Dnf

I did not realize that this was a series and that is 100% my bad.

Can't really review this without some context or reading the other books

I loved the first book of this trilogy, the second lost me a bit, and this 3rd installment really brought it back in for me. I'd recommend it to people who like speculative fiction (sci fi and horror, too) as well as thrillers and the short length guarantees a quick pace and an engaging read.

I waited quite a while to finish this trilogy, because I didn’t want it to end. In the last installment, the final Molly and her sisters have made a home for themselves, but old Soviet secrets of Molly’s genome and blood come back to haunt them, and an old agent has been sent to deal with this experiment.

I love these books, and I really enjoyed the conclusion. I tore through it while on a work trip over two evenings in my hotel room. I think it’s an appropriate end to Molly’s story, and this book still had secrets to reveal, even after spending two books with these characters. Tor always brings the content that I’m here for, and I highly recommend this short, exciting trilogy.

Though this trilogy had a great concept, and books 1 and 2 were great, the final volume was a disappointment.

This series has taken quite a few turns since the first entry, moving from a strange, body horror style sci-fi tale into a pretty much full blown action story. Although the sci-fi tones are still there, this final story relies mostly on action to get things done.

It loses some of the power of the first two stories because of it, mostly because what drew you in before is left behind now. If you can be on board with the genre switch, you'll find enough to enjoy here. You find more character depth here and the ideas of what a family can truly be are an interesting addition.

The "Molly Southbourne" trilogy is an excellent balance of speculative fiction and thriller for an entertaining, yet disturbing, read. "The Legacy of Molly Southbourne" beings this series to a conclusion that seizes your attention from start to finish. Tade Thompson not only provided endings for all of his characters, but also provided answers to the questions the audience did not know they had. If you have not read any of this author’s books yet, or you’re looking for a unique reading experience, then I strongly recommend you read this series.

I was unsatisfied with the second entry in this series, so I was not expecting a lot from The Legacy of Molly Southbourne. Ultimately, I think this entry is a decent ending to Molly's story. It gives a lot of background and brings the disparate pieces together. Like the second, it does not come close to matching the excellence of the first book. In the end, I do not think this needed to be a whole series, but I am not mad with where this book leaves us.

I never wrote about the Molly Southbourne novellas for Nerds of a Feather, but from the start I was hooked on this series - though I didn’t know it was going to be a series when I first began. The Murders of Molly Southbourne featured Molly, a young woman with a peculiar affliction - everytime she bleeds, another “molly” is born full grown and intent on mindlessly murdering her. What a concept! I loved it. I *liked* the second, but it was a somewhat different thing. Still compelling, but perhaps less. It widened the scope of what we knew of the mollys, it just didn’t reach the same highs.

The Legacy of Molly Southbourne is the third, and this time presumably final book in this sequence - now with a community of molly’s trying to make their lives and, interestingly, a community of Tamaras doing the same, until a presumed dormant Soviet cloning program rears its head and puts them at odds.

I’m not likely to do justice to The Legacy of Molly Southbourne, but it takes so much of what I loved about Murders, broadens it, adds depth, and just hits on every level. There’s a murderous molly, a molly-hunter, and a gathering storm of a final fight on the horizon. It’s friggin great. You absolutely need to read the first two books for Legacy to hit. But if you do, watch out.

This was a really good conclusion to the Molly Southbourne trilogy.

If you've even read one of these horror novellas, you know it's quite the ride. I didn't fully grasp what was going on in book one, but I enjoyed it anyway. I think I struggled with the second book the most. We got additional POVs and a lot of little twists. We had a few added layers in this final book, but they were actually pretty helpful in the end. And while I was still left a little flabbergasted in some areas, this conclusion brought a lot of answers and helped enlighten me along the way.

These books are so short that it's a challenge not to spoil things the longer this review goes. But I will say it was a satisfying ending to the trilogy, and in some ways, I may have enjoyed this book the most out of all three.

A great conclusion with some marvelous twists.

I regret not rereading the first two books before tackling this one (because all I remembered was Molly makes clones any time she bleeds/spits/trims her nails and they immediately want to kill her). But honestly there wasn't much substance to this. The mollies are playing house, the tamaras are being an efficient community, someone wants to kill one or both...

Honestly, there aren't enough real consequences outside of the scope of Molly, Tamara, Myke. There are a few throwaway lines about how cloning will serve to combat rising infertility.

At least the mollies are in therapy!

I never expect another Molly Southbourne book, so I am always delighted when suddenly one appears. I came across #3 on NetGalley and they kindly sent me a copy to review, possibly because they could measure how enthusiastically my finger mashed the "request" button.

Some of the other reviews refer to this as the final installment in a trilogy. I don't know if it is or not - it feels final, but the first two did not suggest any future entries either. I would definitely recommend starting with the first two, as they are imperative for understanding who (and why) everyone is. I don't think this one would make a lot of sense without that background.

Despite the murderous nature of the first two books, this entry has Molly and mollies being domestic (but don't worry, there are also mollies being murderous). It has a reveal where I don't even want to hint at the topic because it elicited a "no f-ing way" from me and I think everyone should get that experience. It has origin stories. My only regret is that I did not read all 3 in a row, and I would highly recommend doing so.

