A review by frasersimons
Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov

3.0

This was interesting, but maybe more interesting if you know Foundation, which I do not. The first half of it dragged substantially, to the point where I almost DNF’d it. Thankfully it got substantially better when stakes actually manifested and cultural aspects at various locals are introduced, and were actually fairly interesting. There are a couple twists that also brought it together. The structure felt so weird to me. It was tedious and then ramped up dramatically. It was welcome but jarring. I’ll continue with the series but does feel like conceit and plot wise, not all that much was actually accomplished for such a lengthy novel?