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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
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Le daría cinco estrellas pero el finalis interruptus me deja muy mal sabor de boca. Deseando que empiece la guerra.
This is a great book that only gets better on the rereads.
So, this was the first book I have ever had to claim a DNF on.
After the first 30 pages or so I convinced myself to carry on reading in the hope that I would look back on the book once I finished and think to myself 'so glad I stuck through the first 50 pages as my perseverance paid dividends and the book ended up being a very absorbing read'
Alas. I actually ended up reading 65% of the book, so I definitely gave it a good go. But I hate to admit it, but none of that 65% was very enjoyable. Not sure how this could have been likened to Game of Thrones. The writing in Game of Thrones is brilliant, character building is crucial to the narrative and you find yourself feeling something (weather love or hate for every character). In Luna I didn’t feel much of anything.
On the positive, the premise was brilliant; it was purely the delivery that was not great.
Maybe if the story was written across a trilogy the author could have spent more time on world building and character development, but this just felt disjointed and lacking depth.
After the first 30 pages or so I convinced myself to carry on reading in the hope that I would look back on the book once I finished and think to myself 'so glad I stuck through the first 50 pages as my perseverance paid dividends and the book ended up being a very absorbing read'
Alas. I actually ended up reading 65% of the book, so I definitely gave it a good go. But I hate to admit it, but none of that 65% was very enjoyable. Not sure how this could have been likened to Game of Thrones. The writing in Game of Thrones is brilliant, character building is crucial to the narrative and you find yourself feeling something (weather love or hate for every character). In Luna I didn’t feel much of anything.
On the positive, the premise was brilliant; it was purely the delivery that was not great.
Maybe if the story was written across a trilogy the author could have spent more time on world building and character development, but this just felt disjointed and lacking depth.
This book irritated me repeatedly until I stopped reading it about 50% through. The writing style did not work for me, and I didn't find any of the characters gripping even half way through the book.
Familienfehden auf dem Mond, irgendwo zwischen Hightech-Thriller und Western...
This is a hard book to get into. It's a long burn with a huge array of characters and due to the writing style, this can make it difficult to know who is who and what is what as the book progresses. However, the ending – and last 1/4 of the book - really pulls everything together to make for a compelling story overall and a strong cliffhanger ending. If you have the patience to persevere then it can be worth it, however, I get why a lot of readers DNF this particular book.
The author's ambition was way too much for their storytelling ability. I am seeing a lot of comparisons to Games of Thrones in other reviews, the difference being those are 700+ page long books that lay groundwork and build into a story, not a frantic ping ponging that tries to take short cuts and smash you over the head with this is the guy who is like this, this is the girl who does this without much subtlety. Then there's the horniness.. there's a section that has more pages about how a character masturbates than many of the more important actual story plot sections. In the end everything just ended up feeling shallow.
This book was an interesting read. On one hand, it was a bit hard to get into...the political intrigue is pretty complicated and there are a lot of characters. I never felt like I truly got to know any of them. I was also super confused about how one of the main characters obtained bodyguard skills, when she had no previous training, that I remember.
By the time you get about halfway through, the plot is compelling enough to make you want to keep reading, and it keeps building until the very end, which obviously is leading to the sequel.
It also reminded me a lot of GoT, which is both good and bad. But I don't want to give any spoilers.
By the time you get about halfway through, the plot is compelling enough to make you want to keep reading, and it keeps building until the very end, which obviously is leading to the sequel.
It also reminded me a lot of GoT, which is both good and bad. But I don't want to give any spoilers.
I have mixed feelings about this book. I do not like the "normalizing" of something that is criminal and that I personally find odious, and it occurs in this book. If I could overlook that, I would rate it 4 stars. Since I can't, I'm actually tempted to rate it lower than 3, but it is well written and well plotted, it does tell an interesting story, and I do find most of the characters quite fascinating. There are a lot of good touches that make the moon setting more 'real' and believable. I would not mind if there were an evil character committing a crime, but making it seem "normal" not only by seemingly allowing the character to go about it for years, but also by noting what a seemingly good relationship still exists between the perpetrator and victims makes my skin crawl. I am not sure I will read further in the series.