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A review by faase
Der Amboss der Sterne by Greg Bear
2.25
There are some great ideas and concepts in Anvil of Stars. I loved the alien races, especially the "brothers". Some of the described technologies are great too. But that's about it. The premise makes no sense, the motivation of the benefactors stays unclear, the character development, though existent, wasn’t really believable to me.
Anvil of Stars is far to long. The pacing is of by a mile, especially in the first 50-60% of the book. I only didn't DNF this, because I already had invested too much time in this book and its predecessor (Forge of God) and I was hoping for a satisfying conclusion. Admittedly, it's a good conclusion. Morally ambiguous in its message. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to outweigh all the negatives.
All in all, The Forge of God duology was a let down for me. While the first part at least had the popcorn movie "let's rip the world to pieces" ending going for it, the overly long second part leaves me unsatisfied. It's too little, too late and honestly, I didn't really care much about the characters anymore. That's kind of a death sentence for a book.
Anvil of Stars is far to long. The pacing is of by a mile, especially in the first 50-60% of the book. I only didn't DNF this, because I already had invested too much time in this book and its predecessor (Forge of God) and I was hoping for a satisfying conclusion. Admittedly, it's a good conclusion. Morally ambiguous in its message. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to outweigh all the negatives.
All in all, The Forge of God duology was a let down for me. While the first part at least had the popcorn movie "let's rip the world to pieces" ending going for it, the overly long second part leaves me unsatisfied. It's too little, too late and honestly, I didn't really care much about the characters anymore. That's kind of a death sentence for a book.