A review by eastofthesunwestofthemoon
Wolf Moon by Ian McDonald

3.0

This is a relatively decent second-in-the-series book, which follows the continuing developments of a future moon colony. It involves families, clans, alliances, power struggles, and the changing fortunes of the 'ruling elite' of the moon. It's sprawling and complex, and in general the author has created quite an interesting world and story. It does drag in places, and sometimes even the action sequences are written with such attention to detail and to the minutiae of every passing second that I wanted to tear my hair out and yell 'just get on with the story!" Since I was listening to this on audio, I could only speed up the play, not conveniently skip a page or 3 when it hit a long, drawn-out patch. My main objection to New Moon (Luna #1) is sort of addressed - the character to whom I objected is now solidly in the bad guy camp. I would have rated this book higher, except it left me feeling somewhat confused about the 'war' part - what the hell was that all about? It's like all he lets us see is the result of the war on a very few characters, lingering over their experiences but never tying the story together. It just felt really disjointed in that part of the story.