Reviews

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

bringlaurasnacks's review

adventurous inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

anjugrao's review against another edition

4.0

Very solid noir story which takes place in a scifi background. Well written and engaging with a twist partway through that extremely well thought out. Fans of Chinatown and BSG should definitely pick this up. It's written by George R Martin's assistant who you can tell has small influences in character development and story building.

anjugrao's review

4.0

Very very solid really ramps up quickly! Part detective story, noir, horror and sci-fi. Definitely hooked into then series now!

meowster18's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

bifurcateduvula's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Fun, engaging and action-packed, if politically impotent and  slightly sexist.

beavercz's review

adventurous mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

youmns's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Flew through this one. Excellent near-future sci-fi. The show really did justice to this book.

James Holden is SUCH a boy scout. Never change, kiddo.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

whatevanreads's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

Well, after finishing Leviathan Wakes, I now want to binge The Expanse because that was A LOT of fun. My favorite part about this first book is how the story became something I wasn't expecting at all. A book rarely does something I don't see coming and when one does, it makes me very, very happy.

A diverse cast of characters with tender, funny, and detailed character-building moments laced throughout a compelling plot set in a colonized solar system? You can't top that.

The only part that brought this down a bit was part of Miller's storyline. I won't dive into spoilers, but I feel it could've been told in a different, less creepy way. Otherwise, this was quite the solid start to what I'm sure will end up being one of my new favorite sci-fi series!

seraphinatealeaf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

sevve's review against another edition

Pierwszy raz nie daję książce oceny, bo nie będę ani trochę obiektywny. Znałem tę historię bardzo dobrze, bo oglądałem serial. W związku z tym trochę się wymęczyłem podczas czytania. Nie pomaga też to, że nie jestem największym fanem pierwszych sezonów. Zmuszam się trochę do przebrnięcia przez Expanse, bo już oficjalnie serial nie skończy adaptować całej serii, a chciałbym poznać historię do końca.

Jestem pod wrażeniem jak wierny jest serial do pierwowzoru. Jest przeniesiony niemalże 1:1, z tylko drobnymi różnicami. Podobno później zaczyna się coraz bardziej różnić, na co bardzo liczę.

Mam trochę problem z wątkiem Miller-Julie. Moim zdaniem ich "relacja" jest bardzo niewiarygodna, a jest w samym centrum linii fabularnej, co mocno mnie irytowało. Za to sam Miller wydaje się w książce o wiele bardziej prawdziwy. Było trochę mało relacji załogi. Na pierwszym planie są Holden i Naomi. Zwłaszcza Holden, a on bywa nie do zniesienia. Nie jestem fanem idealistycznych bohaterów, zwłaszcza kiedy śledzimy pół książki z ich perspektywy. A Holden jest idealistyczny do bólu. Powinno się to balansować z pragmatyką i depresją Millera, ale jest on definiowany przez Julie, a jak już wspomniałem, nie lubiłem tego.

Trzymam kciuki za przyszłe tomy. Nie lubiłem w serialu Bobbie, więc mam wielką nadzieję, że jej książkowa wersja bardziej przypadnie mi do gustu. Byle do 6 tomu :)