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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Interesting ideas jam packed but loses steam and a very telegraphed twist.
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Really good action sequences but I lost interest in the plot.
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A rollicking space adventure on a grand scale. There wasn't anything I hated about the story. I like how it's about having to confront one's capacity for evil, and how there's ultimately more personal fulfillment in resisting that malignancy. I wish we saw a bit more of Vivian's human evil, it's alluded to many times but seeing it on the page would have brought it to life more. It would have taken away from the rollicking space adventure, and the book was already pretty long, but still. Xange was awesome, no notes on her. The space magic stuff was cool supreme too, did not tire of it whatsoever.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
This book would have made a great anime. No, seriously.
Larger-than-live characters, wedding of technology and myth on the scale of Rajaniemi's "Quantum Thief", swashbuckling galore...
At the same time, in my opinion, it failed to bring anything new to the table. Motivations are relatively straightforward, big twist can be guessed from the onset and sometimes it feels like a novelization of the computer game with side-quests and Big Bad at the moment.
That said, I enjoyed it quite a bit, especially the second half. Good book for a couple of evenings, just don't expect too much.
Larger-than-live characters, wedding of technology and myth on the scale of Rajaniemi's "Quantum Thief", swashbuckling galore...
At the same time, in my opinion, it failed to bring anything new to the table. Motivations are relatively straightforward, big twist can be guessed from the onset and sometimes it feels like a novelization of the computer game with side-quests and Big Bad at the moment.
That said, I enjoyed it quite a bit, especially the second half. Good book for a couple of evenings, just don't expect too much.
Soft dnf @ 10%
I don’t think I’m in the mood for this right now, so I’ll get back to it eventually
I don’t think I’m in the mood for this right now, so I’ll get back to it eventually