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A review by zenandroid
Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio
4.0
Not much to say really.
I like this story.
When i started it i was very skeptical, and in some sense, still am, given the accolades it's been getting on online spaces, knowing with my previous experiences that they don't mean much and sometimes anti-correlate with good literature.
And it's really much more of fantasy with some sci-fi dressing than anything else, which makes me disgusted at those who claim this is the best sci-fi whatever. *mumbles in quantum telegraph cant real cuz thats not how it works and a million other things*
The references and inspirations to other works never bothered me much.
For a start, this is a damn good one.
I find Hadrian to be an interesting character.
The characters felt well-written, very rarely did one character seem included for no reason.
I liked the fact that Hadrian kept playing his cards close to his chest, well, mostly anyways.
The events that happened throughout the plot felt narratively smooth; none of them felt forced, or none that i can think of.
The almost-romantic encounters are also kind of interesting, and very intriguing.
The length of this book sometimes feels unjustified though, i really feel like this could have been a much shorter book.
I also find Hadrian's melodramatic sense to be annoying, taking into account the flimsy self-awareness.
Yeah anyways i dont think ill jump straight into the second book (the length is actually really annoying), but i am very interested to do so.
I like this story.
When i started it i was very skeptical, and in some sense, still am, given the accolades it's been getting on online spaces, knowing with my previous experiences that they don't mean much and sometimes anti-correlate with good literature.
And it's really much more of fantasy with some sci-fi dressing than anything else, which makes me disgusted at those who claim this is the best sci-fi whatever. *mumbles in quantum telegraph cant real cuz thats not how it works and a million other things*
The references and inspirations to other works never bothered me much.
For a start, this is a damn good one.
I find Hadrian to be an interesting character.
The characters felt well-written, very rarely did one character seem included for no reason.
I liked the fact that Hadrian kept playing his cards close to his chest, well, mostly anyways.
The events that happened throughout the plot felt narratively smooth; none of them felt forced, or none that i can think of.
The almost-romantic encounters are also kind of interesting, and very intriguing.
The length of this book sometimes feels unjustified though, i really feel like this could have been a much shorter book.
I also find Hadrian's melodramatic sense to be annoying, taking into account the flimsy self-awareness.
Yeah anyways i dont think ill jump straight into the second book (the length is actually really annoying), but i am very interested to do so.