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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
medium-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
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
so I liked it not that I didn't... very interesting sci-fi elements, I would say it is a unique story coming out of old ideas... I love all of the crew and characters all has their flaws in their own ways but all of them were likable for me.
what I didn't like:
1) I just don't get Millar's death, ok he is depressed and suicidal, he has been trying to just live by during all his years at work but when Muss shattered that his fake guard fell and he become depressed. I loved Millar but this is not about that I wanted him to live, It is about that I don't get it.. like why? ok because the plot wanted someone on Eros ok, and because I guess his death with Julie was supposed to be a big emotional scene or something, tbh I just wanted him to be back with the crew and see him again in later installments, he gets well with the crew, he is very fitting with them, he is brilliant, so why kill a character like that just because he is supposed to be depressed and suicidal, why not find his new mission with them, find a purpose again, make the change he wanted to make and not by "sacrificing" himself.... and tbh again his obsession with Julie became too much toward the end, yeah yeah I get it she is like the good in him but anyway I don't like what they did with him, it felt like Eddie Munson from stranger things...it is just that characters who are too depressed and damaged that they want to die are not my thing anymore not after reading A little life's summary and the ideology of the author behind it..... and if we keep getting a new character with Holden each book to have it kill by the end I'm not continuing this series
2) the plot: while there were a lot of interesting twists and turns that I enjoyed and found creative, it was just a lot, why every single thing has to be changed and a new twist added to it what's the point.. like ok we will send Eros to sun wait Eros escaped ok we will kill the plan tell you what we will nuke Eros but wait even better we will talk to Eros and we will do a punch of drama to delay the nukes.. why? why not get just to the point which is have Miller talk to Julie and be off with it? all this twists at the end bored me and put me out of the mood.
3) well this book is way too long because of the 100 twists thing and all of miller's philosophical talking
overall I think I will give book 2 a try but that's it if it didn't grab me then I'm not continuing the series, I'm not reading 9 mediocre books, either blow my mind or it is not for me
what I didn't like:
1) I just don't get Millar's death, ok he is depressed and suicidal, he has been trying to just live by during all his years at work but when Muss shattered that his fake guard fell and he become depressed. I loved Millar but this is not about that I wanted him to live, It is about that I don't get it.. like why? ok because the plot wanted someone on Eros ok, and because I guess his death with Julie was supposed to be a big emotional scene or something, tbh I just wanted him to be back with the crew and see him again in later installments, he gets well with the crew, he is very fitting with them, he is brilliant, so why kill a character like that just because he is supposed to be depressed and suicidal, why not find his new mission with them, find a purpose again, make the change he wanted to make and not by "sacrificing" himself.... and tbh again his obsession with Julie became too much toward the end, yeah yeah I get it she is like the good in him but anyway I don't like what they did with him, it felt like Eddie Munson from stranger things...it is just that characters who are too depressed and damaged that they want to die are not my thing anymore not after reading A little life's summary and the ideology of the author behind it..... and if we keep getting a new character with Holden each book to have it kill by the end I'm not continuing this series
2) the plot: while there were a lot of interesting twists and turns that I enjoyed and found creative, it was just a lot, why every single thing has to be changed and a new twist added to it what's the point.. like ok we will send Eros to sun wait Eros escaped ok we will kill the plan tell you what we will nuke Eros but wait even better we will talk to Eros and we will do a punch of drama to delay the nukes.. why? why not get just to the point which is have Miller talk to Julie and be off with it? all this twists at the end bored me and put me out of the mood.
3) well this book is way too long because of the 100 twists thing and all of miller's philosophical talking
overall I think I will give book 2 a try but that's it if it didn't grab me then I'm not continuing the series, I'm not reading 9 mediocre books, either blow my mind or it is not for me
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A perfect example of the "She breasted across the room boobily" style of writing.
The writing of this book is hilariously bad. I genuinely don't understand how this series got so popular.
For reference, I'm reading The Devils by Joe Abercrombie and just read two chapters in a row talking about the character's genitals, and I'm laughing and having a great time. After two chapters of Leviathan Wakes talking about genitals, I'm asking, "This again, really?"
