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Rapture: Bel Dame Apocrypha Volume 3
by Kameron Hurley
First, I'm annoyed that it's so hard to find this book in an initial search on Goodreads or Amazon. I had to look by author- title wouldn't find it. Bad.
This is (I think) the last book in the Bel Dame Apocrypha series. What I continue to like most about all the books is the character of Nyx. She's so ruthless, so brutally pragmatic, so good at hiding from everyone, including herself, that she actually cares if people live or die. Nyx usually gets the job done in a spectacularly ugly way, but she just doggedly keeps going.
Kind of like she did in the desert for probably too long in this book. I think the book suffered from some pacing flaws- the desert bit went on a bit long and I couldn't figure out why Nyx would allow her party to keep trudging along with an obviously insane and compromised person for a guide. By the time they reached the other side, I was having a problem orienting myself, or getting a clear visual of where the characters were. There was no map in any of the books, and I didn't miss one until Rapture. I also never really understood what was up with the red women.
The book also does a retread of previous themes: Nyx hooks up with a new crew and proceeds to get them into situations when people are going to go down and not get up. It was harder for me to emotionally invest in the crew this time around, although Nyx still seemed to care about them. The only two characters that recur to any great extent are Rhys and Inaya, and I never really cared for either of those two much, although Rhys does a better job of explaining himself in this book. Inaya still comes across as naive and rigid. I may the the only person who's a fan of Khos, but I feel like he got the short end of the stick in this series.
The gray goo was pretty cool, though. And I did like the ending. And the revelation of a bit more of Umayma's history. I'm sure there are a lot of good stories left in how this world was colonized and how its belief systems and cultures developed.
This is (I think) the last book in the Bel Dame Apocrypha series. What I continue to like most about all the books is the character of Nyx. She's so ruthless, so brutally pragmatic, so good at hiding from everyone, including herself, that she actually cares if people live or die. Nyx usually gets the job done in a spectacularly ugly way, but she just doggedly keeps going.
Kind of like she did in the desert for probably too long in this book. I think the book suffered from some pacing flaws- the desert bit went on a bit long and I couldn't figure out why Nyx would allow her party to keep trudging along with an obviously insane and compromised person for a guide. By the time they reached the other side, I was having a problem orienting myself, or getting a clear visual of where the characters were. There was no map in any of the books, and I didn't miss one until Rapture. I also never really understood what was up with the red women.
The book also does a retread of previous themes: Nyx hooks up with a new crew and proceeds to get them into situations when people are going to go down and not get up. It was harder for me to emotionally invest in the crew this time around, although Nyx still seemed to care about them. The only two characters that recur to any great extent are Rhys and Inaya, and I never really cared for either of those two much, although Rhys does a better job of explaining himself in this book. Inaya still comes across as naive and rigid. I may the the only person who's a fan of Khos, but I feel like he got the short end of the stick in this series.
The gray goo was pretty cool, though. And I did like the ending. And the revelation of a bit more of Umayma's history. I'm sure there are a lot of good stories left in how this world was colonized and how its belief systems and cultures developed.