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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
slow-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
At last we come to an end. There is so much beautiful philosophy in this final piece of the Cantos, along with terrifying danger, heartbreaking despair, and joyful optimism and hope. Love is the thread which binds all four novels together, and I loved the conclusion! I really appreciated how the author incorporates religion, technology, and his own type of sci-fi physics all together. Not to mention at points he makes the reader wonder about the nature and destiny of humanity and technology. Absolutely fantastic, I can't recommend the series enough!
adventurous
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:
No
A one word, review? Inconsistent.
This is the longest of the 4 books of the Hyperion series and, as a result, some of it drags. Mr. Simmons is fantastic with dialog exchanges and skilled at thinking outside the box. His pitting AIs against religion isn't exactly new, but the details surrounding the battle is. The Void that Binds is a particularly fun idea. But when it came to slowing down the story, he missed his mark with me. The painstakingly detailed description of rock climbing made me glaze over. It may whet your appetite, but it made me start skimming in the stead of reading.
A couple more notes.
The Shrike was a great creation but I saw it as a missed opportunity. It plays a sort of dues ex machina roel where it could have been developed a little more. As the series went along, it seemed to fade farther into the background. I found that to be a shame.
A good portion of the latter part of this book takes place on the world where the Dalai Lama lives. It was good to see Buddhism featured prominently. But being a Buddhist myself, the details came across as an outsider's researched efforts; which I guess they were.
All in all, I enjoyed this book. The ending I guessed, though not completely. Even given that, I was filled with The Feels at the end of it. As I do with all good stories, reading the last line felt like saying goodbye to a close friend.
This is the longest of the 4 books of the Hyperion series and, as a result, some of it drags. Mr. Simmons is fantastic with dialog exchanges and skilled at thinking outside the box. His pitting AIs against religion isn't exactly new, but the details surrounding the battle is. The Void that Binds is a particularly fun idea. But when it came to slowing down the story, he missed his mark with me. The painstakingly detailed description of rock climbing made me glaze over. It may whet your appetite, but it made me start skimming in the stead of reading.
A couple more notes.
The Shrike was a great creation but I saw it as a missed opportunity. It plays a sort of dues ex machina roel where it could have been developed a little more. As the series went along, it seemed to fade farther into the background. I found that to be a shame.
A good portion of the latter part of this book takes place on the world where the Dalai Lama lives. It was good to see Buddhism featured prominently. But being a Buddhist myself, the details came across as an outsider's researched efforts; which I guess they were.
All in all, I enjoyed this book. The ending I guessed, though not completely. Even given that, I was filled with The Feels at the end of it. As I do with all good stories, reading the last line felt like saying goodbye to a close friend.
Great storytelling, as in the previous books. However, I was not very thrilled by the biblical, messianic part. I felt as if it was a big dilution of the rich story built before. The whole Jesus-like story didn't feel like it was bringing anything new. I was really counting on something touching more on sentient life, role of art, or other, much more nuanced topics which seemed to play the major role in the previous books.
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Svou upovídaností až zbytečně špalkovitý závěr série, který mne po skvělém předchozím díle pravda trochu zklamal.
Přitom našlápnuto bylo. Žánrový kouzelník Simmons, měl pro Endymion pár skvělých nápadů, kterými se mu povedlo osvěžit klasické dobrodružné sci-fi. Pro Endymionův vzestup měl zdá se těch nápadů mnohem víc, jen už nejsou tak skvělé a žánr klasické dobrodružné sci-fi se mu tím povedlo zase trochu unavit.
Asi ten "nejzdařilejší" unavovač byla celá filozofie "Prázdna, které spojuje", kterou měl autor tu potřebu rozepsat (natáhnout) do zdlouhavých dialogů, a přednášek, jež ve výsledku nejsou příliš poutavé a ani zrovna nutné a působí tedy jen jako vypínáky pozornosti.
Škoda i samotného Raula, v posledním díle je méně dobrodružný, ale více romantický, naivnější a v mnohých prozřeních zůstává kus za čtenářem.
Výsledek byl tedy pro mne tak trochu čtenářský boj, ale nutno dodat, že v mých očích ne zrovna zdařilý závěr celé sérii na velkoleposti příliš neubírá.
