A review by laurelbard
Echopraxia by Peter Watts

3.0

If you've ever wondered what it would be like if a tech bro wrote "Acceptance" from the Southern Reach Trilogy, look no further.

"Echopraxia" gets off to a great start but hurries towards a whole lot of nothing. The vast majority of the book is taken up by four or so characters sitting around in a spaceship talking while Valerie the Vampire makes creepy noises and watches. And then she and the main character
Spoilerkiss and he kills her
or whatever. For some reason. Probably because of The Slime.