book in the Tomorrow series to re-read, I'm immediately hit by nostalgia for the first times I read them - and the third installment, The Third Day, The Frost (also published as A Killing Frost), is the book where shit gets really serious.
Picking up shortly after the end of book two, the teens find themselves struggling to decide what to do next, and how to continue avoiding the army and colonists that have invaded Australia. This is a far darker book than the first two in the series, although none of them are a real picnic, this is the one where everything that has happened since the invasion really hits home - they all struggle with different psychological issues, and all their problems feel very realistic.
The characters also continue to examine their personal relationships, and especially Ellie is very honest about how she actually feels about being in a relationship formed during wartime. This honesty is one of my favourite things about Ellie, and all of the characters in the book - even though these books were written in the 1990s, they are still relevant today because they feel so realistic.
Once again, the Australianisms and slang words came flooding back to me, and although they could potentially be confusing for non-Australian readers, Marden's use of this terminology makes it easy to work out what is actually meant - or at very least would make me curious to look them up and see what they actually mean.
This series is so intensly readable - the plot lines move at a fast pace, the characters are so realistic and it always makes me just a little homesick.
Picking up shortly after the end of book two, the teens find themselves struggling to decide what to do next, and how to continue avoiding the army and colonists that have invaded Australia. This is a far darker book than the first two in the series, although none of them are a real picnic, this is the one where everything that has happened since the invasion really hits home - they all struggle with different psychological issues, and all their problems feel very realistic.
The characters also continue to examine their personal relationships, and especially Ellie is very honest about how she actually feels about being in a relationship formed during wartime. This honesty is one of my favourite things about Ellie, and all of the characters in the book - even though these books were written in the 1990s, they are still relevant today because they feel so realistic.
Once again, the Australianisms and slang words came flooding back to me, and although they could potentially be confusing for non-Australian readers, Marden's use of this terminology makes it easy to work out what is actually meant - or at very least would make me curious to look them up and see what they actually mean.
This series is so intensly readable - the plot lines move at a fast pace, the characters are so realistic and it always makes me just a little homesick.
June 3, 2024
You have to believe in something. That's all.
If The Expanse taught me one thing is to not have favorite characters unless I want to have my heart broken. I didn’t learn, though, and here I am bawling my eyes out *sigh*
So just from the get-go, this is a very different book from the first two. Of course, it’s the same resistance story, but the Hell gang decides to bite back and it all starts by getting an old friend back (you can guess who, the one who is alive and not in a coma). Rather than doing reconnaissance and looking around for half the book, the gang gets active fast and that leads to a crazy attack and the absolute dumpster fire of an aftermath that follows.
We finally get to see a bit more of the interaction between invaders and working crews, how the invaders operate, the underground radios, and the Kiwis (like I got emotional at this one line: "Good luck, kids. Take care over there. We're with you a hundred per cent, you know that").
We also see the group dynamic change. Homer is losing his Homer-ness (I want it back please and thank you), Robyn is a goddamn valkyrie(and she also develops an eating disorder), Fi starts getting her shit together, Lee gets colder, and Ellie just grows. It may be because we’re reading Ellie’s recollection of things but I feel so much for her. There’s one bit where she makes a big thing without even thinking about it, just because it’s the thing to do. Book 1 or Book 2 Ellie wouldn’t have done that.
I also want to re-emphasize this doesn’t feel like a YA book. This is so dark. Like sure, jokes here and there (i.e., Kevin describes a bomb like “bigger than a fart in a bathtub”) and there’s been a (dying) romance, but for the most part, it’s harrowing and scary.
I want to pace myself reading this series or I’ll just snort them like coke but that ending?? I wonder what’s going to happen in the coming books.
If The Expanse taught me one thing is to not have favorite characters unless I want to have my heart broken. I didn’t learn, though, and here I am bawling my eyes out *sigh*
So just from the get-go, this is a very different book from the first two. Of course, it’s the same resistance story, but the Hell gang decides to bite back and it all starts by getting an old friend back (you can guess who, the one who is alive and not in a coma). Rather than doing reconnaissance and looking around for half the book, the gang gets active fast and that leads to a crazy attack and the absolute dumpster fire of an aftermath that follows.
We finally get to see a bit more of the interaction between invaders and working crews, how the invaders operate, the underground radios, and the Kiwis (like I got emotional at this one line: "Good luck, kids. Take care over there. We're with you a hundred per cent, you know that").
We also see the group dynamic change. Homer is losing his Homer-ness (I want it back please and thank you), Robyn is a goddamn valkyrie
I also want to re-emphasize this doesn’t feel like a YA book. This is so dark. Like sure, jokes here and there (i.e., Kevin describes a bomb like “bigger than a fart in a bathtub”) and there’s been a (dying) romance, but for the most part, it’s harrowing and scary.
