Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons

7 reviews

whirl's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death

Minor: Pregnancy

anshm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, War, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Colonisation, Blood, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Genocide

machewson's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

0.5

This book was a horrendously bad follow up.  The plot of the first 400 or so pages follows the why say with 10 words what you could say with 10,000 mantra.  The book mostly feels like an excercise in smugness by the author.  Filled with quotes from classic literature and references to other great works of art more as way to seem smart than as a building of plot or character.  Every character is an intolerable asshole until they randomly aren't.  Characters are freed for having a pesky arc by just becoming better at the end.  The plot is saved from ramping up by just ending.  If you enjoyed Hyperion just leave it at that is my recommendation.  Hyperion was not free of sexism but this takes it further and adds in new ways to hate like some Islamophobia tacked onto the end just for fun.  This review I know is rambling but I cannot describe to you how bad this book is.  Please do yourself a favor and don't read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Medical trauma, Slavery, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Torture, Child death, Terminal illness, Violence, War, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual violence

mynameisvesper's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

?!?!
How does one even try to explain this book. First: Hyperion series is not a sci-fi though it plays with sci-fi themes. It’s fantasy. First book was the intro to this one. The complexity goes a bunch of levels higher here and while, I loved it, I’m stranded with questions…
But without spoilers: medley on philosophy, religion, fears of AI, evolution, war strategy, colonisation and poetry. Takes some time to digest and take it in, and still you end up with questions. This doesn’t diminish the thrill of reading it though, cause it gives plenty of plot twists and plays on your emotional attachment to the characters. Glad to have this series on my shelf! I can see myself going back to this, and I’m definitely continuing with Endymion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, War, Blood, and Colonisation

singalana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Kirjan sivumäärä ja monimutkainen maailma herätti pelonsekaista kunnioitusta, mutta loppujen lopuksi luin kirjan nopeasti.

Hyperionin tuho jatkaa siitä mihin sarjan ensimmäinen osa jäi, ja kirjassa seurataan pitkälti samoja hahmoja. Hahmot ovat epätäydellisiä, mutta ehkä siksi heistä on helppoa pitää. 

Hyperionin maailma on monimutkainen ja mielenkiitoinen ja tarinan edetessä asioiden väliset yhteydet selviävät joskus odottamattomallakin tavalla. Dan Simmonsin Hyperion kirjoissa parasta onkin kirjailijan luoma monimutkainen maailma, jonka kuvauksessa tasapainoillaan hienosti sopivan kerronnan rajoilla: maailmaa ei selitetä liikaa, mutta kuitenkin tarpeeksi että kirjaa on nautinnollista lukea. Lisäksi paikoitellen kerronta on lähes maalauksellista, ja novellin ihmeelliset maisemat pystyy kuvittelemaan helposti.

Kirjan juoni etenee jouhevasti ja loogisen tuntuisesti. Muutamassa kohdassa mieleen hiipi epäilys olisiko muutama asia ratkennut hieman liian helposti, deux ex machina-tyyppisesti, mutta mitenkään ilmiselvää tämä ei ole. Kaiken kaikkiaan kirjan loppu oli tyydyttävä, sillä tarina jatkuu seuraavassa osassa. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Rape, Blood, Terminal illness, and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Genocide, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

dundero's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Death

babudarabu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, and Cursing

Minor: Gore and War