3.82 AVERAGE

adventurous
adventurous

Lots of action and a little deeper look into the history of Earth That Was. Not a perfect book by a long shot, but wonderful for those of us with a Firefly-shaped hole in our hearts.

If you're a fan of the show, then this is a fun additional episode for sure.
I've decided to stick with audio for this series as I'm really enjoying listening to it. It feels like a radio drama of one of my favorite shows.

This installment is written by a different author than the others so far, Tim Lebbon.

The story felt a bit deja vu most of the way, this very much felt like another Firefly adventure, similar to past ones with a few differences. I think I enjoyed it a little bit less than the previous one but I still quite liked it. I read this one 4th, there seems to be a bit of a different numbering in some places putting this as book 3 or 4.

That being said, I don't think you really need to have read the previous books to enjoy each one as long as you are familiar with the show. Especially with the audio the character voices feel really spot on but as another reviewer mentioned Kaylee and Zoe refer to Mal as Mal, not by their usual names for him (Captain and Sir).

As with previous reviews, as a major Firefly fan this book is easily a 4 star rating for me, and I imagine that is a rather influenced by nostalgia.
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Being the only book in the series so far (of the first four books in existence at the time of writing this review) not written by James Lovegrove, I was concerned that the authenticity of the characters that James Lovegrove was able to maintain would be lost. I worried needlessly, Tim Lebbon does an equally spectacular job of maintaining the authenticity of the characters.
My only issue with the story is that it didn't go in the direction I had hoped it would, but that's down to my own expectations and wants. Filled with great dialogue and also providing a little more detail about what River went through and about the migration from the Earth-that-was to the Verse.
Brilliant stuff.
adventurous tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bookishnorth's review

3.75
adventurous funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No