Will Leave the Galaxy for Good

Jacques McKeown, Book 3

By: Yahtzee Croshaw

Narrated by: Yahtzee Croshaw

Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

Jacques McKeown is the most celebrated author of star-pilot fiction in the galaxy. He's rich, famous, and living in luxury, and his universe-wide fanbase eagerly awaits any news of his next book.

There's just one small hitch.

He's not Jacques McKeown.

He's Dashford Pierce, star pilot and con artist, and if only the impatient calls from his publisher were the worst of his problems. There's also the last vestige of the Henderson crime gang, trouble brewing in the retired star-pilot community, and a small matter of somebody trying to kill him.

As his web of lies falls apart and the crosshairs zero in, Pierce has no other option but to take one last adventure. An odyssey to the very edge of known space to finally answer the question that has twisted up his life for five years: Just who is Jacques McKeown?

©2024 Yahtzee Croshaw (P)2024 Audible Originals, LLC.

Genuinely electrifying

Sharp wit, engaging story, and a wonderful performance as always. I find the passing history’s particularly interesting this time around. Focusing less on the “change is bad” and more “these things happen and it’s natural” far more interesting and less old man yells at cloud. As clever as ever, few authors leave me genuinely laughing and smiling as he does. Better than the second book in my opinion. Seriously worth a read/listen. Ridiculously enjoyable

great writing!

This series has been amazing, and this was another entertaining and varied story with fantastic twists!

Well paced

Fun story with well paced comedic timing, good way to say farewell to the series.

A satisfying ending to a fun escape!

Dashford Pierce's unwavering sense of self anchors the story and makes him a waveringly predictable, possibly even cozy. The fitting, if bittersweet, ending balances gravity and humor as it ties up loose ends. While saying goodbye to these characters is never easy, I am left with a satisfying conclusion that does justice to the legacy of Jacques Mckeown!

Wow, that ending

…is just perfect. Thank you, Jimmy. Seems like your new experiment is going along nicely.

Tying things up

In more ways than one, this book ties up many things, including elements that I was unsure about in a previous of his novels. It almost feels as though he is tying up elements of his entire career as a writer so far. Very tightly paced, great satire, and just a fun adventure

Genuenely funny

Genuenely funny and clever. Love 'Yahtzee's style of humor and storytelling. Also loved the jabs at the sci-fi genre.

Great fun

If you like the other two books, you’ll likely enjoy this one. I hope there are more!

Plying Trac

Holy shit, what a fucking ending. It had everything that a normal reader would want after the kinds of setups we got in the first two books, and it introduced even more new interesting ideas and characters right before rounding it all off. Some things I predicted were true, some things I got wrong, some things I had hoped for but never dreamed would actually come up really happened (like Warden's backstory and references to certain other Yahtzee works), and there's an air of fanservice (meant in the best possible sense) in a lot of it, like the author actually respects what the audience wants and catered to it.

The meta-ness of elements of the plot and story are called out in some places, or commented on more quietly by character's opinions and metaphors, with the trilogy as a whole carrying the theme of how consuming and creating media affects people's lives, both positively and negatively. As someone for whom consuming this book series was a major catalyst for helping me deal with my depression and anxiety (in that reading this series made me think life was worth living for the first time in a long time), this theme being directly called out in this third book really hit home. It was certainly implied by the other books, but knowing that this theme was quite important to the villain's motivation and backstory makes me happy that I picked up on it beforehand.

I'm sort of in awe at certain parts, and I'm probably going to listen to the whole book again tomorrow. Even though one of my favorite characters died, I'm very happy with how it ended - buuuuut it still feels like there's more to the main characters that will, hopefully, come back and be explored someday, in some other work by Yahtzee, or at least references to the characters that gives hints on how they're doing.

However, I am very sad that they got rid of the hydroponic gardens in Ritsuko City, and there was no hope of ever getting them back. I think I am entirely too invested in the worldbuilding, because I audibly said 'No!' aloud when I heard they got rid of the hydroponic gardens lol. Anyway, go read these books.

amazing conclusion to a trilogy

fans of Yahtzee's humor and writing will not be disappointed. for any newcomers, this book does not make you feel like you need to catch up on the previous titles (even though you should because they're worth listening to as well). this story is self contained enough to still be enjoyable as a new listener. Can't wait for the next title from the author!