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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
A thousand pages and you still can't bring the sodding thing to some sort of conclusion. Going to take a whole other book is it? In the so called 'Golden Age' this could have been put to bed quite satisfactorily in about 300 pages. Shame really cos the story is quite interesting, just leaves a bad taste in my mouth thinking I'm going to have to work my way through another 1000 pages just to get to the bottom of it all. Wouldn't be so bad if the writing and world building were top notch, making it a pleasure just to immerse oneself in it, but it isn't and the only thing that has kept me ploughing on is the storyline. Like I said, a thousand bloomin' pages, oh come on!
I knew it was part of a saga but really, that's not so much a cliffhanger as "end of part one". And I so wanted to read [b:The Windup Girl|6597651|The Windup Girl|Paolo Bacigalupi|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1278940608s/6597651.jpg|6791425] before [b:Judas Unchained|45244|Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga, #2)|Peter F. Hamilton|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170278147s/45244.jpg|44507].
3 stars? Normal good rambling Hamilton, we'll see where it ends.
3 stars? Normal good rambling Hamilton, we'll see where it ends.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
slow-paced
Brilliantly woven epic saga. The PoV shifts are at times confusing but the story is worth every confusion.
What a mediocre attempt. I somehow managed to slog through all 989 pages of this, and it never completely lost its narrative thread, in spite of an astonishing redundancy in unnecessary description. It is also significantly hampered by a lack of imagination; my suspension of disbelief cannot withstand the idea of the year 2380 basically looking *just like* the year 2010, only with extra planets, and a small handful of cool new tech. By the end of this tome, Hamilton has *almost* managed to put together enough plot elements to sucker you into picking up the equally-hefty second volume. Except I can already tell it's not worth it. So what if the alien Starflyer really exists. I have better things to do than wade through 300 more pages of irrelevant description that does nothing to move the plot forward, does nothing to shape or contextualize any characters, and does nothing to enhance the reader's experience.
It has moments of clarity, and moments of being a good story, but not enough to justify the page count.
It has moments of clarity, and moments of being a good story, but not enough to justify the page count.
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated