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A review by late_stranger
Wheel of the Infinite by Martha Wells
4.0
Solid 4.5
After a solid two months out of the library, during which I read the first... forty or so pages? I properly dug into this book and ended up staying up til 2:30am reading the last 150 pages or so after work. It was something I don't think I've ever encountered before - the apocryphal "just a good story". It's a one off, and I'm actually pretty sad that I can't keep following the characters, but it was just a fantastically plotted & paced fantasy mystery situation, with fantastic world building that never felt dull or exposition-y. It also made FABULOUS use of all its minor characters - none of them got forgotten or left by the wayside and their little traits all came back around in some way to be useful or relevant to the situation at hand. Altogether a masterful work that just didn't emotionally hit that 5 star pitch for me. However, I would love to read more from this author at some point.
After a solid two months out of the library, during which I read the first... forty or so pages? I properly dug into this book and ended up staying up til 2:30am reading the last 150 pages or so after work. It was something I don't think I've ever encountered before - the apocryphal "just a good story". It's a one off, and I'm actually pretty sad that I can't keep following the characters, but it was just a fantastically plotted & paced fantasy mystery situation, with fantastic world building that never felt dull or exposition-y. It also made FABULOUS use of all its minor characters - none of them got forgotten or left by the wayside and their little traits all came back around in some way to be useful or relevant to the situation at hand. Altogether a masterful work that just didn't emotionally hit that 5 star pitch for me. However, I would love to read more from this author at some point.