Reviews

Hyperion by Dan Simmons

marsbars24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

No words do it justice, it’s absolutely amazing

yelisiei's review against another edition

5.0

2015‘s best book I read. There was no better SF novel after Hyperion (from what I read). So this is the best modern SF novel.

erborios's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

lararunningwild's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

I mean this with all due respect, what the f*ck did I just read?

diegojose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

“It no longer matters who considers themselves masters of events. Events no longer obey their masters”

ianld's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

mattmoowoo's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

adonalssium's review against another edition

4.0

Que buen libro, que buena relectura.
Había olvidado lo entretenida que eran las historias de los peregrinos, cada una más entretenida que la otra, donde el autor se luce. Tiene cambios de contextos drasticos entre cada historia, pero el autor logra mantener el interés y tu atención desde el primer momento.
Ansioso por ir a la segunda parte.

justinreadsalot's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

jonpii's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

 This is such a tricky one to rate. The bulk of the book, I loved. Some stories were better than other, the soldier's being the weakest, but overall I was still riveted. The Priest's Tale in particular was INCREDIBLE and I would have been happy to read a full length novel of just that story. Religious sci-fi horror with a very Clive Barker ending.
But I can't bring myself to give it 5 stars because of the ending, or lack thereof. But hey, I'll be moving on to the sequel(s) soon.