Tade Thompson is an extremely versatile author, and I've marveled at how Molly Southbourne, Rosewater, and Far From the Light of Heaven had such distinctively different tones and writing styles. His dip back into the world of Molly Southbourne feels effortless despite the very different stories he has written in the interim.

*3 stars* Thank you Netgalley for the arc. I have loved the Molly Southbourne Trilogy but this conclusion just didn't do it for me. Nothing has lived up to the first installment. I will continue to read from Tade Thompson in hopes that it will live up the original Molly Southbourne. I did like the POV from Myke and would've enjoyed more of that.

Ahoy there me mateys!  I received an eArc of this sci-fi novella through NetGalley in exchange for me honest musings . . .

The first novella in the series is a perfect standalone that I still feel would make a fantastic, if bloody, movie.  I didn't think I needed more Molly but I am still glad to have gotten two more.  The conclusion to this series was awesome.  This book had a perfect beginning and twist that made perfect sense but I didn't see coming.  No plot information here because it is short and it is better to go in blind.  I skipped the blurb before reading and it increased me enjoyment.  The series is finished and ends well.  However, I still can't help but wonder what Molly does next.  Arrrr!

This is a great conclusion to the Molly Southbourne trilogy, though I do think it ended rather abruptly and could have easily been another 50 pages to more fully flesh out the plot (and emotional arcs). Hell, I wish this was a longer novel-length series, really, but the snippets we do get are amazing and gesture toward a fully envisioned world that's both intriguing and horrifying. I did appreciate the perverse 'found' family dynamic between Molly/the mollys in this, and certainly the Tamaras were fascinating too.

For the third time I find that I’ve enjoyed a Molly Southbourne book but I want more from them. It’s such a unique and interesting concept but I wish it was flushed out a bit more. The author’s ideas are really amazing but it seems like he only scratched at the surface level of what is possible with these books.

Wherever Molly bled, a killer copy of herself was born. The original Molly is gone, but in this final novel, Molly’s sister copies try to draw together for safety, in the hope of peace. I don’t want to give too much away but this is a great series of books exploring identy and self, with a horror twist. It reminded me a little of Orphan Black despite being a completely different story. It’s immensely readable and grips you to the end.

A thrilling third installment! I loved the pace of this book, I tore through it in a few hours. I loved the other two books, and this one added so much to the lore of the Mollys’ stories.

This has been a fabulous series of novellas and this final installment is no exception. Tade Thompson has created a believable and unique character in Molly Southbourne and the way in which this character has progressed throughout the series is great. The world is opened up further in this final book, with more than one perspective in the narrative, which makes things very interesting. My only criticism is that the ending felt a little bit abrupt but other than that, this is a great conclusion to a very original and enjoyable series. Highly recommend.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review.

The Molly Southbourne series, much like other science fiction thrillers/horror novels (such as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and Frankenstein) asks thoughtful questions about identity and what it means to be human. But the series also packs in all the tension of a nail-biting thriller. The Legacy of Molly Southbourne lacks the emotional resonance of the first two novellas in the series, and the sheer horror of the first novella, but it sure does pack a bloody punch. Long live Molly!

Thanks to Netgalley and Tor Publishing for an advanced copy of this novella in exchange for an honest review.

The Molly Southbourne novellas were my introduction to Tade Thompson’s writing, and they have cemented him as a must-read author. The series boasts a fascinating premise, one that has been developed over the course of the three novellas. Bringing it all together very nicely, I really enjoyed this satisfying conclusion.

Please note, this review has a couple of spoilers for the previous novellas.

Thompson has create a really interesting premise and twist on clones, and in The Legacy of Molly Southbourne, he builds nicely on what has come before. The original Molly Southbourne is dead. She sacrificed herself at the end of the previous novella, at the hands of one of her copies. A handful of copies have been living together, trying to make things work, and trying to control their proliferation — especially because it appears as though each subsequent generation of copies is a bit more… rough around the edges, a bit more raw. Not only that, but they are also trying to ensure the survival of the existing Mollys, as they are beset on all sides by different predators.

One of the predators circling closer to the Mollys is Myke, a bounty hunter of some kind: she has been sent to eliminate the Mollys, and is willing to deploy some pretty devastating tools to get it done (recall that a new Molly is created from any cast-off Molly blood). As the story progresses, we learn who Myke actually is, and get a bit more context on her past and also the inception of the Molly project (well, it’s not just Mollys, but as she’s been the focus of the series, that’ll suffice as an explanation). I enjoyed reading Myke’s perspective — she’s lived a tough and varied life, and her cynicism is well-earned, and the Cold War component was interesting and well-incorporated.

If you’re a fan of the first two novellas, then I’d be surprised if you haven’t already pre-ordered this finale. If you have not read any of the books (but for some reason still read through this review), then I would highly recommend you pick up The Murders of Molly Southbourne. I’m sure you’ll be hooked.

Definitely recommended, The Legacy of Molly Southbourne is a satisfying ending to an imaginative, engaging trilogy.