I want to pace myself reading this series or I’ll just snort them like coke but that ending?? I wonder what’s going to happen in the coming books.
June 26, 2021
Średniawka. Nie poczułam tego klimatu z poprzednich części. Nie wiem czy to zależy od tego, że ostatnio czytałam tą serię dwa lata temu lub ta część po prostu mi się nie spodobała.
August 12, 2018
This book was a pretty difficult read to be honest. As much as I adore it (it's probably one of my favourites in the series, both when reading it as a kid, and re-reading as an adult) there are some really difficult scenes in this and it's a pretty heartbreaking read all around.
This book starts with Ellie and co. finding Kevin, who at the end of the first book . In this, they manage to help him escape by staging his death and then decide they need to do something MORE for the war effort (as if they haven't already done some incredible things so far!). On going for a bit of a "leisurely tour" (HAH) of the surrounding countryside, and really getting their first true "break" from Hell.
The major guerrilla target for this one is Cobbler's Bay, an area near Wirrawee which has been turned into a strong-hold for the enemy which has invaded Australia and set up in this particualr district. With the addition of Kevin to the team of teenage renegades, they have the addition of a bit more "explosive know-how" thanks to Kevin getting some impromptu lessons from a former chemistry teacher (...I think) while imprisoned at the Showgrounds. This gives them their major plan and target for their attack; use fertiliser and makeshift detonators to (hopefully) blow up the massive ship that's moored in Cobblers Bay and hope like hell it messes with the enemies' war effort. And considering the aftermath of that explosion? I'd say they did pretty well. Not only did they blow up the ship (...and take out a helicopter that was attempting to shoot them out of the water, when they were seen escaping from the scene of the crime) but they also managed to destroy a good portion of Cobbler's Bay and the surrounding area thanks to misjudging just how ENORMOUS the explosion was going to be.
Of course, that was honestly only really halfway through the book and there was still so much left to go.
Following the attack, Ellie and co. end up holed up at a junkyard for a while, attempting to hide from some (admittedly rather pissed off) patrols of soldiers and only really move from place once one of them (Lee) realises that the soldiers are bringing in dogs to flush them out. Unfortunately, this is when they're caught - with one of the handy vehicles they stole after Ellie shot several soldiers (...though to be fair, they were going to kill her friends, and likely rape the female ones). From here, they were taken to a prison and became real POWs.
The ending of this novel is one that stuck with me as a kid for YEARS and I found was just incredibly powerful in so many ways, and re-reading it as an adult it still hit me just as hard. Robyn's death/suicide at the end of this book (turning herself into a suicide bomber with the help of several grenades she had stolen from the body of a soldier who'd been killed when the prison our heroes were staying at was partially blown up by Kiwi aerial raids, thus letting our heroes escape) was something that as a kid I never saw coming, and as an adult I dreaded re-reading about. Robyn was one of the forces of cheer and just... goodness... in this series, and the loss of her in such a way - with her blowing herself up in order to take out the enemy that had taken her hostage, and thus leave her friends a way to FINALLY escape the hell they were in at the time - with a sad smile and fear in her eyes? It broke me then and it broke me again now.
While Ellie and co. were then able to escape the prison, and travel to NZ with the Kiwis who had been raiding the prison, I feel like I was just as lost and helpless as they were. Knowing that such a genuine and GOOD character was just... gone... up in flame and explosion just like that.
This book was not an easy read, but that I think is part of why I loved it then and love it even more now. It's so blunt and honest about the horrors of war and I just... it really gets to me ;u;
This book starts with Ellie and co. finding Kevin, who at the end of the first book . In this, they manage to help him escape by staging his death and then decide they need to do something MORE for the war effort (as if they haven't already done some incredible things so far!). On going for a bit of a "leisurely tour" (HAH) of the surrounding countryside, and really getting their first true "break" from Hell.
The major guerrilla target for this one is Cobbler's Bay, an area near Wirrawee which has been turned into a strong-hold for the enemy which has invaded Australia and set up in this particualr district. With the addition of Kevin to the team of teenage renegades, they have the addition of a bit more "explosive know-how" thanks to Kevin getting some impromptu lessons from a former chemistry teacher (...I think) while imprisoned at the Showgrounds. This gives them their major plan and target for their attack; use fertiliser and makeshift detonators to (hopefully) blow up the massive ship that's moored in Cobblers Bay and hope like hell it messes with the enemies' war effort. And considering the aftermath of that explosion? I'd say they did pretty well. Not only did they blow up the ship (...and take out a helicopter that was attempting to shoot them out of the water, when they were seen escaping from the scene of the crime) but they also managed to destroy a good portion of Cobbler's Bay and the surrounding area thanks to misjudging just how ENORMOUS the explosion was going to be.
Of course, that was honestly only really halfway through the book and there was still so much left to go.
