pearseanderson 's review for:

Central Station by Lavie Tidhar

4.0

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Central Station had a gorgeous beginning, masterful worldbuilding, and some killer moments throughout. Yet, I felt like it needed some more structure to it. Scenes were too fast, and the book ended at the right time in the arc, but the middle felt lacking. There is a great elevator scene towards the end that showed the lightheartedness and insights slowing down can provide, and I hope Tidhar can use this tactic in perhaps more worlds from this well-developed book. The description and prose and tidbits and conlang were solid, and I think I would shelve it in my top ten SFF, but not without a lot of questioning.