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A review by oceanwader
In the Company of Others by Julie E. Czerneda
3.0
Have read other science fiction novels by Julie Czerneda and loved them (in particular, her Species Imperative series). Therefore, I began reading this book with hopeful anticipation.
The story is very good and the big ideas intriguing. However, they too often get lost. This novel would have benefited from an editor requesting that it be cut by at least one-third. (Editors sometimes ask authors to lengthen their novels, which might have happened here.) Too much of the book includes unnecessary description, comment, even whole sections. I found myself skipping a lot, trying to pick up the lost (or buried) thread of the story.
For these reasons, I am ambivalent about rating this work. Settled for 3 stars, with 2 for writing and 4 for story/ideas.
The story is very good and the big ideas intriguing. However, they too often get lost. This novel would have benefited from an editor requesting that it be cut by at least one-third. (Editors sometimes ask authors to lengthen their novels, which might have happened here.) Too much of the book includes unnecessary description, comment, even whole sections. I found myself skipping a lot, trying to pick up the lost (or buried) thread of the story.
For these reasons, I am ambivalent about rating this work. Settled for 3 stars, with 2 for writing and 4 for story/ideas.