Following the attack, Ellie and co. end up holed up at a junkyard for a while, attempting to hide from some (admittedly rather pissed off) patrols of soldiers and only really move from place once one of them (Lee) realises that the soldiers are bringing in dogs to flush them out. Unfortunately, this is when they're caught - with one of the handy vehicles they stole after Ellie shot several soldiers (...though to be fair, they were going to kill her friends, and likely rape the female ones). From here, they were taken to a prison and became real POWs.
The ending of this novel is one that stuck with me as a kid for YEARS and I found was just incredibly powerful in so many ways, and re-reading it as an adult it still hit me just as hard. Robyn's death/suicide at the end of this book (turning herself into a suicide bomber with the help of several grenades she had stolen from the body of a soldier who'd been killed when the prison our heroes were staying at was partially blown up by Kiwi aerial raids, thus letting our heroes escape) was something that as a kid I never saw coming, and as an adult I dreaded re-reading about. Robyn was one of the forces of cheer and just... goodness... in this series, and the loss of her in such a way - with her blowing herself up in order to take out the enemy that had taken her hostage, and thus leave her friends a way to FINALLY escape the hell they were in at the time - with a sad smile and fear in her eyes? It broke me then and it broke me again now.
While Ellie and co. were then able to escape the prison, and travel to NZ with the Kiwis who had been raiding the prison, I feel like I was just as lost and helpless as they were. Knowing that such a genuine and GOOD character was just... gone... up in flame and explosion just like that.
This book was not an easy read, but that I think is part of why I loved it then and love it even more now. It's so blunt and honest about the horrors of war and I just... it really gets to me ;u;
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 16, 2017
This review contains unavoidable spoilers for the first and second books in The Tomorrow Series but minimal spoilers on A Killing Frost so read at your discretion. Ready? Okay!
It’s easy to think that there is no way Ellie and Co. can top the demolition of a bridge and the destruction of an entire city block, but never underestimate just how far the teens are willing to go and just how sick they are of sitting around looking at each other in Hell. Ellie and friends have been hiding out for weeks after their latest and greatest mission and are feeling a dangerous combination of stir crazy and powerless.
Introducing When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong: Bored Teenaged Guerilla Edition.
The group decides that they’ve been flying under the radar long enough and it’s time to really take a stand, to make an undeniable impact on the enemy forces...
...by blowing up a container ship and optimistically half of the harbor of the strategically placed and enemy controlled Cobbler’s Bay shipping port.
Piece of cake right?
Let's just say that merely googling my Ellie Survival Skill Lesson choice for this book would put me on a federal watch list. Instead of bulldozer driving lessons and toaster mechanics, think 100 lbs of fertilizer and a detonator. (Can't wait to see the keywords for our site's Google search visitors after typing that last sentence.) The planning behind their attack and the mechanics of the actual event were both fascinating and nerve-wracking to watch develop. The mixture of dread, adrenaline and resignation that Ellie experiences is so palpable that when it breaks the chaos that follows is even more overwhelming.
It's not long before Ellie and friends realize that when you blow enough shit up, there are bound to be some consequences. Or as Dave Chapelle referred to in the links above, blowing up a container ship might be keeping it real but you know who is going to be keeping it real-er? The army of the container ship you just blew up.
That was actually my favorite aspect of A Killing Frost: CONSEQUENCES. The enemy made the first attack and the next two and a half books have been the teens reacting to that attack. What happens when the gang is no longer in familiar territory? What happens when they meet the enemy on more even ground? What happens when the Empire Strikes Back? Awesomeness, that's what.
Ellie and co. can hardly be described as teens anymore. They have left teenager worries and cares long behind and the tone of this installment is decidedly bleaker than it's predecessors. Official warning: just when you think there is a reprieve from the grimness, Marsden takes advantage of your temporary relief to punch through your ribcage, yank out your still beating heart and crush it in his fist. Wearing a chest plate should be a prerequisite for reading this book.
I know I've been staying frustratingly vague in this review to minimize spoilers but so much of what happens to the group in this outing is stuff I've been eager to see happen from the very start. And that's not me being an a-hole, that's me being excited about cause and effect. Many of my concerns and questions about believability were finally addressed and the events of A Killing Frost were necessary to be able to continue to take the series seriously. In fact, I am sort of surprised that the series didn't end as a trilogy. I can't help but wonder how much the characters will be able to do in the situation they find themselves in at the end of the book. Ugh, I know. Can I be any more vague?
Hopefully this clears things up a little: Rating 4/5 stars.
This review originally appeared at Young Adult Anonymous.
It’s easy to think that there is no way Ellie and Co. can top the demolition of a bridge and the destruction of an entire city block, but never underestimate just how far the teens are willing to go and just how sick they are of sitting around looking at each other in Hell. Ellie and friends have been hiding out for weeks after their latest and greatest mission and are feeling a dangerous combination of stir crazy and powerless.
