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A review by maluba
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
3.0
This is a tough review to write, because this book falls squarely into that special category of "Books that I really like a lot more once I'm done with them and looking back on the story as a whole, than I do while I'm actually reading them".
Christopher Paolini proved his worth as an author almost two decades ago with his Eragon series, and this is his first attempt at science fiction. What I loved about it were the truly imaginative levels of creativity and depth that he brought to the story. Where he lost me a bit was in the fact that he felt inclined to include every little transition scene, making the book almost 900 pages. Usually, after a big action scene, you'd want a bit of a breather before hopping into the next intense bit of fun. That's fine. But he puts ten or fifteen little breathers. Let's see how the crew gets off the ship. Now let's see how they get from there to the debrief. Let's have another scene in the waiting room before the debrief. Now the debrief itself, and then a few more scenes walking back to the ship. It got a little long winded at times, and I found myself just wanting it to GO already.
But in hindsight, the story itself was interesting and engaging. So how about for the next one, we just stay on the ship and skip the debrief altogether? =)
Christopher Paolini proved his worth as an author almost two decades ago with his Eragon series, and this is his first attempt at science fiction. What I loved about it were the truly imaginative levels of creativity and depth that he brought to the story. Where he lost me a bit was in the fact that he felt inclined to include every little transition scene, making the book almost 900 pages. Usually, after a big action scene, you'd want a bit of a breather before hopping into the next intense bit of fun. That's fine. But he puts ten or fifteen little breathers. Let's see how the crew gets off the ship. Now let's see how they get from there to the debrief. Let's have another scene in the waiting room before the debrief. Now the debrief itself, and then a few more scenes walking back to the ship. It got a little long winded at times, and I found myself just wanting it to GO already.
But in hindsight, the story itself was interesting and engaging. So how about for the next one, we just stay on the ship and skip the debrief altogether? =)