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A review by squids_can_read
Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Another meteor has struck the earth. Will this be humanity's first contact or has that already happened? And what exactly is the government hiding from us?
This book is a strange concept overall. Let's start with the characters. There are only two main characters that we get anything about. That's not entirely true but a lot of the side characters are introduced but seem to be fairly without purpose. They seem to lack any or all motivations. Our main characters are extremely interesting but occasionally the main character will know things that I'm not sure how she knew. The male main character was interesting and slightly hard to understand but it makes sense in the context of the book.
Moving on to the setting/world-building. The main setting of this book is Earth. I thought each location was explained extremely well. As for the alien planet, I'm divided. I thought some of the world-building was really interesting but I think a lot of the world-building focused on the caste system rather than actual information about how the species worked. We get descriptions about what the aliens look like but other than that we don't get much of a description about the aliens.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book! It really hit the sci-fi spot for me.
This book is a strange concept overall. Let's start with the characters. There are only two main characters that we get anything about. That's not entirely true but a lot of the side characters are introduced but seem to be fairly without purpose. They seem to lack any or all motivations. Our main characters are extremely interesting but occasionally the main character will know things that I'm not sure how she knew. The male main character was interesting and slightly hard to understand but it makes sense in the context of the book.
Moving on to the setting/world-building. The main setting of this book is Earth. I thought each location was explained extremely well. As for the alien planet, I'm divided. I thought some of the world-building was really interesting but I think a lot of the world-building focused on the caste system rather than actual information about how the species worked. We get descriptions about what the aliens look like but other than that we don't get much of a description about the aliens.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book! It really hit the sci-fi spot for me.