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freysonfreysonson's review against another edition
adventurous
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? It's complicated
4.0
enbylievable's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
a whole new meaning given to "world-wide web"
Content Warnings
You might not have a good time if you suffer from arachnophobia.
theishu's review against another edition
5.0
“Smartest evolutionary world-building” - a blurbs says, and it is hard to better describe it. It reads like Arthur C. Clarke, but with detail-rich trajectories filling in the gaps between ‘flash-forwards’ to drastically new story arcs. It successfully convinces you to simultaneously root for opposing sides of a primal conflict.
Amazingly, the story expertly weaves in deeply philosophical what-ifs, social allegories, but manages to simultaneously keep the crosshairs trained on “sci-fi action drama”. Very impressive! I really hope this book becomes popular enough to be green-lit for a high-budget, 7-season epic, while taking care to preserve the writing quality of the source material.
Amazingly, the story expertly weaves in deeply philosophical what-ifs, social allegories, but manages to simultaneously keep the crosshairs trained on “sci-fi action drama”. Very impressive! I really hope this book becomes popular enough to be green-lit for a high-budget, 7-season epic, while taking care to preserve the writing quality of the source material.
spennett's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
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
tal42levy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
mclean_watson's review against another edition
5.0
I mean, just wow. This book is such an amazing experience, you come in and think you know where it’s heading. But the second half truly deviates from anything I’ve ever read. And I’ll admit, I’m more sad then I thought I’d be to have to say goodbye to the characters of this book. The original Fabian and Lain were by far my favourite characters.
comradechair's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
tense
fast-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
4.0
This was a nice refreshingly easy to read book about big ideas. It's primarily about evolution, sentience and time (the collapse of one empire, the march of time for the last humans, and a new race being birthed).
I thought the chapters about the Spiders would have been too silly for me, but you really did get invested in their constantly evolving culture and science. Never thought I'd find myself rooting for a bunch of spiders so much! Really well done on that front.
As someone who studied classics I really liked one of the main human character - Marston, the last classicist in the universe! He is almost comically useless, and keeps getting dragged into things he has no control over. I'd probably be about as useful as he was!
This novel keeps you guessing with lots of twists and turns. The characters are not the deepest, but they are not the driving force of the story really and serve it well. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is that the ending fell a bit flat for me personally
I thought the chapters about the Spiders would have been too silly for me, but you really did get invested in their constantly evolving culture and science. Never thought I'd find myself rooting for a bunch of spiders so much! Really well done on that front.
As someone who studied classics I really liked one of the main human character - Marston, the last classicist in the universe! He is almost comically useless, and keeps getting dragged into things he has no control over. I'd probably be about as useful as he was!
This novel keeps you guessing with lots of twists and turns. The characters are not the deepest, but they are not the driving force of the story really and serve it well. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is that the ending fell a bit flat for me personally
leokennis's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
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? Yes
5.0
manateeprince's review against another edition
challenging
dark
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0