It screams written-by-men-in-a-locker-room. Some of my favourite books are written by men, but until now I've never read a book "written by a man" if you get my meaning.
Here are some examples of what I'm talking about:
A character is given a protein bar and he says it looks like a dildo.
A doctor, mourning the deaths of all of his friends, reminisces about all the good times he treated their genital warts.
Every woman in this book has their body commented on by a man. Specifically whether or not they'd sleep with them in the end.
A character who had a sweet budding romance with another character, starts to lust after the only other female character THE SAME CHAPTER the first one dies. He was mourning deeply on the previous page!
The sentence, "Until my prostate was as dry as the Sahara."
A woman's corpse is described after dying to a disease, aaaannnnd they found a way to talk about her vulva.
There are no supermarkets, post offices, schools, or anything else regular in space. Everything is either a brothel or a casino. Like... Everything! There are brothels present not just on the colony, but the space station too, and even the starship carrying you between them. Just brothels? That's it?
Every background character walking around is a prostitute, and if there's no prostitute on the page then, honest to god, the characters are talking about their previous experiences with prostitutes or asking where the prostitutes are. If everyone in the solar system is a prostitute, then who's paying them for services? Other prostitutes?
A main character gets asked to investigate a woman who's gone missing and his first question is, "Was she raped?" What? That's the first question?
Now, I did take a break for a few days and decided to come back and give it another go, because people do seem to like it, so maybe I was being too harsh. This was the opening to the next chapter:
"Around them, the hotel restaurant was busy. Last shift’s prostitutes mixed with the next shift’s tourists and businessmen at the cheap pink-lit buffet."
I laughed so hard that I couldn't continue. Every time I pick it back up I laugh at this page. There's seriously no escape. Not even for a single chapter. I'll never understand the popularity behind this awful writing.
The writing of this book is hilariously bad. I genuinely don't understand how this series got so popular.
For reference, I'm reading The Devils by Joe Abercrombie and just read two chapters in a row talking about the character's genitals, and I'm laughing and having a great time. After two chapters of Leviathan Wakes talking about genitals, I'm asking, "This again, really?"
It screams written-by-men-in-a-locker-room. Some of my favourite books are written by men, but until now I've never read a book "written by a man" if you get my meaning.
Here are some examples of what I'm talking about:
A character is given a protein bar and he says it looks like a dildo.
A doctor, mourning the deaths of all of his friends, reminisces about all the good times he treated their genital warts.
Every woman in this book has their body commented on by a man. Specifically whether or not they'd sleep with them in the end.
A character who had a sweet budding romance with another character, starts to lust after the only other female character THE SAME CHAPTER the first one dies. He was mourning deeply on the previous page!
The sentence, "Until my prostate was as dry as the Sahara."
A woman's corpse is described after dying to a disease, aaaannnnd they found a way to talk about her vulva.
There are no supermarkets, post offices, schools, or anything else regular in space. Everything is either a brothel or a casino. Like... Everything! There are brothels present not just on the colony, but the space station too, and even the starship carrying you between them. Just brothels? That's it?
Every background character walking around is a prostitute, and if there's no prostitute on the page then, honest to god, the characters are talking about their previous experiences with prostitutes or asking where the prostitutes are. If everyone in the solar system is a prostitute, then who's paying them for services? Other prostitutes?
A main character gets asked to investigate a woman who's gone missing and his first question is, "Was she raped?" What? That's the first question?
Now, I did take a break for a few days and decided to come back and give it another go, because people do seem to like it, so maybe I was being too harsh. This was the opening to the next chapter:
"Around them, the hotel restaurant was busy. Last shift’s prostitutes mixed with the next shift’s tourists and businessmen at the cheap pink-lit buffet."
I laughed so hard that I couldn't continue. Every time I pick it back up I laugh at this page. There's seriously no escape. Not even for a single chapter. I'll never understand the popularity behind this awful writing.
adventurous
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-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:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes