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A review by wiseard
The Technician by Neal Asher
2.0
The return to the world of Masada is full of adventure.
However the novel falls flat due to the sheer number of POV characters and especially the lack of difference between their narrative lenses. Characters are there mostly to move the plot forward and not to actually live in the story.
We also see a sector AI who is supposed to be just below Earth Central in intelligence. What we see is unfortunately lacking.
This novel is probably just a transition novel for the next trilogy in the Polity Universe and it probably was written in a hurry.
However the novel falls flat due to the sheer number of POV characters and especially the lack of difference between their narrative lenses. Characters are there mostly to move the plot forward and not to actually live in the story.
We also see a sector AI who is supposed to be just below Earth Central in intelligence. What we see is unfortunately lacking.
This novel is probably just a transition novel for the next trilogy in the Polity Universe and it probably was written in a hurry.