Reviews

Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky

madmissmedic's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

themanfromdelmonte's review

5.0

Although not as good as Dogs of War and with a slightly too neat ending, this is still a very good book with lots of great ideas.
The villain of the piece is very Trumpy and the author had some insights into what might allow such an unpleasant individual like that succeed.
Tchaikovsky is a visionary but a bit variable. When he’s good he’s one of the best. When he’s not he’s still very readable.

wjfirth's review

dark reflective 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

twotonteddy88's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

empoi's review against another edition

4.0

An improvement on Dogs of War, while still simplifying "hacking" to something more action-filled. That always gets me cringing.

At the end we get this moral dilemma where one of the protagonists gets the opportunity to grab dictatorial power for themselves. The way Honey has been written so far makes me think she wouldn't think about abusing that power. Struck me as going against the charater while maybe I can see you arguing that being a "distributive intelligence" changes you? 

sophietica's review

5.0

The main antagonist is eerily reminiscent of a current political figure, and that makes the entire premise of the book feel entirely believable, and very scary.

poiv8's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

rymdkejsaren's review against another edition

5.0

A dark, gritty, and striking tale—all the more disturbing because of how closely much of it relates to our present times. I highly recommend reading both the Dogs of War books, even if you haven't gotten along with Tchaikovsky's other material. His other SF books take a much grander perspective, but it works very well when he brings it down to the more personal level like he has in this series, and I hope there will be more to come.

nina_bloodsworn's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.0

joshyoung130's review

5.0

What I thought would be a story about genetically modified animals colonizing Mars ended up being an even better story about human rights and fascism. I'd strongly recommend both this book and Dogs of War to anyone who wants to read a sci-fi thriller with really interesting ideas and themes.