hiddenstar13 's review for:

Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

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This was an interesting read. I’m not sure that I really enjoyed the overall experience of reading it, but it did have a few entertaining parts and the ideas it explored were fascinating so it was nice to see them followed through. The endless chain of cause & effect, while somewhat tiring, is what really made the novel readable - there was always the question of “what will happen next?” But usually presented as “a character has done X, what will be the effect?” I didn’t really enjoy the prose so I’m not sure I want to pursue the sequels despite being curious about where the story could go next.