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A review by wordsofapaige
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
5.0
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is one on my most anticipated releases this year, and my god it did not disappoint. At all.
This is the epic space opera I never knew I was missing. Paolini has written one of the most rich, expansive and well crafted universes I think I have ever come across. It is also incredibly well-researched, as shown by an appendix which features an entire paper on how FTL (faster than light) travels works and how it can't be used for certain things that could be plot breaking, plus it answers any questions you might have about it. Honestly, I haven't come across a world this rich and this incredible I think ever. This universe is huge, spanning planets we know and planets we don't. Alien species that are reminiscent of others and ones that I broke all expectations and creeped me the hell out.
I loved our MC Kira, she's undergoes an incredible character arc and growth that is so organic and so real that I found myself welling up at the end of the book and the journey she takes. There isn't a flat character to be found and even the ones I disliked at the start found a place in my heart by the end. They're real, and fleshed out and the rag-tag group that Kira travels with just perfectly fit together.
This book is gigantic. It's plot heavy and I think for the first time in a while I didn't get lost in the plot, I didn't get lost by who was who. I know what was going on, I knew who each character was. This complicated, epic book kept me hooked and kept me interested. I didn't get lost and each bit of information is given at the perfect time, so you can reflect back on past chapters and see how the story comes about. It is well, well worth the time you'll put in reading this.
I've heard there will be more stories in this universe and I'm not anxiously awaiting the next one. TSIASOS has jumped to the top of my favourite books and it's going to be there for quite some time.
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is one on my most anticipated releases this year, and my god it did not disappoint. At all.
This is the epic space opera I never knew I was missing. Paolini has written one of the most rich, expansive and well crafted universes I think I have ever come across. It is also incredibly well-researched, as shown by an appendix which features an entire paper on how FTL (faster than light) travels works and how it can't be used for certain things that could be plot breaking, plus it answers any questions you might have about it. Honestly, I haven't come across a world this rich and this incredible I think ever. This universe is huge, spanning planets we know and planets we don't. Alien species that are reminiscent of others and ones that I broke all expectations and creeped me the hell out.
I loved our MC Kira, she's undergoes an incredible character arc and growth that is so organic and so real that I found myself welling up at the end of the book and the journey she takes. There isn't a flat character to be found and even the ones I disliked at the start found a place in my heart by the end. They're real, and fleshed out and the rag-tag group that Kira travels with just perfectly fit together.
This book is gigantic. It's plot heavy and I think for the first time in a while I didn't get lost in the plot, I didn't get lost by who was who. I know what was going on, I knew who each character was. This complicated, epic book kept me hooked and kept me interested. I didn't get lost and each bit of information is given at the perfect time, so you can reflect back on past chapters and see how the story comes about. It is well, well worth the time you'll put in reading this.
I've heard there will be more stories in this universe and I'm not anxiously awaiting the next one. TSIASOS has jumped to the top of my favourite books and it's going to be there for quite some time.