Přitom našlápnuto bylo. Žánrový kouzelník Simmons, měl pro Endymion pár skvělých nápadů, kterými se mu povedlo osvěžit klasické dobrodružné sci-fi. Pro Endymionův vzestup měl zdá se těch nápadů mnohem víc, jen už nejsou tak skvělé a žánr klasické dobrodružné sci-fi se mu tím povedlo zase trochu unavit.
Asi ten "nejzdařilejší" unavovač byla celá filozofie "Prázdna, které spojuje", kterou měl autor tu potřebu rozepsat (natáhnout) do zdlouhavých dialogů, a přednášek, jež ve výsledku nejsou příliš poutavé a ani zrovna nutné a působí tedy jen jako vypínáky pozornosti.
Škoda i samotného Raula, v posledním díle je méně dobrodružný, ale více romantický, naivnější a v mnohých prozřeních zůstává kus za čtenářem.
Výsledek byl tedy pro mne tak trochu čtenářský boj, ale nutno dodat, že v mých očích ne zrovna zdařilý závěr celé sérii na velkoleposti příliš neubírá.
i do not know what to do with this book and a huge part of it is how squicked out i am by the raul aenea thing like come ONNNNNNNNNNNNNN
like i enjoyed most of the reading experience! i liked most of the plot! but come ON why couldn't aenea just have been 20 to START WITH ewwwwwwwww
like i enjoyed most of the reading experience! i liked most of the plot! but come ON why couldn't aenea just have been 20 to START WITH ewwwwwwwww
I hate to see good things come to an end. Simultaneously, I feel that a well crafted conclusion to a great series is one of the highlights to reading. There was no disappointment to the Hyperion Cantos.
Warning to readers, this book is far more dense than others in the series. You have to expect as much considering that there is so much to discuss. The religious, technological, and philosophical merge in this novel.
The far flung planet of Hyperion has been left behind. The palindromic character Aenea and her partner Endymion begin on Old Earth. Rise of Endymion (book 4) picks up a few years after the close of Endymion (book 3). With the death of The Architect, the crew is forced to leave the relative safety of this Magellanic Cloud which hides the stolen planet earth from the Catholic Pax monstrosity.
What is the Shrike? What’s the real purpose driving the Techno-Core? What are the lions, tigers, and bears? etc.
To avoid spoilers, I will just advise that your questions will be answered. Everything that you have wondered about from the prior 3 novels will be addressed with very few exceptions. Sci-fi aficionados who fail to read this series are doing themselves a horrible injustice.
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Warning to readers, this book is far more dense than others in the series. You have to expect as much considering that there is so much to discuss. The religious, technological, and philosophical merge in this novel.
The far flung planet of Hyperion has been left behind. The palindromic character Aenea and her partner Endymion begin on Old Earth. Rise of Endymion (book 4) picks up a few years after the close of Endymion (book 3). With the death of The Architect, the crew is forced to leave the relative safety of this Magellanic Cloud which hides the stolen planet earth from the Catholic Pax monstrosity.
What is the Shrike? What’s the real purpose driving the Techno-Core? What are the lions, tigers, and bears? etc.
To avoid spoilers, I will just advise that your questions will be answered. Everything that you have wondered about from the prior 3 novels will be addressed with very few exceptions. Sci-fi aficionados who fail to read this series are doing themselves a horrible injustice.
--
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Glaring problems abound (with especially annoying use of “kiddo”), yet I found this a delightful read for sick days, when my mind needed to be whisked away without hard work. After Endymion failed to do even that, perhaps I went into this one with such low expectations that they were easily met.
Poor Raul, so slow to catch on to what even brain dead readers knew for hundreds of pages. Yet I was surprised at one turn of events, whether distracted by a literary look-over-here maneuver or just brain dead.
The trip through the clouds on the gas giant was magical.
Poor Raul, so slow to catch on to what even brain dead readers knew for hundreds of pages. Yet I was surprised at one turn of events, whether distracted by a literary look-over-here maneuver or just brain dead.
The trip through the clouds on the gas giant was magical.