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ramsfan1963's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
4.5
This is the kind of stand alone book you wish would have a sequel or even a trilogy. The planet Darkath, the Khaj and Dhirn natives, the crumbling Terran Empire all begged for more stories to be told about them. This book reminded me a lot of both Dune and C.J. Cherryh's The Faded Sun trilogy.
jambery's review
1.0
Halfway through this book, I stopped reading, as I couldn't really sympathize with any of the characters and the description of the beginnings of the civil war was too much for me. I could see it going to an uncomfortably colonial places, though I think the author was trying to show how colonialism was Not A Good Thing. The main human character especially bothered me, not only being a white, privileged male, but having a Mysterious Past and a History of Sleeping With Alien Women. Sigh.
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