Introducing When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong: Bored Teenaged Guerilla Edition.
The group decides that they’ve been flying under the radar long enough and it’s time to really take a stand, to make an undeniable impact on the enemy forces...
...by blowing up a container ship and optimistically half of the harbor of the strategically placed and enemy controlled Cobbler’s Bay shipping port.
Piece of cake right?
Let's just say that merely googling my Ellie Survival Skill Lesson choice for this book would put me on a federal watch list. Instead of bulldozer driving lessons and toaster mechanics, think 100 lbs of fertilizer and a detonator. (Can't wait to see the keywords for our site's Google search visitors after typing that last sentence.) The planning behind their attack and the mechanics of the actual event were both fascinating and nerve-wracking to watch develop. The mixture of dread, adrenaline and resignation that Ellie experiences is so palpable that when it breaks the chaos that follows is even more overwhelming.
It's not long before Ellie and friends realize that when you blow enough shit up, there are bound to be some consequences. Or as Dave Chapelle referred to in the links above, blowing up a container ship might be keeping it real but you know who is going to be keeping it real-er? The army of the container ship you just blew up.
That was actually my favorite aspect of A Killing Frost: CONSEQUENCES. The enemy made the first attack and the next two and a half books have been the teens reacting to that attack. What happens when the gang is no longer in familiar territory? What happens when they meet the enemy on more even ground? What happens when the Empire Strikes Back? Awesomeness, that's what.
Ellie and co. can hardly be described as teens anymore. They have left teenager worries and cares long behind and the tone of this installment is decidedly bleaker than it's predecessors. Official warning: just when you think there is a reprieve from the grimness, Marsden takes advantage of your temporary relief to punch through your ribcage, yank out your still beating heart and crush it in his fist. Wearing a chest plate should be a prerequisite for reading this book.
I know I've been staying frustratingly vague in this review to minimize spoilers but so much of what happens to the group in this outing is stuff I've been eager to see happen from the very start. And that's not me being an a-hole, that's me being excited about cause and effect. Many of my concerns and questions about believability were finally addressed and the events of A Killing Frost were necessary to be able to continue to take the series seriously. In fact, I am sort of surprised that the series didn't end as a trilogy. I can't help but wonder how much the characters will be able to do in the situation they find themselves in at the end of the book. Ugh, I know. Can I be any more vague?
Hopefully this clears things up a little: Rating 4/5 stars.
This review originally appeared at Young Adult Anonymous.
June 30, 2019
Tercer libro de la serie Mañana, la guerra ya está avanzada, y lo que al principio parecía una aventura se ha convertido en algo muy serio. Nuestros protagonistas maduran a marchas forzadas y empiezan a ver la seriedad de las consecuencias de sus acciones.
Según avanza la serie, la historia se torna más oscura, mostrando en el carácter y comportamiento de los jóvenes héroes las consecuencias de un conflicto bélico en alguien tan joven.
El libro me ha gustado. El autor sabe mostrar la evolución de los personajes, al mismo tiempo que la historia evoluciona empezando como un libro juvenil de aventuras y ya acercándose a un libro juvenil bélico.
Según avanza la serie, la historia se torna más oscura, mostrando en el carácter y comportamiento de los jóvenes héroes las consecuencias de un conflicto bélico en alguien tan joven.
El libro me ha gustado. El autor sabe mostrar la evolución de los personajes, al mismo tiempo que la historia evoluciona empezando como un libro juvenil de aventuras y ya acercándose a un libro juvenil bélico.
December 3, 2015
This review was originally posted on The Moonlight Library
The Third Day, The Frost, also known in the US as A Killing Frost, is set six months into the war, and our kids are tired. Exhaustion is a constant companion, but they can’t rest for long. They know their freedom will only last so long and they are determined to fight for their country.
On a scouting trip to see if they can do anything about Cobbler’s Bay, a major port in the invasion, they discover Kevin in a work party and set to liberating him. Reunited, Kevin has new-found explosives knowledge he learned while he was imprisoned at the Showgrounds.
Our brave teens decide to attack Cobbler’s Bay using fertiliser, diesel, and a confined space to make the biggest explosion seen yet.
But that’s not all. Their luck runs out and they’re captured and imprisoned. Their interrogator is none other than Major Harvey, the dim-witted trumped up little dictator from The Dead of Night. With an execution date looming, all seems lost for our brave resourceful small-town heroes.
With this book set in winter, there’s a lot of narration from Ellie about how she feels physically – cold, exhausted, emotionally numb. You really feel it, and you feel for her, too. She and the others are so tough to have lasted as long as they have. They walk for miles and miles and don’t even stop to rest before launching into their most dangerous mission yet. They barely stop to consider all the possible flaws before it’s time to act.
