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tugboet's review
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Lots of systems, background, and establishing place. Things pick up in subsequent books.
wolkenfels's review
2.0
A nice story idea and the combination of SF and Cultivation could have been fun.
The beginning is nice. Good pace, good tension.
And then the author draws the "explanation" card. and again and again and again.
pages over pages with too much meta description and without story.
Then we get some action again - but wow - could it be more unlikely? Well - unlikely with a warning ahead. It is a whole planet and there is this single one person you should never met. Let us guess who the MC meets half an hour later?!?
But really the biggest caveat is that the author does not understand "show, don't tell". too often and for too much time.
The beginning is nice. Good pace, good tension.
And then the author draws the "explanation" card. and again and again and again.
pages over pages with too much meta description and without story.
Then we get some action again - but wow - could it be more unlikely? Well - unlikely with a warning ahead. It is a whole planet and there is this single one person you should never met. Let us guess who the MC meets half an hour later?!?
But really the biggest caveat is that the author does not understand "show, don't tell". too often and for too much time.
egswriter's review
4.0
On the whole, I found Soulship: First Orbit to be an intriguing read with many different avenues to explore. The worldbuilding was excellent and combined genres that aren’t normally seen together into one well-made whole. The characters were fun to read and I quite enjoyed watching Jasper grow throughout the novel. I think the concept for this book was really good and I’m eager to read more about cultivation genre. On to book two, I think.
(This is an exerpt from a review on the Fantasy-Focus blog. All opinions are my own.)
(This is an exerpt from a review on the Fantasy-Focus blog. All opinions are my own.)
amelianicholebooks's review
dark
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I was not expecting this novel to pull me in like it did. The covers were the first thing that caught my eye, but the personality of the author on social media is what made me read the books. He is a wonderful and caring person and you can see it come through in his novel.
If you enjoy adventurous stories set in space with heavy magic systems and world-building, this book is for you. The characters start from the very bottom and claw their way up to something amazing.
If you enjoy adventurous stories set in space with heavy magic systems and world-building, this book is for you. The characters start from the very bottom and claw their way up to something amazing.
suzjustsuz's review
4.0
3.5+
There were a few spots where this story kind of stuttered a bit, or seemed to skip a thing or two, but overall I'd say this is a good story that's very light on the romance (if it turns out to be a romance it'll be slow burn but here at the end of book 1 I'm still not sure it will be).
It's an interesting premise. Earth is dystopian, there is a "magic" system, and the MC is definitely cultivating his abilities. Yes, it's a cultivation story and those are great until they stop being great and just start being repetitive. So far I'm sticking with great.
There were a few spots where this story kind of stuttered a bit, or seemed to skip a thing or two, but overall I'd say this is a good story that's very light on the romance (if it turns out to be a romance it'll be slow burn but here at the end of book 1 I'm still not sure it will be).
It's an interesting premise. Earth is dystopian, there is a "magic" system, and the MC is definitely cultivating his abilities. Yes, it's a cultivation story and those are great until they stop being great and just start being repetitive. So far I'm sticking with great.
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