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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
informative
fast-paced
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
If the first book is Alien then this is Aliens. Still sci-fi but a totally different track. Not so much introspective as it is a Crichton-esque thriller.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-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
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
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:
No
I really didn't like this book, yet I couldn't stop reading....The way the female characters are written is so so bad, and it is obvious that they are written by men. Especially the dialogue around the women. I also didn't like how the novel was so much more dramatic and relation-focused, compared to the first novel. I really appreciated the very black-and-white, matter-of-fact tone in the first book, which I missed in this second one. However, I was still so intruiged about the secrets of Rama that I couldn't stop reading, and am considering continuing the series, much to the surprise of myself!
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is hard but I want to rate this book only on its own merit and not in comparison to RENDEZVOUS, as it would not be a fair comparison.
There are parts of RAMA II I really enjoyed, but much more of it I found uninteresting. It took far too long for the book to get us to space. The character focus didn’t work for me. I found some of the exploration scenes tense and exciting, and the ending sequence was very interesting. But the rest bloated what is really a fairly simple story.
I think my biggest mistake was reading this immediately after RENDEZVOUS. Don’t do that if you can help it. All in all this was a serviceable but ultimately forgettable sci fi novel. RENDEZVOUS, however, will always stick with me.
There are parts of RAMA II I really enjoyed, but much more of it I found uninteresting. It took far too long for the book to get us to space. The character focus didn’t work for me. I found some of the exploration scenes tense and exciting, and the ending sequence was very interesting. But the rest bloated what is really a fairly simple story.
I think my biggest mistake was reading this immediately after RENDEZVOUS. Don’t do that if you can help it. All in all this was a serviceable but ultimately forgettable sci fi novel. RENDEZVOUS, however, will always stick with me.
Definitely a different kind of book from the first one, and I can see why fans of the first wouldn't like this, especially when the first third is such a slog. I thought it was fun though, and answered enough of my questions from the first book to keep me engaged and interested in reading more of the series.
Stopping at chapter 16.
This books has been melodramatic and racist so far. It’s spent 110 pages setting up the characters and unfortunately all of them suck. And the science hasn’t been enough to keep my attention. Might come back to it, might not. We will see.
This books has been melodramatic and racist so far. It’s spent 110 pages setting up the characters and unfortunately all of them suck. And the science hasn’t been enough to keep my attention. Might come back to it, might not. We will see.
This series explores humans reactions to alien spacecraft flying near to earth. Story takes place 70 years after the arrival of the first Raman spacecraft into our solar system. This time, a second Rama spacecraft (identical to the first) arrives and the human race is more prepared. They send a more structured team in to investigate this craft and find that this spaceship is not exactly the same as the first.