Ibraar
Collins takes another dive into the hunger games universe, what a shame the pool was empty.
Unlike the original trilogy were Katniss's character was fully formed over the three books. Collins has attempted to do the same with Snow in one and this is where the problems start. There is little to no character arc for Snow.
Starting the story as unlikable, untrustworthy and completely self interested and ending about the same. Some of the secondary characters are more interesting than Snow himself. Instead of showing the fall of Snow's Family and then his bloody and poisonous rise to power. Collins takes the reader through less than a year off Snow's Life at school, including the 10th hunger game. The rest of Snow's rags to riches story is covered the last few chapters and written withsuch lack of enthusiasm I wouldn't be surprised If this wasn't a quick cash grab.
One of the biggest redeeming features of this book was the Narrator in the audiobook version, who does an amazing job voicing all the characters. For this reason alone the book is worth listening to and is the reason I gave it the rating I have.
A good follow up to the first book. The author makes a great effort to look at how intelligent octopus would interact with other life, just as he did with arachnids in the first.
The main problem with these books is the reader doesn't have a character to follow throughout both books. Ivanna is one of the only characters the reader can follow but who has gone from being a human to a computer to good knows what she is now.
A good hook at the end with introducing the faster then light drive (FTL). I'm hoping to see life which humans had no hand in creating and how the new formed union of species in their ships will interact with them.
Great audiobook, can't get enough and looking forward to the next book.
If your a fan of Star Trek, Star Wars or stargaze or just of space you will love the story
The narrator makes every character sound different and it pays off in a big way. If your looking a great book to use your free credit on then this is it.
I will be looking for more books from this author and narrator.
Unlike most self improvement books this author really knows what he's talking about. Afrer reading each section of this book and trying the techniques out it was amazing. I managed to to remember 30 out of 30 random names and objects and after a week I still can remember all of them and recite them backwards and forwards.
I will be reading this again to help me practice the different tips and tricks. I would easily recommend this to anyone and will be buying the other books from this author.