Reviews

Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey

toastmeister's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

robertg's review against another edition

5.0

 What a way to end the series. I'm kinda sad to be done with this...some of my favorite characters ever are in this series. I cant say much about it without spoilers, but the series as a whole I think is pretty great; it really explores humanities reaction to the discovery of an alien substance and the consequences thereafter. What keeps most of these book from being 5 stars, I think, is a couple things; 1) The pace of them is just so absurdly constant...it never picks up or slows down, it's just steady. I would think around the climax of the books that the pace would pick up and be page turning, but that never happened for me. 2) The delivery. Though this is just a product of the pacing, none of the impactful moments are delivered in a way that makes me stop and think "oh crap, did that just happen?!". These moments are instead delivered in passing; like if you aren't paying attention, you might miss it.

Early on in the series I also think I had issues with the POVs being all over the place. Yes, there is the main crew, but outside of them, the POVs are of seemingly random people and that could be an issue for some people. But I know realize the goal of the books isn't to get you connected to all these people, but rather to show you, and dive into the human reaction to this new reality that humanity has discovered. And it does an incredible job depicting this 

dangerbassett's review against another edition

4.0

See Mass Effect and Fall of Hyperion with a mathd egree.

lloneill's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.75

qwadraplatz's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Excellent finale to the Expanse series. The end of all the characters arcs are wonderfully realized. The book answers all the most important questions while leaving just enough to the imagination. If I had to levy a complaint it would be one of the viewpoint characters is not nearly as interesting as the rest and her chapters are notably slower than the rest.

cappallo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

trishtalksbooks's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious tense 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? No

4.0

vamarama's review against another edition

3.5

I understand this book felt the need to address the alien threat that has been looming for a while but it felt like it lost the core dynamics that really brought the other books together. The crew of the Rocinante felt like an after thought in this book.  
I was glad that Holden did find himself again in the end but it just left me kind of unfulfilled being the last book in the series (or is it? based on that epilogue...)

tashshaw's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.0

harlando's review against another edition

5.0

A great ending to a great series!