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robynldouglas 's review for:
New Moon
by Ian McDonald
This one is hard for me to evaluate. I did not click with the story at all for a good third of the book, although the last third was pretty fantastic. The tech was brilliantly imagined and I appreciated how well thought out the science was (to my untrained eye). I loved some of the characters. Where I didn't enjoy it was exactly why many have loved it - the much acclaimed grittiness just didn't do it for me. Many of the societal structures McDonald imagines, especially the endless parties, didn't resonate with me. (Also, while I appreciated the mystery, I really needed MORE on the whole lunar werewolf thing.) Nonetheless, once I fell for the book - I think it was Adriana's personal history that did it - I was absolutely captured by the Corta family. I'm sure I'll be reading the second.