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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
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:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
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:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another great installment in the Expanse series. This one is more narrowly focused on a single location - less space travel adventures and more inter-personal conflicts.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-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
This was probably the most emotionally frustrating book yet. I was constantly angry at the head of security and Holden's inability to just solve his problems old west style. The engineer's and their little fighting squad were also impossible to tolerate. I spent a lot of time wondering if this is really how it would play out in real life with real people, and sadly I think this may not be too far off the mark. It's incredible how quickly groupthink can get wrapped up in justified violence.
Thematically, much of this book seemed to be focused on how small groups stratify, dehumanize, and become violent towards each other.
I did feel that the head of security was a little bit of a flat bad guy. He was kind of all corporate evil with little to make him feel like a real human being. We could argue sociopath, but I'm getting kinda tired of having a sociopath character in every book.
There were some little moments that I thought were so good. Like when the kid is about to go try to do something to Holden, but the lady scientist intervenes. It felt so tense, so real.
Side note, I also thought it was kinda ridiculous how long they dragged out the thing with Holden's medicine. You really expect me to believe that wouldn't have been one of the very first things they tried?
I'm not loving how Holden always wants to abandon everything. This man has absolutely no sense of exploration or discovery. Also kinda wild to me that they broke all the systems. I'm kinda on the evil guy's side with this one. Destroying a fully functioning billion year old system is peak arrogance. Also, if I read this correctly, it killed Miller for realsies? Why in the hell would Holden remove the slime from the ship then. Miller has been a key ally and source of information for two books in a row, and we seem to have thrown away humanity's only connection with the protomolecule.
Anyway, still a very enjoyable book, and I look forward to the next ones.
Thematically, much of this book seemed to be focused on how small groups stratify, dehumanize, and become violent towards each other.
I did feel that the head of security was a little bit of a flat bad guy. He was kind of all corporate evil with little to make him feel like a real human being. We could argue sociopath, but I'm getting kinda tired of having a sociopath character in every book.
There were some little moments that I thought were so good. Like when the kid is about to go try to do something to Holden, but the lady scientist intervenes. It felt so tense, so real.
Side note, I also thought it was kinda ridiculous how long they dragged out the thing with Holden's medicine. You really expect me to believe that wouldn't have been one of the very first things they tried?
I'm not loving how Holden always wants to abandon everything. This man has absolutely no sense of exploration or discovery. Also kinda wild to me that they broke all the systems. I'm kinda on the evil guy's side with this one. Destroying a fully functioning billion year old system is peak arrogance. Also, if I read this correctly, it killed Miller for realsies? Why in the hell would Holden remove the slime from the ship then. Miller has been a key ally and source of information for two books in a row, and we seem to have thrown away humanity's only connection with the protomolecule.
Anyway, still a very enjoyable book, and I look forward to the next ones.
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
inspiring
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes