4.02 AVERAGE


Intelligent space-opera, albeit with some one-sided characters. I am thrilled for book #2

wow a mammoth. Think this is the longest book Ive read. This was really great tho, what a joy to spend 6 weeks with the same characters and world.

I really loved this especially the second half. It was a little bit tough going in the first half as I felt the start of every chapter took the energy out of the book. am I even ready for the sequel

Ok, my bias towards pre-2010 sci-fi was proven so wrong with this book. Enjoyed it, elements of space epics, politics and intrigue, a bit of Douglas Adams absurdity and surprisingly built-out characters, I lol forward to when I have to time to actually get through the second one.
adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I finished it. Do I get a freaking award???

2* for abundant and useless juvenile misogyny. (Unlike Heinlein or Asimov, it seems neglectful rather than pointed.)

5* for several very entertaining narrative thread

3.5* for relatively interesting variations of alien species
adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark 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: Yes
adventurous challenging medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated