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The Mote in God's Eye by Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven
3.0

This classic is full of great sci-fi concepts and really made me think on several occasions. The ancient alien race has a really cool evolution dynamic. The war politics and military intelligence theme was intriguing.

The character development bothered me however, I never felt much for the characters. I'm not sure if I'm going to pick up the rest of the series.

You can tell this book was written in the '70, which is nice if you like a little retro-futurism.