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Wyld adventure
Old fashioned fantasy with legends about giants, necromancers and, of course, dragons. The writing style is great especially for a debut—the dialogues feel pretty similar to how real people talk, smooth transitions from one event to another and really interesting legends. Also there are really well made descriptions, which I usually don't like in books, with awesome, funny comparisons.
A lot of very epic battles against very dangerous and awesome monsters. Cool bounty hunters and new bands. Some heartbreaking moments.
And the infamous Horde—and the forest where it came from—is insane featuring a lot of unusual, horrifying monsters.
And the ending is just beautiful.
Looking forward to reading Bloody Rose!
Wyld adventure
Old fashioned fantasy with legends about giants, necromancers and, of course, dragons. The writing style is great especially for a debut—the dialogues feel pretty similar to how real people talk, smooth transitions from one event to another and really interesting legends. Also there are really well made descriptions, which I usually don't like in books, with awesome, funny comparisons.
A lot of very epic battles against very dangerous and awesome monsters. Cool bounty hunters and new bands. Some heartbreaking moments.
And the infamous Horde—and the forest where it came from—is insane featuring a lot of unusual, horrifying monsters.
And the ending is just beautiful.
Looking forward to reading Bloody Rose!
Murderbot comes to the rescue
Again there are a few reminders about the events of the previous—now three—books, still not a fan of this.
The plot thickens but it's still not too deep or difficult to follow. Although all of the main character's actions are mostly familiar they still feel interesting because of different situations and environments and the action is pretty cool. Also there are a few personal, emotional conversations so I have to rate this one higher even considering the length.
And the ending is really nice!
Still can’t get enough of this series, and the novella size should make it fun to reread.
Murderbot comes to the rescue
Again there are a few reminders about the events of the previous—now three—books, still not a fan of this.
The plot thickens but it's still not too deep or difficult to follow. Although all of the main character's actions are mostly familiar they still feel interesting because of different situations and environments and the action is pretty cool. Also there are a few personal, emotional conversations so I have to rate this one higher even considering the length.
And the ending is really nice!
Still can’t get enough of this series, and the novella size should make it fun to reread.
Confusing time jumps
There are some nice features—grand, fascinating, new sci-fi ideas like dark forest deterrence game theory and other dimensions, interactions with 4th dimension, dark forest proof, sophon in human society, shocking action episode with heavy consequences, some creepy anomalies. But these features happen so rarely over the course of the 700 pages book and are made insignificant by everything else in the book. Like Singer is so interesting, unusual and excellently shows a perspective of a super powerful civilization. Why is there only one small chapter about him?
It reads like a documentary in some chapters describing a character's biography and history and jumps around time periods that were already explored in the previous books. Overall there are a lot of time jumps here with too many explanations. And the very long and vague fairytales holding some very important secrets that require too much time to decipher, yeah, that’s what we need in a sci-fi story about dark forests and aliens. And author being too sexist in places—introvert scientist who "had never even touched woman", very feminine men who look strange to the main character who is a woman—like it’s from 1970s, not 2010.
Also after a few disasters with the same kind of solution in a row it becomes really hard to care, especially when the main character who is much less interesting than those in the previous books and with the dialogues being terrible in places. The last part of the book, about 100 pages, being really dark doesn’t help at all.
I hope this story can be presented in a more exciting way in the 2nd and 3rd seasons of the series as this world has a lot of potential.
Confusing time jumps
There are some nice features—grand, fascinating, new sci-fi ideas like dark forest deterrence game theory and other dimensions, interactions with 4th dimension, dark forest proof, sophon in human society, shocking action episode with heavy consequences, some creepy anomalies. But these features happen so rarely over the course of the 700 pages book and are made insignificant by everything else in the book. Like Singer is so interesting, unusual and excellently shows a perspective of a super powerful civilization. Why is there only one small chapter about him?
It reads like a documentary in some chapters describing a character's biography and history and jumps around time periods that were already explored in the previous books. Overall there are a lot of time jumps here with too many explanations. And the very long and vague fairytales holding some very important secrets that require too much time to decipher, yeah, that’s what we need in a sci-fi story about dark forests and aliens. And author being too sexist in places—introvert scientist who "had never even touched woman", very feminine men who look strange to the main character who is a woman—like it’s from 1970s, not 2010.
Also after a few disasters with the same kind of solution in a row it becomes really hard to care, especially when the main character who is much less interesting than those in the previous books and with the dialogues being terrible in places. The last part of the book, about 100 pages, being really dark doesn’t help at all.
I hope this story can be presented in a more exciting way in the 2nd and 3rd seasons of the series as this world has a lot of potential.
Detective Murderbot
Our beloved murderbot tries to blend in the society and struggles with new kinds of anxiety. There’s a lot of mystery and detective work here and just one action scene.
The simplicity of descriptions is kinda refreshing after most other books and reminds me of some classic sci-fi like Stainless Steel Rat. But there’s a bit too much recapping of the previous book, especially considering that they’re both pretty short.
Also it features some new, interesting sci-fi concepts like future forms of money and communication between bots. And the ending is fine, leading to the next adventure.
Wish it was a bit longer, but I'm still glad that it exists.
Detective Murderbot
Our beloved murderbot tries to blend in the society and struggles with new kinds of anxiety. There’s a lot of mystery and detective work here and just one action scene.
The simplicity of descriptions is kinda refreshing after most other books and reminds me of some classic sci-fi like Stainless Steel Rat. But there’s a bit too much recapping of the previous book, especially considering that they’re both pretty short.
Also it features some new, interesting sci-fi concepts like future forms of money and communication between bots. And the ending is fine, leading to the next adventure.
Wish it was a bit longer, but I'm still glad that it exists.
The first entry in The Murderbot Diaries is a short sci-fi adventure with cool, unusual concepts.
The story is told from first person perspective by a kinda security robot which has some social issues and likes to watch a lot of tv series.
Also there is a bit of tense action and are some mysterious detective moments. And on top of that it has an open ending...
Can't wait to read the next one!
The first entry in The Murderbot Diaries is a short sci-fi adventure with cool, unusual concepts.
The story is told from first person perspective by a kinda security robot which has some social issues and likes to watch a lot of tv series.
Also there is a bit of tense action and are some mysterious detective moments. And on top of that it has an open ending...
Can't wait to read the next one!
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