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xoxcharm 's review for:
Fractal Noise
by Christopher Paolini
This was very interesting, almost haunting. The sense of anxiety from the pulses was palpable. I didn't realize at first that this was an add-on prequel to [b:To Sleep in a Sea of Stars|48829708|To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)|Christopher Paolini|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1583523112l/48829708._SY75_.jpg|63664903], and I still do not know what that book is about despite hearing good things about it. This little prequel made me more interested to read "Sea of Stars" though, so that's cool. =)
This is my first Paolini book since reading the [b:Eragon|113436|Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1)|Christopher Paolini|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1366212852l/113436._SX50_.jpg|3178011] series in the early 2000s (i.e. twenty years ago XD). I remember reading those books and enjoying them. I remember people clamoring about how young Paolini was when he wrote them. And I also remember older readers criticizing his voice, how young/immature it sounded, but having promise, etc. At the time I was young myself, and the voice honestly didn't bother me, I didn't even notice it.
This book is very different. The main character is an adult with his own past traumas that he's working through. It's also strictly in the science fiction side, which in my opinion is very different from Eragon which was strictly on the YA high fantasy side. I've read scifi/fantasy that straddles the line more, and this is not it. This is "high science fiction" if that term even exists, there's no fantasy element to it.
This is my first Paolini book since reading the [b:Eragon|113436|Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1)|Christopher Paolini|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1366212852l/113436._SX50_.jpg|3178011] series in the early 2000s (i.e. twenty years ago XD). I remember reading those books and enjoying them. I remember people clamoring about how young Paolini was when he wrote them. And I also remember older readers criticizing his voice, how young/immature it sounded, but having promise, etc. At the time I was young myself, and the voice honestly didn't bother me, I didn't even notice it.
This book is very different. The main character is an adult with his own past traumas that he's working through. It's also strictly in the science fiction side, which in my opinion is very different from Eragon which was strictly on the YA high fantasy side. I've read scifi/fantasy that straddles the line more, and this is not it. This is "high science fiction" if that term even exists, there's no fantasy element to it.