A review by wordsareworlds
Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book suffered from a bit of sequel syndrome. At the end of Station Eternity, Mallory had just figured out a lot about her life, and the station had gone through major changes, and it kind of felt like she was going to set out on something of a path (maybe). The first thing this book does is change everything up, and then also away Mallory's uncanny abilities. There were still a lot of connections, and the solution to some of those were novel, but it also felt a bit more that rather than things having a coincidental connection to Mallory this was on purpose. 

The other major drawback was the romantic plotline. It felt really, really weird to have these two people be so obsessed with each other after over a decade, when their only other connection was in high school. I've read a bunch of Lafferty's work at this point, and I will say that her relationships always feel kind of awkward and weird, but this was a whole new level. Almost cringe.

I wouldn't recommend the audiobook version of this unless you're a fan of the narrator yelling at you, since she took the description of Tina's voice very literally. So much yelling. 

All in all, not the best follow up to Station Eternity, but I do want to continue reding the series and I hope that the next installment works better for me.
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