That being said, I found this plot to be the smoothest of the three books so far. Each decision impacts what happens next and that leads to the next decision which impacts what happens next. There wasn’t much time to sit around bored and listless like in The Dead of Night, or to feel sorry for themselves.
I also found the characters to be changing ever so slightly, each one individually affected by the war and you can actively see their character moulds changing who they are, gradually over time. Homer withdraws more and more while also having anger issues, taking less of a leadership role, while Fi only grows stronger and tends to hold the group together, fearless when she should be terrified. Lee turns bloodthirsty and bent on revenge, while Kevin steps back and is glad when he’s not the one taking risks. Robyn ends up not flinching or hesitating when it comes to violence and sacrifice and Ellie kills in cold blood, mechanically, like killing a sheep.
I don’t find that it has the same emotional impact as the first book because by now our teen heroes are old hands at war and working together to murder soldiers who would rape or kill them (yes, another reference is made to soldiers wanting to rape Fi, isn’t it disgusting?). The more the kids grow immune to the violence, the more the audience does.
If this were in fact the end of the series as was first planned, I might be more disappointed by the ending, but I know there’s more to come and that the war isn’t over yet.
The Third Day, The Frost, also known in the US as A Killing Frost, is set six months into the war, and our kids are tired. Exhaustion is a constant companion, but they can’t rest for long. They know their freedom will only last so long and they are determined to fight for their country.
On a scouting trip to see if they can do anything about Cobbler’s Bay, a major port in the invasion, they discover Kevin in a work party and set to liberating him. Reunited, Kevin has new-found explosives knowledge he learned while he was imprisoned at the Showgrounds.
Our brave teens decide to attack Cobbler’s Bay using fertiliser, diesel, and a confined space to make the biggest explosion seen yet.
But that’s not all. Their luck runs out and they’re captured and imprisoned. Their interrogator is none other than Major Harvey, the dim-witted trumped up little dictator from The Dead of Night. With an execution date looming, all seems lost for our brave resourceful small-town heroes.
With this book set in winter, there’s a lot of narration from Ellie about how she feels physically – cold, exhausted, emotionally numb. You really feel it, and you feel for her, too. She and the others are so tough to have lasted as long as they have. They walk for miles and miles and don’t even stop to rest before launching into their most dangerous mission yet. They barely stop to consider all the possible flaws before it’s time to act.
That being said, I found this plot to be the smoothest of the three books so far. Each decision impacts what happens next and that leads to the next decision which impacts what happens next. There wasn’t much time to sit around bored and listless like in The Dead of Night, or to feel sorry for themselves.
I also found the characters to be changing ever so slightly, each one individually affected by the war and you can actively see their character moulds changing who they are, gradually over time. Homer withdraws more and more while also having anger issues, taking less of a leadership role, while Fi only grows stronger and tends to hold the group together, fearless when she should be terrified. Lee turns bloodthirsty and bent on revenge, while Kevin steps back and is glad when he’s not the one taking risks. Robyn ends up not flinching or hesitating when it comes to violence and sacrifice and Ellie kills in cold blood, mechanically, like killing a sheep.
I don’t find that it has the same emotional impact as the first book because by now our teen heroes are old hands at war and working together to murder soldiers who would rape or kill them (yes, another reference is made to soldiers wanting to rape Fi, isn’t it disgusting?). The more the kids grow immune to the violence, the more the audience does.
If this were in fact the end of the series as was first planned, I might be more disappointed by the ending, but I know there’s more to come and that the war isn’t over yet.
March 23, 2011
**check out my review for Tomorrow, When the War Began for my take on the series as a whole**
I am plowing through these books, which is a shame because there are so many great passages and lines that I know I should pause to soak in, but I’m too dang anxious! Suffice it to say, I grew to love each of these characters so freaking much since book 1, that I think the only reason I didn’t cry when a major character died was because I was too numb. Too dead inside to accept it. As amazing as these books are, they really are major Debbie Downers.
This book has the most edge-of-your-seat ending yet, and might possibly be my favorite. By this point the characters are so stripped down and burnt out, it hurts your heart to keep reading. Marsden makes such fearless observations about the nature of relationships and how they change. How going through trauma with others both binds you together and breaks you.
I haven’t mentioned characters too specifically yet in my reviews, but I feel the need to mention Robyn. As a Christian, I’m often embarrassed by how “Christian” characters are portrayed in literature. Either because they’re so off-base from what Christianity really is all about, or the other characters don’t respect their beliefs and see them as weak or ignorant. Ellie has always consistently seen Robyn as strong in her convictions and really admires her. I love how honestly both Ellie and Robyn are depicted, even with their conflicting views, and how they both question and struggle to maintain their beliefs in such an unforgiving environment.
