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A review by billymac1962
Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
4.0
This was pretty big novel. After about 500 pages, it seemed that perhaps it was a little too big.
The story definitely has a noir feel to it. Imagine crossing Blade Runner with, say, The Bourne Identity. Unfortunately, as one reviewer also put it, it was getting rather repetitive with all the gun pointing and expository speeches.
I had gotten tired of it and was seriously considering putting it down and moving on. But, Reynolds' writing is very easy to digest, and I decided it wouldn't
take that much effort to suck it up and take in the rest of it. Besides, I had to see where those Sky episodes were going.
I'm glad I stuck with it.
This novel takes a very grim turn torwards the end. And for me, that's not a bad thing. A dash of horror with my SF dish, please, I always say.
It'll be a while before I decide if I want to read another large Alastair Reynolds novel. While I'm glad I read it, I'm also glad that I can now move on to my next read.
The story definitely has a noir feel to it. Imagine crossing Blade Runner with, say, The Bourne Identity. Unfortunately, as one reviewer also put it, it was getting rather repetitive with all the gun pointing and expository speeches.
I had gotten tired of it and was seriously considering putting it down and moving on. But, Reynolds' writing is very easy to digest, and I decided it wouldn't
take that much effort to suck it up and take in the rest of it. Besides, I had to see where those Sky episodes were going.
I'm glad I stuck with it.
This novel takes a very grim turn torwards the end. And for me, that's not a bad thing. A dash of horror with my SF dish, please, I always say.
It'll be a while before I decide if I want to read another large Alastair Reynolds novel. While I'm glad I read it, I'm also glad that I can now move on to my next read.