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Hyperion

Dan Simmons

4.24 AVERAGE

jackmcge's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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: Complicated

wjtparky96's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

patswynn's review against another edition

Sci-fi classic for literary nerds.

emmavt's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Phenomenal world building and storytelling. Inventive and engrossing. I loved it. But… How someone can write so well generally, but can’t write a female character is beyond me. It’s almost like Simmons never had an intellectual conversation with a woman. Again, amazing book, but with a weird inability to craft female characters.

g_reads23's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous medium-paced

bamolin84's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

caiden_robeck's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I really wanted to like this a lot more than I actually ended up liking it. The world building is incredible, but sometimes the pilgrim's stories are just so dull and boring, like Kassad's story or the Consul's story.

Hoyt's story is EASILY the best all the way through. That's a 10/10 story. Get rid of all the warbling and filler and romance from the other stories and just the worldbuilding alone and the mystery of the Shrike could make a 10/10 book. Oh well.

Stories ranked best to worst:
The Priest and the Bikura: Lenar Hoyt (10/10)
The Scholar and the Shrike's Curse: Sol Weintraub (8.5/10)
The Detective and the Cybrid: Brawne Lamia (7.5/10)
The Poet and His Muse: Martin Silenus (7/10)
The Consul and Hyperion: The Consul (6/10)
The Colonel and Moneta: Fedmahn Kassad (4/10)