Reviews

Echopraxia by Peter Watts

wallfacer9000's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

craftysilicate's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

If nothing else, I've determined that the things that bothered me in the first book came from the author rather than the narrator, so I guess there's that. 

meatthins's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This would be a five if they'd wrapped up Rakshi and Jim's respective storylines a bit better. Jim will probably be in book three though so w/e

provaprova's review against another edition

4.0

Moved to gwern.net.

sevencrane's review against another edition

3.0

kinda cool, more somewhat interesting ideas. unfortunately it has Agency Syndrome where the narrator is shuffled from place to place by The Scrappy Resistance, kept in the dark while The Shadowy Enemy hunts them at every turn and the narrator doesn't make any meaningful choices (until the very end, but by then it was too late). Ursula K le guin did make a good point that a story can be about discovery or movement, but at least let us discover things instead of keeping the narrator in the dark the entire time or having there be a purpose to the movement

bushbabyninja's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

abmgw's review against another edition

5.0

Outstanding good book, and for sure Watts best book so far.

Best part of the book was cearly Brüks, who gave the reaver a human veiwpoint - that was so much missing in Blindsight.

areaderheart's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

3.5

jemmyw's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

c3rr's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75