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raijhu's review
2.0
Meh. The first book in the series wins points for originality with it's cool technological, psychological, and philosophical systems. This book doesn't add much to the world, and while I read the whole thing I found myself skimming over whole pages. Meh.
grace_liz9's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
sine_qua_non's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
julcoh's review
4.0
A little slow to get going, but an incredible sequel to Altered Carbon, in a completely different way.
Gone is the detective noir, and in place is a "getting the team together" type corporate/military espionage and action piece. It transforms around halfway through the book into a Ringworld and/or Rendezvous with Rama type discovery of ancient technology and culture.
Also highly recommended.
Gone is the detective noir, and in place is a "getting the team together" type corporate/military espionage and action piece. It transforms around halfway through the book into a Ringworld and/or Rendezvous with Rama type discovery of ancient technology and culture.
Also highly recommended.
spaceross's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
ceeess's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Compelling and complex. You have to pay attention.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Gore, War, Genocide, Sexual content, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape
sulm's review
The first novel in the series had elements of a detective mystery, sort of noir-inspired who did it, with good character development. While this book involves the same protagonist, it's almost nothing alike. This book transports the character into a warzone, and maybe things change later in the book, but as far as I got, it was nothing but an action-focused war novel between super soldiers in robot bodies, which is fine but was not at all what I was looking for.
spitzig's review
Some interesting tech.
The "big SF" thing(a ship(?)) was mostly just developed by a character saying "not like human" thinking-and I didn't feel anything like that from the ship.
I liked the main character. Other characters were pretty well developed, too.
The plot was pretty good. Very cut-throat/military.
The "big SF" thing(a ship(?)) was mostly just developed by a character saying "not like human" thinking-and I didn't feel anything like that from the ship.
I liked the main character. Other characters were pretty well developed, too.
The plot was pretty good. Very cut-throat/military.