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A review by lucyhandfield
A Vision of Fire by Gillian Anderson
4.0
When I think back, I realize that I seem to have a thing for random celebrities' forays into fiction. This one is better than Harry Shearer's "Not Enough Indians," and maybe as good as Chris Elliott's "Shroud of the Thwacker."
It's not sci-fi in the strictest sense, more science fantasy, and to me reminiscent of the adventury kind of science fantasy from back in the day. Some of the concepts feel like a short jump from existing science and understanding, and others are waaaaaaaaaaay out there.
As mentioned in an update, Caitlin felt a little Mary Sue-ish, but I got used to it eventually and didn't notice anymore. I did give her relationship with Old Friend For Years But No Really Just Friends the side-eye, but that might be fannish hyper-vigilance. The secondary characters were varied, and interesting in their own ways; the plot moves along and pieces start coming together quickly enough for it not to be a confusing mess. The ends left for the second book are obvious, but not really in a bad way.
...and occasionally something is so unintentionally funny that I just had to laugh. I don't think it'll win any awards, but it was interesting and enjoyable enough to make me finish it and want to continue with the trilogy.
It's not sci-fi in the strictest sense, more science fantasy, and to me reminiscent of the adventury kind of science fantasy from back in the day. Some of the concepts feel like a short jump from existing science and understanding, and others are waaaaaaaaaaay out there.
As mentioned in an update, Caitlin felt a little Mary Sue-ish, but I got used to it eventually and didn't notice anymore. I did give her relationship with Old Friend For Years But No Really Just Friends the side-eye, but that might be fannish hyper-vigilance. The secondary characters were varied, and interesting in their own ways; the plot moves along and pieces start coming together quickly enough for it not to be a confusing mess. The ends left for the second book are obvious, but not really in a bad way.
...and occasionally something is so unintentionally funny that I just had to laugh. I don't think it'll win any awards, but it was interesting and enjoyable enough to make me finish it and want to continue with the trilogy.