Words I Write Crazy: Week 22 Reviews: BZRK: Origins, BZRK, BZRK Reloaded, BZRK Apocalypse

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Week 22 Reviews: BZRK: Origins, BZRK, BZRK Reloaded, BZRK Apocalypse

From Goodreads:

'I am not a brave man'

Back. Way back. Back before BZRK, before the fight for freedom and the fear of madness. Back when Plath was just Sadie McLure. Sadie, who loved her dad.

Sadie's father started a war. In his own words, he tells us why.

From Goodreads:

Charles and Benjamin Armstrong, conjoined twins and owners of the Armstrong Fancy Gifts Corporation, have a goal: to turn the world into their vision of utopia. No wars, no conflict, no hunger. And no free will. Opposing them is a guerrilla group of teens, code name BZRK, who are fighting to protect the right to be messed up, to be human.

This is no ordinary war, though. Weapons are deployed on the nano-level. The battleground is the human brain. And there are no stalemates here: It's victory . . . or madness.

From Goodreads:

From best-selling author Michael Grant comes the highly anticipated, terrifying, and mind-bending second book in the BZRK trilogy. The entire BZRK cell—including Noah and Sadie—has been left in pieces after the last round of battle with the Armstrong Twins, conjoined brothers who plot to rob mankind of its free will. Vincent's mind is shattered, and his memories hold dangerous secrets—secrets that Lear, BZRK's mysterious leader, will stop at nothing to protect.

Meanwhile, Bug Man has taken control of the President's brain, but playing with sanity is a dangerous game. The consequences can spiral way out of control, and the Armstrong Twins are not people Bug Man can afford to disappoint. The nano is as terrifying, exhilarating, and unpredictable as ever. But the wall of secrets that surrounds it is cracking. What will it reveal? And once the dust has settled, who will be sane enough to find out?

From Goodreads:

The Matrix meets Inner Space in this third book in the BZRK trilogy from New York Times best-selling author Michael Grant.

The staggering conclusion to the BZRK trilogy, from the author of GONE. The members of BZRK are preparing for their final stand. Noah and Sadie have seen death, and it holds no fear for them. Madness does, though. And losing each other.

But they will not sit back, the only witnesses to an invisible apocalypse. The world is being destroyed from the inside out. It's time for them to fight to the last, in the streets and in the nano. This is a story with both thrills and heart, packed with the author's trademark jaw-dropping set pieces and pace.

Join them.

My first review of BZRK
My Review:

Author: Michael Grant
Series: BZRK #0.5, 1, 2, 3

First Read: January 25th, 2013
Read: May 30th, 30th, 30th, 30th
Source: Ebook.bike, Own, NetGalley
Reason Why: Rereading and I love his writing and this series, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Books, and BZRK Apocalypse is a End of Series 2025 Book!
Publisher: Egmont, Carolrhoda Lab, Egmont USA
Published: August 29th 2013, February 28th 2012, October 8th 2013, October 11th 2014

BZRK: Origins: