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__kell__'s review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
furicle's review against another edition
2.0
A cardboard cast of characters, most of whom you'd recognize from other Hogan books with the names changed to protect the authour, and a plot that never wanders too far from exactly what you're expecting. The one somewhat interesting idea is presented (forcefully, without any subtlety whatsoever) over and over again. Skip this one and move on.
cavalary's review against another edition
4.0
This one starts way better than it continues. The "technical" bits are great; in a few pages he can visibly shake the foundation of most important modern theories. Of course, he doesn't have proof, or if he does it wouldn't have been right to put it in this book, but you can't possibly prove him wrong either. Problem is, after a little while he gets caught up in the story and forgets about those parts and you can't really have good action and good ideas and ideals shown at the same time.
The action is pretty good and there are a few good ideas in the end, but the main ones bother me. One is that life's purpose is just to live it and using it to better yourself or the world around you should just be a matter of personal choice. The other, that no plans should be made, science should only look at the facts and ignore anything that it has no proof of, possibly accepting spiritual views to explain those parts until they have some facts to go on, without making theories and trying to prove them right or wrong afterwards, people shouldn't try to find ideal societies and then strive to achieve them but just let things go their own way and see where they end up and so on. Well, I have some problems with that...
The action is pretty good and there are a few good ideas in the end, but the main ones bother me. One is that life's purpose is just to live it and using it to better yourself or the world around you should just be a matter of personal choice. The other, that no plans should be made, science should only look at the facts and ignore anything that it has no proof of, possibly accepting spiritual views to explain those parts until they have some facts to go on, without making theories and trying to prove them right or wrong afterwards, people shouldn't try to find ideal societies and then strive to achieve them but just let things go their own way and see where they end up and so on. Well, I have some problems with that...
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