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A review by perilous1
Sapphique by Catherine Fisher
3.0
A bit disappointing after being so impressed by its predecessor: Incarceron. The story of the enigmatic and techno-mystical Sapphique himself is much more fleshed out in this continuation, as one might already guess from the title. Just as with the first book, the pacing was excellent. But the character development seems to stall and their emotional growth struck me as stunted--to the point where I wasn't sure anymore how anyone felt about anyone else...or why.
The plot almost seemed to fragment toward the end. Without ruining it for anyone, I'll just say that the ending left me unsatisfied and more than a little baffled. I couldn't make heads or tails of it, and I lost a good deal of interest in the thought of reading any additional books from the series—assuming that there will be more of them. Perhaps the author was rushed to meet a deadline and her intent wasn't conveyed as completely as she might have liked?
The plot almost seemed to fragment toward the end. Without ruining it for anyone, I'll just say that the ending left me unsatisfied and more than a little baffled. I couldn't make heads or tails of it, and I lost a good deal of interest in the thought of reading any additional books from the series—assuming that there will be more of them. Perhaps the author was rushed to meet a deadline and her intent wasn't conveyed as completely as she might have liked?