January 5, 2009
I had read the plot summaries for all of the Tomorrow Series books and knew which characters would die. Even though I knew the characters that would die, I didn't know how or when. When I read the part where Robin dies...I was crushed. Knowing she would die versus reading how she died, and actually reading that part brought me to tears. It was such a fast death...one moment here, the next gone. Like Ellie says, she just disappeared. I hated Captain Harvey so much, especially after how he treated Ellie and Homer. Although Robin died, at least she took Harvey with her. I listened to this audio book while at a scrapbook crop. I think listening to books makes my brain concentrate more and therefore make me a little more creative, so I can't wait to listen to the rest of the books in the series!
I'm always amazed at the level of bravery the teenagers exhibit. If my country were taken over and the I had escaped capture...I'm not sure what I would do, or how well I would handle the situation. I also love the narrator for this series.
I'm always amazed at the level of bravery the teenagers exhibit. If my country were taken over and the I had escaped capture...I'm not sure what I would do, or how well I would handle the situation. I also love the narrator for this series.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 25, 2012
3rd book of Tomorrow series.
This is Cobbler’s bay book. Reading this book is like seeing a good action movie: you will see how a group of teenagers go to attack a strategic harbour. Somethings go well, and somethings go wrong, one of them terribly wrong.
I think the author tries to tell us that we don’t have to forget that this is war, and war is ugly. I like this, though I wish the group would always win. The end is a little too far-fetched, but the group deserves a reprieve.
This is Cobbler’s bay book. Reading this book is like seeing a good action movie: you will see how a group of teenagers go to attack a strategic harbour. Somethings go well, and somethings go wrong, one of them terribly wrong.
I think the author tries to tell us that we don’t have to forget that this is war, and war is ugly. I like this, though I wish the group would always win. The end is a little too far-fetched, but the group deserves a reprieve.
July 14, 2022
3.8/5⭐
Nieco lepsza od poprzedniczki, ale może to dlatego, że bardziej zainteresowała mnie fabuła. Poza tym na takim samym poziomie jak cała seria. Nadal mi coś w tej serii nie pasuje i wydaje mi się że mam problem z zaangażowaniem się. Kontynuować na pewno będę, ale raczej zrobię sobie chwilową przerwę.
Nieco lepsza od poprzedniczki, ale może to dlatego, że bardziej zainteresowała mnie fabuła. Poza tym na takim samym poziomie jak cała seria. Nadal mi coś w tej serii nie pasuje i wydaje mi się że mam problem z zaangażowaniem się. Kontynuować na pewno będę, ale raczej zrobię sobie chwilową przerwę.
March 29, 2024
Ithis is my favourite in the series so far!!
August 8, 2015
It took me some time to get through this story because I stopped at 33% done and had to wait to get it back from the library. Re-reading the first part over was necessary because I wanted to make sure I hadn't missed anything. No. It was the same. The typos in the ebook copy are annoying.
I was amazed at some of the things this group of kids have done. Amazed at how lucky they were not to get caught and some of the ideas they came up with. I wonder, as I read, how it would be today.
It is hard to imagine being out in the wild, open country like they were for so long and having to overcome constant hunger and terror at every turn. The major event in the story was incredible to read and the aftermath appalling. Yes, I know it is a story but a good one!
I admire how the author has been able to make the invading forces so generic. Yeah, there is a bad guy, to make us hate and focus on but the ending quickly serves to transfer the focus onto someone else, sadly.
Patiently waiting for the next book to be available...
I was amazed at some of the things this group of kids have done. Amazed at how lucky they were not to get caught and some of the ideas they came up with. I wonder, as I read, how it would be today.
It is hard to imagine being out in the wild, open country like they were for so long and having to overcome constant hunger and terror at every turn. The major event in the story was incredible to read and the aftermath appalling. Yes, I know it is a story but a good one!
I admire how the author has been able to make the invading forces so generic. Yeah, there is a bad guy, to make us hate and focus on but the ending quickly serves to transfer the focus onto someone else, sadly.
Patiently waiting for the next book to be available...
August 4, 2021
Actual Rating: 4.5
Ouch.
Ouch.
October 18, 2020
Attacken på Cobbler's Bay är en av de mest spännande attentaten i bokserien tycker jag. Och de är så fint skrivna, mitt i krigets hetta funderar Ellie ändå på vad som är rätt och fel, strukturella problem versus individer som utför smutsjobben, hur demokratin kan fungera bättre. Riktigt bra ungdomsböcker med så många teman att diskutera vid tex. en skolklassläsning.
