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wallfacer14 's review for:
Consider Phlebas
by Iain M. Banks
The world created by Banks shows huge potential, with interesting characters, fancy tech and mind-blowing cultural / social developments.
However I did not like the spacial descriptions in the book. They're overly complex and long and I at least found it hard to create a clear picture in my mind after reading them.
The story also focuses too much on the action surrounding the main character, only just teasing parts of the incredibly interesting world around him. The main character also gets away too easily from too many critical situations.
All in all, it's a good read, that made me get the next book in the Culture series and so far, it's been a very good decision as I'm enjoying it.
However I did not like the spacial descriptions in the book. They're overly complex and long and I at least found it hard to create a clear picture in my mind after reading them.
The story also focuses too much on the action surrounding the main character, only just teasing parts of the incredibly interesting world around him. The main character also gets away too easily from too many critical situations.
All in all, it's a good read, that made me get the next book in the Culture series and so far, it's been a very good decision as I'm enjoying it.