Reviews

Bone Silence by Alastair Reynolds

longhorn396's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

sinnylong's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

roytoo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Alistair Reynolds delivers a sweeping continuation of the Ness sisters' story in Bone Silence. Old foes reappear, new allies are made and lots of stunning revelations.

In the acknowledgements Alistair writes that he is setting the Ness sisters aside "for a while". I look forward to reading more about them and/or the Congregation.

shalmeneser's review against another edition

3.0

An underwhelming end to a phenomenal series. Although many of the plot points get resolved, it just... doesn't quite hit. Still a great read.

desert_side_notched's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

4.0

hagbard_celine's review against another edition

4.0

Fun! I kept frustrating myself by reading earlier installments of this series before the final volume was released. Now, boy oh boy, what a weird space pirate quest thing. I liked this very much.

gilmoremk's review

2.0

A very different book from the first two in the series, and not in a good way. We went from a pretty self-contained space pirates story to one with vast conspiracies and world-ending implications and all that jazz. Those things are all fine, but it felt jarring to get all of it in the final book when it was barely hinted at in the first two. And then cramming it all into this final book meant that everything was rushed through, and we didn't get the kind of deep background or detail that I want from space opera.

walden2ite's review against another edition

2.0

This was a very frustrating finale to the trilogy. Parts of it were good, a few parts were very good, but much was disappointing. There were too many coincidences and stupid choices for the book to be very enjoyable.

_b_a_l_'s review against another edition

1.0

DNF 15%

I've been trying to read this for 14 months.

Can't remember the last time I was so invested in the world building and so utterly unable to stomach the lead characters.

Please someone tell me what happened cause I just can't.

lyleblosser's review against another edition

4.0

Excellent conclusion of the trilogy, with the various threads satisfactorily wrapped up. Hopefully there will be more tales in this very intriguing universe!