“I want to know so much more about where the world of Ada Hoffman’s The Outside is headed, but I’m satisfied with the answers Hoffman has provided in The Infinite. She makes room for the potentialities of the human spirit, and underlines how rigidity punishes far more often than it rewards. The trilogy as a whole is an achievement in how weird science fiction can be, while still feeling so close to what we already know. It asks questions, and pulls apart its own world to highlight how maybe we should do the same to our own world… I highly recommend this series if you haven’t started it. And if you have, but are tepid about the final act, don’t be. The Outside is warm and inviting, even if it is winter.”
– The Quill to Live
“Hoffmann’s talents are on display here… The inclusion of neurodivergent characters who feel authentically three-dimensional and not just having their neurodivergence as a discarded quirk is still something that is a bit of a rara avis in science fiction and fantasy. Yasira is a strong and leading example of how to make such a character who is both complex on all axes and relatable to the audience.”
– Skiffy and Fanty
“That made the hairs on my arms stand up. That made me choke up. That made me glow golden in my chest, filled me with this huge incredible, indescribable feeling that lasted and lasted. Even now, weeks after reading it, I get goosebumps – the good kind – thinking about it. Hoffman doesn’t deliver on all her promises – she goes light-years BEYOND them, gives us so much more than I ever expected, more than my wildest dreams for this series; tying together every heart-pounding theme that’s been woven through these books with even more fantastic gloriousness.”
– Every Book a Doorway