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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Quite long but really enjoyed the book and especially the world. The individual character stories really grabbed me.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A fantastic Sifi Novel. I struggle to think of one i enjoy more.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A sci-fi Canterbury Tales. All of the short stories are good, and a couple of them are very good.
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Hyperion starts strong with fascinating world building and character development but loses steam in the last couple of sections of the novel. The overarching narrative that ties together the various stories falls a bit flat at the end. Simmons still scores major points for solid prose overall and for Martin Silenus being one of the most hilariously memorable characters of all time.
It’s about the journey, not the destination.
Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way.
All jokes aside, this was a fantastic book.
It was wonderfully written and full of interesting concepts and narratives.
My favourite stories were the priest’s tale “The Man who Cried God” and the scholar’s tale “The River Lethe’s Taste Is Bitter.” Both being solid science fiction, the former a very classic kind of sci-fi with intense horror elements, and the latter more philosophical and utterly heartbreaking.
I picked this book as my book club’s January 2022 book, and I do not regret it at all. I was a bit taken aback by the horror elements (something that made me doubt that this was a good choice for the book club), but the text stretches over so many themes that it’s really a fantastic book to discuss. I was curious to know which stories my friends related to or liked, and if we’d have similar takeaways from the stories.
The book ends on a reference from one of my favourite movies ever. I feel like it does have a solid ending, and can definitely be read on its own. But I did finish the book early and ran to the next book The Fall of Hyperion, finishing it before the book club was set to meet to discuss the first book.
I’d say that reading the second book is not necessary, although I totally understand wanting to know more after the book ends (as it does really just end in the thick of it).
Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way.
All jokes aside, this was a fantastic book.
It was wonderfully written and full of interesting concepts and narratives.
My favourite stories were the priest’s tale “The Man who Cried God” and the scholar’s tale “The River Lethe’s Taste Is Bitter.” Both being solid science fiction, the former a very classic kind of sci-fi with intense horror elements, and the latter more philosophical and utterly heartbreaking.
I picked this book as my book club’s January 2022 book, and I do not regret it at all. I was a bit taken aback by the horror elements (something that made me doubt that this was a good choice for the book club), but the text stretches over so many themes that it’s really a fantastic book to discuss. I was curious to know which stories my friends related to or liked, and if we’d have similar takeaways from the stories.
The book ends on a reference from one of my favourite movies ever. I feel like it does have a solid ending, and can definitely be read on its own. But I did finish the book early and ran to the next book The Fall of Hyperion, finishing it before the book club was set to meet to discuss the first book.
I’d say that reading the second book is not necessary, although I totally understand wanting to know more after the book ends (as it does really just end in the thick of it).