3.7 AVERAGE

darkali89's review

2.0

This put me to sleep in a sea of two stars.

The pacing of the book towards the mid/end slowed a bit to much for me. But I truly enjoyed how real the characters felt and how their relationships evolved over time. Also appreciated the one or two Inheritance cycle Easter eggs. Overall a real solid space epic.
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kiwitheboss19's review

3.25
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

nervous_brake397's review

4.75
adventurous hopeful reflective slow-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: Complicated

Vast and beautiful.
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rachrydalch's review

4.0

Struggling to decide between 4/5 stars. Great plot, loved the characters, overall fun and intriguing and I’ve been thinking about it ever since I finished! And holy crap, the detail. There is a glossary and timeline. I was overwhelmed at first but appreciated it by the end! There wasn’t too much technical mumbo-jumbo...though there were times I would be reading and start humming Rocketman instead of paying attention to the words “All the science/I don’t understand/Its just my job five days a week”

kjbrooks's review

3.5
adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

stonesanelane's review

3.0
adventurous dark inspiring mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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ahaddad24's review

3.75
adventurous dark emotional 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

A solid, well-researched and well-developed tale of alien first contact. As with the Inheritance Cycle, Paolini takes his world-building very seriously, and the book was full of technical details and charts that were quite impressive. I really enjoyed the characters, human and alien alike, and some of the dream sequences had beautiful, lyrical writing. I did feel like the plot was oddly paced — some parts felt rushed and everything was happening too fast, and other parts draggingly slow. The book was also overly-long IMO, and would’ve been better if it had been ~150 pages shorter. All in all not perfect but a good experience and a solid contribution to the sci-fi genre. 
adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes