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arnaudlacey's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Great read, as I'm coming to expect from Adrian Tchaikovsky. He's taken some of the key aspects of cosmic horror and put it in a cool futuristic sci-fi setting. Really well developed characters, but I wanted to hear more about the worlds and societies featured. Excited for the next one!
davidtan's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
godzillaismycopilot's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
maneatingclam's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
nina_zara's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
detrimental's review
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
charlibirb's review against another edition
4.5
Wow. Just...wow.
The entire trilogy had excellent characters, excellent plot, great characterizations of aliens, and intricate plot. Would highly recommend.
The entire trilogy had excellent characters, excellent plot, great characterizations of aliens, and intricate plot. Would highly recommend.
timinbc's review against another edition
3.0
A competent space opera, I suppose.
It's too long. There are too many stock characters. Grumpy Olli. A character all the others unjustifiably hate. Etc. Etc.
Some of the alien species are interestingly presented.
The "only we can navigate subspace" is badly worn, but AT certainly needs subspace to make everyone able to whip around the universe as if it were the size of Manhattan.
And as others have noted, there are WAY too many cases of character X arriving at location Y *just* in time to advance the plot.
+1 for the Architects being something almost beyond our comprehension.
AT can do better, but hey, he doesn't have to hit a home run every time up. Maybe #2 in this series will step ahead. I'll probably read it.
It's too long. There are too many stock characters. Grumpy Olli. A character all the others unjustifiably hate. Etc. Etc.
Some of the alien species are interestingly presented.
The "only we can navigate subspace" is badly worn, but AT certainly needs subspace to make everyone able to whip around the universe as if it were the size of Manhattan.
And as others have noted, there are WAY too many cases of character X arriving at location Y *just* in time to advance the plot.
+1 for the Architects being something almost beyond our comprehension.
AT can do better, but hey, he doesn't have to hit a home run every time up. Maybe #2 in this series will step ahead. I'll probably read it.
sine_qua_non's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0