Reviews

Nexus: Ascension by Robert Boyczuk

emmamadds's review

2.0

UGH where do I even begin?? this book might just be one of the most annoying and unsatisfying things I've ever read. This book has so many things wrong with it I'll just number them off:

1) two-dimensional characters (especially with the promise of Liis, who is immediately subverted to a love-object with no personality)
2) disconnect in storylines (500 years??)
3) so unimaginative (Bh'Haret has cement and cars? hmmmmm)
4) boring-ass plot
5) WE GET IT, SHE HAS A BROKEN ARM
6) boring-ass love triangle
7) weak themes/motifs (the whole religious thing was very very slack)

overall it's just terrible. don't ever read it.

michaeldrakich's review

3.0

Some positives, some things not so. Some spoilers in this review. I picked up this book at my local Chapters bookstore so had no pre-conceived notions on what to expect as I had read no ratings or reviews. There were a number of things that I, as a science fiction fan, enjoy in the genre - technical details, impressive use of the English language with words most people would have to run for a dictionary to understand, and unique alien settings - all things I love in scifi. The trouble was, for three quarters of the novel, these things were wrapped inside a boring story where the two main characters spend weeks and months on end being dullards with only self-pity occupying their existence. In the final quarter, when the story picked up pace, things would occur without any premonition and a character would toss in how that was supposed to happen. At the end, I did not have any resolution for the two main characters, only hints at possibilities. I can accept that as an ending commonly found in scifi, but in this case I was disappointed in the authors decision to run that course.