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bookedup83 's review for:
New Moon
by Ian McDonald
I've got a serious love/hate relationship with this book.
On one hand, I loved the world-building and the sinister family dynamics. The ever present feel of mounting tension that constantly threatened to erupt. I loved how, even in this new frontier world, humans will always revert to their baser instincts when it comes to preservation and survival. I especially loved the character who shares my name. Ariel, oh, she was a great character even where others failed and were flat and one-dimensional. It was a very intriguing and engaging story and was from the start and that didn't diminish as the story unfolded.
So, there were things that I loved; but...the one thing I hated is the reason this book gets 3 stars. The abrupt changing of character POV was jarring. I constantly felt as if I'd missed something because I'm suddenly experiencing the story through a new character's eyes without any type of break or segue to signify that this is a different person. Maybe it was written that way, maybe it wasn't edited properly or formatted properly, who knows. It did make the reading less enjoyable as it disrupted the flow of the story.
I didn't hate the prose so much that I'm unwilling to check out the next book in the series, though.
Three stars.
On one hand, I loved the world-building and the sinister family dynamics. The ever present feel of mounting tension that constantly threatened to erupt. I loved how, even in this new frontier world, humans will always revert to their baser instincts when it comes to preservation and survival. I especially loved the character who shares my name. Ariel, oh, she was a great character even where others failed and were flat and one-dimensional. It was a very intriguing and engaging story and was from the start and that didn't diminish as the story unfolded.
So, there were things that I loved; but...the one thing I hated is the reason this book gets 3 stars. The abrupt changing of character POV was jarring. I constantly felt as if I'd missed something because I'm suddenly experiencing the story through a new character's eyes without any type of break or segue to signify that this is a different person. Maybe it was written that way, maybe it wasn't edited properly or formatted properly, who knows. It did make the reading less enjoyable as it disrupted the flow of the story.
I didn't hate the prose so much that I'm unwilling to check out the next book in the series, though.
Three stars.