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A review by kestrelunicorn
Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds
4.0
A short review this time, as I didn't finish.
But wait, how can you review a book you didn't finish and why are you giving it so many stars?
To be honest, this is all on me. When I requested the book, I didn't realize it was a sequel. I just knew it was Alastair Reynolds and I had really liked some of his previous works. I dove in and soon realized I was missing a chunk of information, and though the book does an excellent job of parcelling it out in bits and pieces that feel digestible and don't interfere with the flow, the perfectionist in me demands I read the first as well. I don't actually think it's necessary; you can pick the series up at book two and be perfectly fine. But I loved the world Reynolds created and laid out on the pages, and I wanted to see more, and isn't that endorsement enough?
After making it only about one hundred pages in, I was wholly on board with the world and the situation he had laid out. The characters felt open and honest, the world-building top notch as you would expect from Reynolds. I'm looking forward to this immensely, once I've gone back and read the first- cheers!
Thank you to NetGalley for the book.
But wait, how can you review a book you didn't finish and why are you giving it so many stars?
To be honest, this is all on me. When I requested the book, I didn't realize it was a sequel. I just knew it was Alastair Reynolds and I had really liked some of his previous works. I dove in and soon realized I was missing a chunk of information, and though the book does an excellent job of parcelling it out in bits and pieces that feel digestible and don't interfere with the flow, the perfectionist in me demands I read the first as well. I don't actually think it's necessary; you can pick the series up at book two and be perfectly fine. But I loved the world Reynolds created and laid out on the pages, and I wanted to see more, and isn't that endorsement enough?
After making it only about one hundred pages in, I was wholly on board with the world and the situation he had laid out. The characters felt open and honest, the world-building top notch as you would expect from Reynolds. I'm looking forward to this immensely, once I've gone back and read the first- cheers!
Thank you to NetGalley for the book.