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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Den er vanvittig og psykedelisk og vildt urealistisk af sci fi at være, men samtidig ... fuck, hvor er den godt tænkt ... og den virker!
Honestly, I skimmed thru at least half of this. There was SO much description of things that just didn't seem to matter and it was really hard to get thru. I probably won't read the next ones, even with the promise of Marc Remillard showing up. :(
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a very good book with well explored politics and cultures with great fights and characters. Yet I found that all the characters were both lovable and hateable.
A bit of a grind, interspersed with some excellent parts. Will keep reading the series.
Even though it's Julian May, I had a hard time getting into this second book. It picked up after the middle though a d I enjoyed the last half a lot more!
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have mixed feelings about this book. Besides some of the “Wow, this was definitely written in the 70s” stuff, the large cast meant the story was constantly jumping from plot threads I was deeply interested in to threads/characters I was meh about. I’ll probably keep going, since Lisa Schmeiser and Erica Ensign are doing a podcast about the series, and I adore listening to the two of them talk about ANYTHING.
High adventure in the far past continues in part two - things blow up, characters you like will die, and slowly the stage is set for my favorite part of the story (the link to the Galactic Milieu series).
The Pliocene Exile/Galactic Milieu saga is a masterpiece of SF/F, and this second book in the series stands out as one of the most brilliantly constructed volumes of the series.
With the stage set and the preliminaries out of the way in The Many-Colored Land, here May is free to follow the implications of the human group's arrival in the past to its surprising but entirely logical conclusions on multiple fronts. We get to see how the machinations of individuals and factions play out against the backdrop of the intertwined goals of human and hybrid, Tanu and Firvulag.
The end result is a supremely polished effort that's dramatic, humorous, exciting, and just plain fun to read. The amazingly varied cast of characters is wonderfully well-drawn; the categories of hero and villain are often deliciously ambiguous, but the characterizations are always sharp and engaging.
Another enjoyable re-read, to be continued with the next volume soon.
With the stage set and the preliminaries out of the way in The Many-Colored Land, here May is free to follow the implications of the human group's arrival in the past to its surprising but entirely logical conclusions on multiple fronts. We get to see how the machinations of individuals and factions play out against the backdrop of the intertwined goals of human and hybrid, Tanu and Firvulag.
The end result is a supremely polished effort that's dramatic, humorous, exciting, and just plain fun to read. The amazingly varied cast of characters is wonderfully well-drawn; the categories of hero and villain are often deliciously ambiguous, but the characterizations are always sharp and engaging.
Another enjoyable re-read, to be continued with the next volume soon.