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A review by secre
Night Without Stars by Peter F. Hamilton
5.0
Peter Hamilton once more succeeds in astounding and confounding me. He has a unique way of depicting universes and pulling an invisible rabbit out of a bowler hat only to turn it into a bouquet of flowers.
Set so many years after the events of Abyss Beyond Dreams, this almost starts from ground zero. And yet the threats that were present two hundred years previous are still ever present. In fact the Fallers have gone from strength to strength and the advantages that humans had in the Void have disappeared, leaving them in a more perilous position than ever.
Hamilton builds and expands on the world he presented in Abyss, maturing it in ways I could not have foreseen. Throughout this his character portrayals are nothing short of stunning; few of the characters within these pages are left overs from Abyss and yet that makes them no less vibrant and real. He pinpoints the depths, the heights and the abyss’ of human nature and everything in-between and plots them unfailingly, capturing the very essence of humanity both individually and collectively within his pages.
The spectrum of grey that every human life encapsulates is depicted with wondrous and horrifying care.
Managing that at the same time as creating such a rich and detailed tapestry of a world is a feat few can rival I believe. Merging the New with the old, the familiar and the unfamiliar, the unique and the mundane with a characteristically intense writing style, this is an absolutely stunning piece of writing. Hamilton never goes where you are expecting him to go either, meaning this is a journey to be savoured from beginning to end.
Set so many years after the events of Abyss Beyond Dreams, this almost starts from ground zero. And yet the threats that were present two hundred years previous are still ever present. In fact the Fallers have gone from strength to strength and the advantages that humans had in the Void have disappeared, leaving them in a more perilous position than ever.
Hamilton builds and expands on the world he presented in Abyss, maturing it in ways I could not have foreseen. Throughout this his character portrayals are nothing short of stunning; few of the characters within these pages are left overs from Abyss and yet that makes them no less vibrant and real. He pinpoints the depths, the heights and the abyss’ of human nature and everything in-between and plots them unfailingly, capturing the very essence of humanity both individually and collectively within his pages.
The spectrum of grey that every human life encapsulates is depicted with wondrous and horrifying care.
Managing that at the same time as creating such a rich and detailed tapestry of a world is a feat few can rival I believe. Merging the New with the old, the familiar and the unfamiliar, the unique and the mundane with a characteristically intense writing style, this is an absolutely stunning piece of writing. Hamilton never goes where you are expecting him to go either, meaning this is a journey to be savoured from beginning to end.