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A review by el_reads17
The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh
3.0
3.5/5
The Pride of Chanur was a quick, fun read... Escapes, political games, and banter all around! It tells the story of first contact with an "alien species", except in this case humans are the "aliens" and the story was told from a non-human perspective! What a great premise! Unfortunately, the story was a bit bogged down by the broken language that was used to convey alien communications. I understand why the author chose to use broken English but it could have been executed much better. And I never really understood all the spaceship jargon. I also wanted more from the characters. I loved Pyanfar, her crew, and some of the other alien species but not enough time was spent developing them.
Overall, I enjoyed the story despite the language and character development issues. I'm most likely going to continue the series with the second book because I'm intrigued by Pyanfar and her world.
The Pride of Chanur was a quick, fun read... Escapes, political games, and banter all around! It tells the story of first contact with an "alien species", except in this case humans are the "aliens" and the story was told from a non-human perspective! What a great premise! Unfortunately, the story was a bit bogged down by the broken language that was used to convey alien communications. I understand why the author chose to use broken English but it could have been executed much better. And I never really understood all the spaceship jargon. I also wanted more from the characters. I loved Pyanfar, her crew, and some of the other alien species but not enough time was spent developing them.
Overall, I enjoyed the story despite the language and character development issues. I'm most likely going to continue the series with the second book because I'm intrigued by Pyanfar and her world.