Reviews

The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons

amadeus451's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

alesforz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

scottjp's review against another edition

2.0

It's been a long time since I forced myself to finish a book I wasn't enjoying, but I did so this time because I felt I had already committed by reading the first half of the story (Hyperion). That part was really good and I simply couldn't do without some kind of resolution. But it was torture pushing through hundreds of pages of mind-numbing religious/philosophical ramblings and scenes that dragged on and on and on. There are a few nice bits scattered throughout but they are all but lost in the sea of monotony.

cherrick8's review against another edition

3.0

This was a pretty solid follow-up to the first book, but I did find it to drag a bit. It's a book with a lot of deep concepts, but interesting to read for the most part.

davechua's review against another edition

4.0

Have to admit I didn't enjoy the shift to space opera and the new characters. Quite different from the unique structure of the first book and overexplains. Was mostly just interested to what happens for the Scholar's story.

svensilver's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

tal42levy's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.5

jconnuck's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

sam_mehdi's review against another edition

3.0

The plot was an adequate continuation of the first book, but it wasn't very impressive or plausible to me. I thought a lot of major plot points were extremely contrived and artificial. Besides that, the prose annoyed me. It felt redundant, long-winded, and overly descriptive. These long descriptions were not fruitful either; it's just hard to imagine some of this sci-fi scenery. I thought the occurrence-to-fluff ratio was 0.2. Reading this book after the first is certainly necessary, but I found it a little disappointing.

Oh, also, there were at least 2 typos. >:(

zaftom's review against another edition

It's bad, folks!