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julcoh's review against another edition
4.0
A little slow to get going, but an incredible sequel to Altered Carbon, in a completely different way.
Gone is the detective noir, and in place is a "getting the team together" type corporate/military espionage and action piece. It transforms around halfway through the book into a Ringworld and/or Rendezvous with Rama type discovery of ancient technology and culture.
Also highly recommended.
Gone is the detective noir, and in place is a "getting the team together" type corporate/military espionage and action piece. It transforms around halfway through the book into a Ringworld and/or Rendezvous with Rama type discovery of ancient technology and culture.
Also highly recommended.
spaceross's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
ceeess's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Compelling and complex. You have to pay attention.
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Gore, War, Genocide, Sexual content, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape
sulm's review against another edition
The first novel in the series had elements of a detective mystery, sort of noir-inspired who did it, with good character development. While this book involves the same protagonist, it's almost nothing alike. This book transports the character into a warzone, and maybe things change later in the book, but as far as I got, it was nothing but an action-focused war novel between super soldiers in robot bodies, which is fine but was not at all what I was looking for.
spitzig's review against another edition
Some interesting tech.
The "big SF" thing(a ship(?)) was mostly just developed by a character saying "not like human" thinking-and I didn't feel anything like that from the ship.
I liked the main character. Other characters were pretty well developed, too.
The plot was pretty good. Very cut-throat/military.
The "big SF" thing(a ship(?)) was mostly just developed by a character saying "not like human" thinking-and I didn't feel anything like that from the ship.
I liked the main character. Other characters were pretty well developed, too.
The plot was pretty good. Very cut-throat/military.
in_variant's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Enjoyed it but it didn't ooze style like the first.
sonice's review
3.0
3.0 stars. I seem to be in the minority that thought this one was better than Altered Carbon. It still had some problems though (the sex scenes are horrendous, Kovacs has too many things work out because Envoy training), but overall it was a more enjoyable experience for me. Mostly I think I got more out of the plot this time around.
skguth's review
4.0
Good Sequel
A good continuation of the series. Can't wait to rest the next one. The martians were cool? A a a
A good continuation of the series. Can't wait to rest the next one. The martians were cool? A a a
caecilius's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75