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A review by cr0ybot
The Ringworld Throne by Larry Niven
3.0
I'm on the fence about this series, especially this book. It seems as though each successive entry is more and more preoccupied with interspecies intercourse, also known as "rishathra", and how it is used in some way to facilitate peace and trade. How it helps isn't really explained very well; most of the time, at least in this book, they do it because they're curious and, frankly, loose.
Half of the story is about how two characters, from a species that strictly forbids any sex aside from a single permanent mate, "overcome" their reservations... I'm not particularly conservative, and it feels odd that it bothers me, but it's such a prominent theme that it gets to be ridiculous.
Aside from that, the overall arc of the story was interesting, but the way it's told can feel somewhat fragmented and absent-minded.
Half of the story is about how two characters, from a species that strictly forbids any sex aside from a single permanent mate, "overcome" their reservations... I'm not particularly conservative, and it feels odd that it bothers me, but it's such a prominent theme that it gets to be ridiculous.
Aside from that, the overall arc of the story was interesting, but the way it's told can feel somewhat fragmented and absent-minded.