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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
Exciting but a bit slow, and Murtry's bottomless arseholeness grew unbearably repetitive. I didn't really get the investgator interludes and they made me switch off, which then made the climax a bit hard to follow oops.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It’s great that the fourth book is back to the story telling style of the first two. After number three, I wasn’t much interesting in continuing, but of course would try one more.
The story flowed well, we didn’t get bogged down in useless words and boring story telling. Not fully realistic, but that’s fine. It was fun. I still don’t fully understand the interludes, they are strange. The Alina fight, no, that was bad. It was rushed and not great. Start with Bobbie, end with Bobbie, just so we don’t forget? Damn these books are fucking long.
“Right,” Holden said, “no coffee, this is a terrible planet”
The story flowed well, we didn’t get bogged down in useless words and boring story telling. Not fully realistic, but that’s fine. It was fun. I still don’t fully understand the interludes, they are strange. The Alina fight, no, that was bad. It was rushed and not great. Start with Bobbie, end with Bobbie, just so we don’t forget? Damn these books are fucking long.
“Right,” Holden said, “no coffee, this is a terrible planet”
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It's a testament to how well these books are written that I can pick up book #4 SEVEN years after reading book #3 and understand everything that's happening.
I really enjoyed the story in this one and the new characters that were introduced. The authors' ability to describe an alien world in a way that really made it feel alien was impressive. Also, this was the first Expense book I read with my eyeballs instead of my ears, so seeing how everything was actually spelled was fun.
I really enjoyed the story in this one and the new characters that were introduced. The authors' ability to describe an alien world in a way that really made it feel alien was impressive. Also, this was the first Expense book I read with my eyeballs instead of my ears, so seeing how everything was actually spelled was fun.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Cancer, Alcohol
Minor: Bullying, Vomit
adventurous
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
fast-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:
Complicated
Another solid installment, if something of a filler book which seems to lay the foundation for story developments down the line.
The first half kept of the tension but I would have liked the stakes to be a higher later on down the line.
This series continues to deliver.
The first half kept of the tension but I would have liked the stakes to be a higher later on down the line.
This series continues to deliver.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Great 4th book, cant wait to get onto the 5th! I hope we continue to see Miller in every book, such a great character. The author does a great job of slowly revealing the history of the planet while keeping up a great story of conflict in the foreground.