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lezreadalot's review
2.0
Tempted to say "it's not you, it's me" about this one, but honestly... I'm not sure. I remember thinking the first book was a good bit of unique story-telling fun; this book just bored me to tears. Maybe I'm not as in the mood for sci-fi as I thought I was when I picked this up? I must have technically read this entire thing twice, because I kept rewinding the audiobook, hoping that the information would penetrate better and this plot (an abducted ambassador on a space station) would start getting interesting to me. It did not. I was disinterested all the way through. Maybe I should have done the book a favour and put it down, and picked it back up when I was more in the mood but, oh well. I didn't do that, and I didn't like this. Not that there was anything wrong with it! I remember thinking that this concept would be great for a movie, and that's still my prevailing thought here.
Listened to the audiobook as read by Mary Robinette Kowal; it was once again okay. I mostly just don't vibe with any of the voices she does for the guys, but otherwise, I enjoyed it! I'll probably pass on the rest of this series (though a romcom world sounds interesting...) because this almost put me in a slump. Alas, et cetera.
Listened to the audiobook as read by Mary Robinette Kowal; it was once again okay. I mostly just don't vibe with any of the voices she does for the guys, but otherwise, I enjoyed it! I'll probably pass on the rest of this series (though a romcom world sounds interesting...) because this almost put me in a slump. Alas, et cetera.
imzadirose's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars rounded up because I'll read more.
This series is interesting. Basically that Fiction Worlds are real places that can have effects on Earth, so the Genrenauts have to go in and fix things that go wrong in the World. It's a cool premise and though I find the characters lacking, I enjoy the stories well enough to continue reading them.
This series is interesting. Basically that Fiction Worlds are real places that can have effects on Earth, so the Genrenauts have to go in and fix things that go wrong in the World. It's a cool premise and though I find the characters lacking, I enjoy the stories well enough to continue reading them.
tregina's review against another edition
3.0
I'm enjoying this series as a genre romp, but this second novella had a little less glue holding it together than the first, and if there isn't some more character development/depth in the next one the rating is going to start trending down rather than up. There's so much potential here and I want to see the books live up to it.
addisoncs's review against another edition
5.0
Even better than the first!
A great second installment, continuing in the episodic vein, and revealing some interesting hints at an overarching story. Recommended for sure!
A great second installment, continuing in the episodic vein, and revealing some interesting hints at an overarching story. Recommended for sure!
overhillunderhill's review against another edition
4.0
I love this series. The inclusivity only gets better and the stories deeper and more interesting.
aab0990's review against another edition
3.0
It was good, but the problem with novellas that rely on action is that they move too quickly sometimes. A big story is squeezed into a limited number of pages, and sometimes it works better than others. In this case, it just manages to work.
chaosqueen's review against another edition
5.0
Damned good. This was an excellent adventure in the ongoing series. I loved seeing these characters again, in a new setting, and kicking ass. I also loved learning more about Roman. I did not expect that to be his backstory. I cannot wait for the third installment in this series.
And as always, Mary Robinette Kowal is a dream narrator.
And as always, Mary Robinette Kowal is a dream narrator.
macthekat's review against another edition
3.0
I think I liked the first story better, this had a harder time of keeping my attention for any length of time. I think the problem was that our lead from the first story got much less and less interesting screen time. I am however getting the next one because I have been promised genre crossover.