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ambermarshall's review against another edition
3.0
A decent sci fi novel, heavy on the physics but at least Zahn doesn't seem to assume we'll all know it already so the characters do some explaining. I found it interesting enough but getting nearer the end I wished I was just finished already. Some political intrigue, some fun-to-watch conning/pranking/trickery, a lot of hanging around and talking about scientific theory.
peregrineace's review
4.0
Probably not Zahn's strongest, but an interesting look at "good" and "evil".
dkhunt's review
3.0
Fitting neatly into the genre fiction of starships and far-flung colonized worlds, Angelmass outlines a decent, if not entirely thrilling story of a research scientist posing as a spy, a teenage con-artist, and the political machinations of two empires. As a scientist myself I probably found the research angle the most compelling, followed closely by the young girl's trials, although the characters themselves seemed relatively simple and rather transparent. The pages spent with the political and military machine I found distinctly less interesting, even as I concede their necessity to the overall plot development. Mediocre for a Zahn novel.
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