Reviews

A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge

biquet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

jsdrown's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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

3.5

I'm not a fan of most space opera. Star Wars has never been my "deal". But I had a great time with this. The ideas here are fantastic. The book has a tight plot and mind-bending concepts. It's a page turner. Fans of this subgenre will likely enjoy it a good deal more than me.

The writing got in the way of my enjoyment at times. Characters are always uttering "sigh". I did a quick search on the e-book version and found that character's sigh 111 times in A Fire Upon the deep. That's about once every three pages that someone sighs. I admit it grated on me. 

anewexperiment's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

ldscavo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

mathematicalcoffee's review against another edition

4.0

Great ideas

pikamonster's review against another edition

It feels too confusing 

rhoadesd20's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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

4.25

jryans's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

aan2328's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

shards23's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

One of the best sci fi books I've ever read.  Very unique concepts that feel almost believable as far as that goes for something set millions of years in the future.