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Starship Waking by C. Gockel

andrewspink's review

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3.0

It took a little while to get going in this book, but once I did, I enjoyed it. The author has a vivid imagination, and I particularly enjoyed the mind-reading cat-like being. The plot is a bit ropey, but all good fun and especially towards the end the action carries the reader along.

squirrelfish's review

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4.0

This is labeled as book 4 in the series, but it's sort of a spin-off with minor characters. An enjoyable quick read with very few fully human characters. Or maybe they're all fully human while not being homo sapiens? Either way, a space adventure starring a depressed android, an artistic human-wolf hybrid and a curmudgeonly space weasel inhabited by a symbiotic energy being out to rescue a spaceship. There's cameos from the other major characters of the first few books as well. I'm looking forward to the next book.

While this could be read as the first book of a new series, I'd probably recommend starting with the first Archangel book for additional world-building. There's a lot of recap in this, to catch the reader up, but it's not too overpowering.

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seamyst's review

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adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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