Scan barcode
A review by unluckycat13
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.
I'm not confused. I get that the characters are necessarily in different time periods (they have to be based on the amount of time it takes to travel and where they're going). I'm not thrown off by the terminology or mysterious ideas.
I just didn't care about anyone and I don't care about what they're doing. I only care about the cool alien archeology, which seems to be the part the author is the least interested in. Everyone is cruel, unmemorable, and unlikable. The plot builds so slowly that there's very little there to hook you. It's a bingo of tropes like assassin's and rich guys outside of time all doing vaguely sci-fi things at you with no respect for your time or interest.
I just didn't care about anyone and I don't care about what they're doing. I only care about the cool alien archeology, which seems to be the part the author is the least interested in. Everyone is cruel, unmemorable, and unlikable. The plot builds so slowly that there's very little there to hook you. It's a bingo of tropes like assassin's and rich guys outside of time all doing vaguely sci-fi things at you with no respect for your time or interest.