April 28, 2024
id pull a robyn too if i was there cause ellie is sooo annoying 😭
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 19, 2024
Yep, can confirm the second last chapter is just as devastating on a re-read as it was the very first time I read it 😭
December 11, 2017
Oh yeah, I was quickly reminded why I love this series. It really grips me and the pages turn super fast. It retains the serious YA tone of the previous ones and the emotional parts are pretty hard-hitting. Actions with both tangible and moral/emotional consequences are what make this stand out from many other teen "adventures". The story is still sort of plausible, maybe a bit less so than in the previous ones, but I think the balance between overly lucky and overly unlucky situations is managed OK.
November 10, 2009
I'm having a problem with this series: aside from the obvious fact that Marsden realised he was onto a good thing and decided to prolong for six books and then another series what really could have been dealt with in a trilogy, it all seems too bad to be true.
I had this problem in, I think, the fifth Harry Potter book. You remember Dolores Umbridge? She and the things she did just seemed so horrible, so unreasonable, that it was no longer realistic. Obviously, HP is fantasy so by definition it's not realistic, but one of its strengths I think is that the characters are so normal. They could be real people. Umbridge didn't seem to fit for me - she was too illogical, her actions made no sense.
Which brings me back to this story. I can accept that people from another country could try and colonise Australia, because Australia'd been a bastard to them and because they needed more room to live in, but then to keep the Australian population living virtually as slaves to do menial labour around the place? Firstly, it seems like a recipe for disaster, from the colonists' point of view: wouldn't that make it more likely for an uprising to occur? Forcing people to work as slaves in terrible conditions in the places they'd grown up with and loved - possibly not the best idea? Besides, what would they do with the millions of people who live in the cities? Sounds like a logistical nightmare ta me.
But it's more than that. It just doesn't seem like it would ever happen, on a deep instinctive level. That no one would be cruel enough to do that to someone else. That the international community - whatever that trite, worn phrase is supposed to mean - would just sit by and let it happen. I can't imagine people from some other country moving into Australian farms and being able to just look on while real live people did slave labour for them.
Maybe I'm just being naive, as per usual - maybe people are cruel enough, and other countries would be indifferent enough. Western countries don't exactly have the greatest record when it comes to stepping in and doing something when bad things are happening in the world, unless of course there's some other motive driving them.
And, really, this is just some moderately-crappy YA fiction: it's not supposed to be realistic. There are holes in the plot you could drive a tractor through (to use the sort of metaphor Marsden would use - do people from the country really talk like that? The ones I know certainly don't). But it's a whole lot of fun to read and is adequately distracting me while I should be studying, so I shouldn't complain.
I had this problem in, I think, the fifth Harry Potter book. You remember Dolores Umbridge? She and the things she did just seemed so horrible, so unreasonable, that it was no longer realistic. Obviously, HP is fantasy so by definition it's not realistic, but one of its strengths I think is that the characters are so normal. They could be real people. Umbridge didn't seem to fit for me - she was too illogical, her actions made no sense.
Which brings me back to this story. I can accept that people from another country could try and colonise Australia, because Australia'd been a bastard to them and because they needed more room to live in, but then to keep the Australian population living virtually as slaves to do menial labour around the place? Firstly, it seems like a recipe for disaster, from the colonists' point of view: wouldn't that make it more likely for an uprising to occur? Forcing people to work as slaves in terrible conditions in the places they'd grown up with and loved - possibly not the best idea? Besides, what would they do with the millions of people who live in the cities? Sounds like a logistical nightmare ta me.
But it's more than that. It just doesn't seem like it would ever happen, on a deep instinctive level. That no one would be cruel enough to do that to someone else. That the international community - whatever that trite, worn phrase is supposed to mean - would just sit by and let it happen. I can't imagine people from some other country moving into Australian farms and being able to just look on while real live people did slave labour for them.
Maybe I'm just being naive, as per usual - maybe people are cruel enough, and other countries would be indifferent enough. Western countries don't exactly have the greatest record when it comes to stepping in and doing something when bad things are happening in the world, unless of course there's some other motive driving them.
And, really, this is just some moderately-crappy YA fiction: it's not supposed to be realistic. There are holes in the plot you could drive a tractor through (to use the sort of metaphor Marsden would use - do people from the country really talk like that? The ones I know certainly don't). But it's a whole lot of fun to read and is adequately distracting me while I should be studying, so I shouldn't complain.
July 2, 2022
8/10✨
Psychika bohaterów jest ważną częścią tej książki. Bolesne jest czytanie o ich emocjach, uczuciach związanych z tym co przeżywają. Ta historia utraciłaby naprawdę dużo bez bólu, który wywiera.
Psychika bohaterów jest ważną częścią tej książki. Bolesne jest czytanie o ich emocjach, uczuciach związanych z tym co przeżywają. Ta historia utraciłaby naprawdę dużo bez bólu, który wywiera.
March 3, 2016
Note some SPOILERS will be discussed.
