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A review by rollie
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
7/10 ♡
Pretty fast-paced space romp that was a whole lot of fun, heavy character development with solid world-building, enough to take you there but not enough to really become fully immersed. Found myself re-reading several passages and improvising with context clues to really build out the mental images and general context of the future they live in. LOVED the horror/mystery angle, had a few legitimate laugh-out-loud moments as well. One highlight: Miller lays out his plan to “borrow” the unfinished Mormon generation ship to smash Eros into the sun. Fred, debating with himself for a long moment, responds in agreement: “The Mormons are going to be pissed.” The very next sentence is Tycho security gassing the Mormon riot. (They were indeed very pissed.) Honestly, my favorite part.
Miller was a great, flawed character who, in the end, got exactly what he set out for.
Holden mildly irritated me at times with his decisions but justified them well enough.
Overall, I had fun and will be progressing through this series, likely with a break here and there between books (they’re huge).
Pretty fast-paced space romp that was a whole lot of fun, heavy character development with solid world-building, enough to take you there but not enough to really become fully immersed. Found myself re-reading several passages and improvising with context clues to really build out the mental images and general context of the future they live in. LOVED the horror/mystery angle, had a few legitimate laugh-out-loud moments as well. One highlight: Miller lays out his plan to “borrow” the unfinished Mormon generation ship to smash Eros into the sun. Fred, debating with himself for a long moment, responds in agreement: “The Mormons are going to be pissed.” The very next sentence is Tycho security gassing the Mormon riot. (They were indeed very pissed.) Honestly, my favorite part.
Miller was a great, flawed character who, in the end, got exactly what he set out for.
Holden mildly irritated me at times with his decisions but justified them well enough.
Overall, I had fun and will be progressing through this series, likely with a break here and there between books (they’re huge).