A review by kbhenrickson
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book and can definitely see why it won the Hugo Award. The world-building is so interesting with some truly alien civilizations and different zones of space. I especially liked the Tines world and the Skroderiders. The story builds very slowly, and you need to like a book with multiple points of view where you really have no idea what is happening at first, trusting that it will come together (which it does). The audiobook narrator does a great job, and I am glad that I listened to the book because very unusual character and place names sometimes make a book challenging for me to eye-read.