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sniperpumpkin's review against another edition
2.0
Despite being hard SF with interesting, and realistic, physics, I was unable to enjoy this book. My primary objection was with the characters. I did not like the style of their dialog, and most of their arcs seemed fairly superficial and shallow to me. The major characters each had an obvious character flaw, that was fixed over the course of the story in a simple and unsophisticated way.
I did like the science in this book, particularly the dark matter planet (more precisely a planet of WIMPs). It's clear that Brotherton did his homework regarding cosmology and the timescales required for interstellar travel. The good science is what elevates this from a one star review.
Read this book only if you don't care much about the characters and want to get some extremely rigorous science with some interesting conjectures.
I did like the science in this book, particularly the dark matter planet (more precisely a planet of WIMPs). It's clear that Brotherton did his homework regarding cosmology and the timescales required for interstellar travel. The good science is what elevates this from a one star review.
Read this book only if you don't care much about the characters and want to get some extremely rigorous science with some interesting conjectures.
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