gon8go 's review for:

Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton

4.0

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This is a huge, sprawling space opera. the first third of the book just keeps introducing more and more characters and sub plots. I found it hard to care about some of the story threads and ancillary characters to the point that i was considering DNF'ing it at the halfway point. A lot of this is slow, ponderous world building that i struggled through. Even at the end of the book I was still wondering about the point of some events in the story. I can also fully understand the complaints I've heard about some of the female characters not being shown in the most respectful light. That said, all the stuff with the primes is amazing. the last third of the book was so good I couldn't put it down and I think all the build up and world building helped to achieve that. if this book was 400-500 pages it would probably have been the best space opera ever but I'm giving it a grudging four stars.
I guess I'm stuck reading the sequel now too!