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A review by dc7
Proxima Rising by Brandon Q. Morris
3.0
Proxima Rising is the first Hard SciFi novel I've read. It was exciting to learn what is scientifically possible - especially since some of it sounds really incredible.
The book struggles a bit with physical descriptions and I couldn't imagine some things in the novel, e.g. the "sheep" on Proxima. A more detailed explanation would have been helpful. The characters are mostly stereotypes too. The book reads well, it is entertaining and exciting, the protagonists always faced challenges.
There are many typos in the book and I could forgive that BUT there is one thing that really rubbed me the wrong way: the novels stops in the middle of the plot - a gimmicky and annoying ploy to get readers to buy the next book in the series. I wouldn't have had a problem if the story somehow reached at least a preliminary conclusion with some loose threads to be continued in the sequeal. E.g. the first volume describes the trip to Proxima b, the second the events there, etc. That would have been okay. But ending the book in the middle of the action is a big NO NO for me.
Overall, the novel was okay. The story is gripping, but overall it lacks that special something. I was totally disappointed with the sudden ending in the middle of the story. That could have been done better. I won't read the sequel.
The book struggles a bit with physical descriptions and I couldn't imagine some things in the novel, e.g. the "sheep" on Proxima. A more detailed explanation would have been helpful. The characters are mostly stereotypes too. The book reads well, it is entertaining and exciting, the protagonists always faced challenges.
There are many typos in the book and I could forgive that BUT there is one thing that really rubbed me the wrong way: the novels stops in the middle of the plot - a gimmicky and annoying ploy to get readers to buy the next book in the series. I wouldn't have had a problem if the story somehow reached at least a preliminary conclusion with some loose threads to be continued in the sequeal. E.g. the first volume describes the trip to Proxima b, the second the events there, etc. That would have been okay. But ending the book in the middle of the action is a big NO NO for me.
Overall, the novel was okay. The story is gripping, but overall it lacks that special something. I was totally disappointed with the sudden ending in the middle of the story. That could have been done better. I won't read the sequel.