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This is a fun book. i really enjoyed this Space Opera about AI's, far flung space empires, and intrigue. I know. I'm not selling it. But this is a really good book
I think my favorite part of the book is that it is told from the point of view of a character who can't determine anyone's sex, so everyone is referred to as she whether they are male or female. I know. Still not selling it. The story is pretty deep. The world building is different. It was a good story and I can't wait for the next two books.
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For those keeping score at home, the book just won the Hugo for best novel, which means it won all the major Science Fiction awards for Best Novel.
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I'll put it on the list immediately!
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I found it very enjoyable and the sequel comes out in October.
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Liked it a lot. Makes me miss Iain Banks.
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Yeah, .....
This is the third book in the trilogy. The promise and the excitement of the first book did not carry through to the third. Where I couldn't describe how good the first book was, I can describe how bad is the third book.
If you are going to have a dramatic crash into the space station, shouldn't you actually describe it rather than refer to it after it has happened? Especially in a book that has so few dramatic scenes. Lose a couple of the hundreds of talking about things scenes for an actual dramatic scene.
How about having a few of the characters be stable rather than constantly being in tears or having to go to medical to regulate your meds because you are having a nervous breakdown?
The book spent a lot of time flying around the solar station, talking about what they are going to do. Lots of people cried when they learned of the plans.
And what seemed fresh and exciting in the first book was just repetitive in this book. Ooh AI's and ancillaries, okay, what else you got? Not a lot.
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The killer for me in this book was the dramatic finale which happened in an airlock between ship and space station. Basically, the big bad quit when hearing that she had broken a treaty with another alien race. Thanks for playing, let's go to the epilogue.
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Maybe it would be better if I read the trilogy as one book to get a consistent through line. But I'm not going back. The last book was very disappointing.
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It was too talky and weepy, but I didn't mind so much. Authors are often compelled to sign 3-book contracts and when you only got enough for a book-and-a-half, this is what happens.
I'll be interested to see what comes along next.
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I did have the benefit of reading them all in a row and noticed they got progressively weaker. Many times I've seen a first-time novelist kick ass, then not keep up with his or her accomplishment in subsequent efforts. I think it's probably because a first book usually gets polished and workshoppped and polished some more so it *will* sell. Then the writer gets dumped into the deadline grind, and deadlines on follow-on books are getting tighter and tighter.
