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kris_hayward's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-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? It's complicated
3.5
Fun!
calbowen's review against another edition
5.0
Now THIS is more like it - a much longer Legion story (though still short story) but it gives enough story to keep you rolling with the characters. This has been optioned for a television show, and I could see it on there, but I would love more Legion tales first - Though, with Brandon Sanderson doing a multitude of projects, he has wa-a-a-ay too much on his plate right now to come back to doing these - excellent characters and story, and a ton of fun from beginning to end.
tregina's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this, but not as much as the first. It was just too...slight, by which I don't mean too short, just that so much more could have been done in that space, either with character or background or story, or all of the above. In the end they all felt like they got the short end of the stick.
eesh25's review against another edition
5.0
Stephan has taken a new case. He has to find the corpse of a biotech engineer who may have stored some important information in his very cells.
In the first novel, it was mainly about introducing the character, how he works, how his aspects work, and solving the case. That’s more than enough to be done in less than a hundred pages. In this, we go into more depth about Stephen’s psychology. It’s slower, but not in a bad way.
The intrigue and the fun remains consistent, as does the narrative, which is awesome.
We have the old aspects, Ivy, Tobias, J.C. and Kalyani, as well as a new constant who is more self-aware than the rest. In fact, she likes to play around with the fact that she's imaginary. Like wearing scarfs in the summer or screwing with J.C. who is still not comfortable with the not-real situation. He's still his old trigger-happy self though, don't worry. For example:
I liked the mystery of this one more than the last. Maybe it's because it involved mad-scientists, or maybe because we has more pages to get a deeper case. Whatever the reason, it was great. Stephen was great. The aspects were great. The book was great. I loved it. Fingers corssed that Sanderson writes another one soon.
In the first novel, it was mainly about introducing the character, how he works, how his aspects work, and solving the case. That’s more than enough to be done in less than a hundred pages. In this, we go into more depth about Stephen’s psychology. It’s slower, but not in a bad way.
The intrigue and the fun remains consistent, as does the narrative, which is awesome.
We have the old aspects, Ivy, Tobias, J.C. and Kalyani, as well as a new constant who is more self-aware than the rest. In fact, she likes to play around with the fact that she's imaginary. Like wearing scarfs in the summer or screwing with J.C. who is still not comfortable with the not-real situation. He's still his old trigger-happy self though, don't worry. For example:
"Let's shoot him," J.C. said.
"Thank heavens," Tobias replied. "You haven't suggested we shoot someone in over an hour, J.C. I was beginning to think something was wrong."
I liked the mystery of this one more than the last. Maybe it's because it involved mad-scientists, or maybe because we has more pages to get a deeper case. Whatever the reason, it was great. Stephen was great. The aspects were great. The book was great. I loved it. Fingers corssed that Sanderson writes another one soon.
werdnamich's review against another edition
5.0
This was so much better than the first one. Evidently that's possible. We get to see Stephen interacting with more aspects and aspects interacting with each other. There are a couple of quasi-answers, and also in true Sanderson fashion, there are more questions. I absolutely need to know more about Sandra and the aspects and most especially about Rahul.
Is there going to be a Legion #3?
Is there going to be a Legion #3?
cultneophyte7's review against another edition
4.0
Stephen Leeds is awesome. Legion is awesome. Brandon Sanderson is awesome. Everything is awesome.
And well, “I can see why people want to believe,” Dion told me. “I’m not just a petulant kid, like you think. I’ve wondered, I’ve asked. God doesn’t make sense to me. But sometimes, looking at infinity and thinking of myself just . . . not being here anymore, I understand why people would choose to believe.”
And well, “I can see why people want to believe,” Dion told me. “I’m not just a petulant kid, like you think. I’ve wondered, I’ve asked. God doesn’t make sense to me. But sometimes, looking at infinity and thinking of myself just . . . not being here anymore, I understand why people would choose to believe.”
llanirev's review against another edition
3.0
Same experience as with Legion #1; Didn't connect in the first part of the book, had troubles with all the aspects and names (who was real and such), but in the second half that just didn't matter anymore and it became an ok-ish detective. Couldn't sympathize with a single one of the characters and some questions (like the 48th aspect) are not explored as far as they could've been. This was not up to par with Sanderson's regular work, but enjoyable enough.
is_book_loring's review against another edition
4.0
Delightful. Stephen mental problem was evolving, we got deeper knowledge of how his hallucination or aspects worked. The personalities of his hallucination told us a lot about Stephen himself and his mental struggles. It was very fascinating. The aspects were funny, weird and crazy, which was the best part in this series to me. The case was interesting and as illogically logical as a science fiction could be. Short but great read.
hanseah's review against another edition
5.0
A bio-tech plot that throws a bit of philosophy around for you to chew on.
My favorite quote, “ the universe rolled its cosmic dice and ended up with you - a semi-random collection of atoms, synapses and chemicals. Together, those create your personality, memories and very existence. But if time continues forever, eventually that random collection will happen again. It may take hundreds of trillions of years but it will come again. You. With your memories, your personality. In the context of infinity, kid, we will keep living over and over.”
My favorite quote, “ the universe rolled its cosmic dice and ended up with you - a semi-random collection of atoms, synapses and chemicals. Together, those create your personality, memories and very existence. But if time continues forever, eventually that random collection will happen again. It may take hundreds of trillions of years but it will come again. You. With your memories, your personality. In the context of infinity, kid, we will keep living over and over.”