The third book hits the ground running and has the group continuing the war against the invasion, the biggest positive in the storytelling is the change in formula. The first two books lead to an explosion and a depressing conclusion, this still has a bleak ending but has set a change for the next novel in the series. Harvey the bigot traitor from the last book makes a return, much to the shock of Elle and her group who believed him to be dead. They bombed the house believing to kill Harvey but ended up accomplishing something bigger, the death of a high ranking general. The group are soon caught by the enemy on the way to a holiday away from death and destruction from the previous stories. They are taken to a nearby prison and are interrogated by the traitor Major Harvey, this is until a bomb raid destroys the prison. The group lose a member in a confrontation with Harvey on the way out and make an escape. In the end they are in Wellington, away from the war.
The prison seemed great but the short time spent there was a missed opportunity for the characters, this could have broken them and opened up bigger possibilities, the bomb raid just seemed way too convenient for the characters, not without its sacrifice though.
The third book hits the ground running and has the group continuing the war against the invasion, the biggest positive in the storytelling is the change in formula. The first two books lead to an explosion and a depressing conclusion, this still has a bleak ending but has set a change for the next novel in the series. Harvey the bigot traitor from the last book makes a return, much to the shock of Elle and her group who believed him to be dead. They bombed the house believing to kill Harvey but ended up accomplishing something bigger, the death of a high ranking general. The group are soon caught by the enemy on the way to a holiday away from death and destruction from the previous stories. They are taken to a nearby prison and are interrogated by the traitor Major Harvey, this is until a bomb raid destroys the prison. The group lose a member in a confrontation with Harvey on the way out and make an escape. In the end they are in Wellington, away from the war.
The prison seemed great but the short time spent there was a missed opportunity for the characters, this could have broken them and opened up bigger possibilities, the bomb raid just seemed way too convenient for the characters, not without its sacrifice though.
February 10, 2017
This series is so good! Just getting the series one by one as I go along. Makes it more suspenseful that way. :P
OMG! OHHHHHHH LORDY LORDY LORDY.
Phew. This one was intense. I don't even know what to say other than that. Read this series. Just... I'm speechless. My heart! I feel so downcast, this book was all over the place. When I say that, I mean that in a good way. Just. Ahhhhh!!!
I'm not waiting a minute longer. Off I go to order the next book in the series. I HAVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!!!
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OMG! OHHHHHHH LORDY LORDY LORDY.
Phew. This one was intense. I don't even know what to say other than that. Read this series. Just... I'm speechless. My heart! I feel so downcast, this book was all over the place. When I say that, I mean that in a good way. Just. Ahhhhh!!!
I'm not waiting a minute longer. Off I go to order the next book in the series. I HAVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!!!
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June 12, 2016
Am Anfang ist die Erzählweise ein wenig schwerfällig. Die Clique ist nach den Geschehnissen aus den ersten beiden Teilen kaputt, aber mit neuen Plänen kommt das Leben in die Gruppe zurück.
Die zweite Hälfte ist dadurch wesentlich spannender. Aber gerade dadurch, dass die Freunde nicht ununterbrochen irgendwelche Sachen in die Luft sprengen und auch mal psychisch an ihren Taten zu knabbern haben, sind die Bücher so authentisch.
Ganz schlimm fand ich aber das Ende. Auch nach 1000 maligen lesen, treibt es mir immer noch Tränen in die Augen...
Die zweite Hälfte ist dadurch wesentlich spannender. Aber gerade dadurch, dass die Freunde nicht ununterbrochen irgendwelche Sachen in die Luft sprengen und auch mal psychisch an ihren Taten zu knabbern haben, sind die Bücher so authentisch.
Ganz schlimm fand ich aber das Ende. Auch nach 1000 maligen lesen, treibt es mir immer noch Tränen in die Augen...
November 16, 2017
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It's been years since I read the Tomorrow series, but A Killing Frost is the book that stayed with me the most as it sort of broke my heart. Their plans are getting bolder and more thrilling, but they will also find out that these things are not without consequences.
As a kid I liked this series a lot. I would like to re-read them sometime to see if they can stand the time.
It's been years since I read the Tomorrow series, but A Killing Frost is the book that stayed with me the most as it sort of broke my heart. Their plans are getting bolder and more thrilling, but they will also find out that these things are not without consequences.
As a kid I liked this series a lot. I would like to re-read them sometime to see if they can stand the time.
September 13, 2015
I'd forgotten the sad part of the ending, so I'm crying over that. But the relief part of the ending - that was, well, a relief!
This series is so much better than I remembered it from high school - all the detail, the complexity, the moral dilemmas, and the amazing characters. It really paints such a vivid picture of what these experiences were like for Ellie and her friends. I love it.
This series is so much better than I remembered it from high school - all the detail, the complexity, the moral dilemmas, and the amazing characters. It really paints such a vivid picture of what these experiences were like for Ellie and her friends. I love it.
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