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danielmbensen's review
4.0
A very fun book. It reminds me a bit of the singularity stuff from the 2000s, but written with more heart than most.
An ancient AI (who may either be a war criminal, a hunter of war criminals, or both) shepherds his well-meaning but dimwitted human buddy through a solar-system-wide treasure hunt. The plot sagged a bit in places, and there were a few places where I wish we'd dug in more (like the climax).
First-rate world-building though. After seven or eight thousand years of civilization, every place, art-form, technology, and social structure has become a revival of a response to an imitation of a splinter-faction of a cult built around a myth based on a rumor about something that still happened centuries after the present day. There is an awesome sense of deep time, which doesn't stop the ephemeral fluttering of human emotions from finding their meaning.
An ancient AI (who may either be a war criminal, a hunter of war criminals, or both) shepherds his well-meaning but dimwitted human buddy through a solar-system-wide treasure hunt. The plot sagged a bit in places, and there were a few places where I wish we'd dug in more (like the climax).
First-rate world-building though. After seven or eight thousand years of civilization, every place, art-form, technology, and social structure has become a revival of a response to an imitation of a splinter-faction of a cult built around a myth based on a rumor about something that still happened centuries after the present day. There is an awesome sense of deep time, which doesn't stop the ephemeral fluttering of human emotions from finding their meaning.
pelican85's review
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
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