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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
There's a good reason people say start with Player Of Games, but still a great book
Excellent start to the Culture series
This wasn't the first time I read this book but it feels like it was. It reminded me why Iain M Banks remains one of my favourite authors.
This wasn't the first time I read this book but it feels like it was. It reminded me why Iain M Banks remains one of my favourite authors.
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think I set myself up for failure by reading all the raving reviews about the Culture series. It was…fine. The tech was cool and imaginative, and I really enjoy Banks more informal writing style. However, the pacing was either breakneck or super slow, and the characters didn’t really do anything. Things just sort of happened to them. The ending was also a bit disappointing. I think my favorite part was the epilogue performing a state of the galaxy post book.
A fun and interesting first volume of "Culture" series of space opera books by Mr. Banks. Not quite a "first volume in a series," but more like the first volume set in this particular universe. And it is an interesting universe. The characters are interesting too. And facts that things don't quite go as you would expect is interesting as well. Lots of interesting stuff. I shall be reading more of these books in the future.
adventurous
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:
Complicated
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
adventurous
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia
An ok read. Maybe my expectations were to high given how this book is praised
adventurous
funny
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:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
It's an intriguing start to Iain M Banks' Culture series, and a suitably tricky one, but I don't think it lands the same way the following books do. In the end Consider Phlebas didn't real stick with with me, though in a way that serves the novel's entire thesis...