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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3,5 stars
This stated of interesting! Then got quite boring for my personal taste. Too much about game rules and journeying, and nothing at all happened. I slugged through quite a while, then it picked up the pace again, once it got to actually PLAYING the game, not just learning it - and the result of those games actually started to matter.
From then on it was quite good and fluent again. So I'd give 4 stars for the start, 2 stars for the rest of the first half, and 4again for the second half.
I hate playing games like chess, but live RPGs, so if you love complicated games like chess, you might like that slow first half a lot more than me!
Definitely worth a look, as long as you aren't looking for action packed Hollywood material, but rather an inside into different cultures and game possibilities.
This stated of interesting! Then got quite boring for my personal taste. Too much about game rules and journeying, and nothing at all happened. I slugged through quite a while, then it picked up the pace again, once it got to actually PLAYING the game, not just learning it - and the result of those games actually started to matter.
From then on it was quite good and fluent again. So I'd give 4 stars for the start, 2 stars for the rest of the first half, and 4again for the second half.
I hate playing games like chess, but live RPGs, so if you love complicated games like chess, you might like that slow first half a lot more than me!
Definitely worth a look, as long as you aren't looking for action packed Hollywood material, but rather an inside into different cultures and game possibilities.
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
My first touch to the Culture -series. I really enjoyed the book!
As quite usual with sci-fi books, it was quite easy to draw some references or analogies to our society and how things work and I enjoyed the play between 'utopistic' culture and the more dystopian empire.
I think I'll read some other books from the series as well.
As quite usual with sci-fi books, it was quite easy to draw some references or analogies to our society and how things work and I enjoyed the play between 'utopistic' culture and the more dystopian empire.
I think I'll read some other books from the series as well.
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I didn'y enjoy this book very much. World building was rich, but I couldn't stand the attitude of the main character.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
The first part of the book was really rough going for me - it felt tedious and without much of a point. When Gurgeh set off for Azad, however, things did pick up considerably and I found the remainder of the book fairly interesting and pretty enjoyable at times. I'm glad I stuck it out in the end, but I don't think it's one I'm likely to pick up again.
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous