Grațian
TL;DR
I very much enjoyed reading this book. Great concept and it was well written. I would definitely recommend it. Though when you hear people say this is a first contact story I don't agree with it since the only time the two civilizations meet is at the end of the book (they do have a brief interaction around the middle part of the story but point still stands)
My Scoring System
I have five things I look for in a book, if the book checks all five it's a 5/5 stars book, if it checks none it's a 1/5 stars and everything else is a combination:
✓ - Main Story: The are two stories going on at the same time, one from the humans side and the other from a different species. I would consider the other species story as the main one since I like it far more than the human ones. I was really nice seeing them grow and
X - Side Stories (if it applies): The humans story was boring, I didn't like it and was trying to get though it as fast as I could to get back to the other species. The only time I was interested was when the humans interacted with Doctor Avrana Kern. When they were talking between them and solving problems with their ship I was tuned out.
✓ - Characters: The human characters were pretty boring in my opinion. I didn't care much for them at all. The other species steal the show by far. Portia, Bianca and Fabian were the stars. I loved all three of them, seeing them starting as "cavemen" and over the generations growing into more complex characters and how different they become compared to their ancestors. Every chapter that involved them were great and fun to read. Great written characters.
✓ - Setting/Ambiance: The human ship is just a hunk of metal, nothing to say about that. The green planet of the other species was interesting and it was interesting to see how they built upon it and created their settlements and cities. Later on the humans visit a different planet that also was pretty interesting to imagine how it would have looked based on it's description.
✓ - Ending: I was nice to see the two species interact with each other even if it was just a brief moment at the end of the book. The ending wasn't bad but nothing amazing. It sets up the next book and I think I will keep reading this series to see where it goes.
Extensive Review
Nothing much to say here, great book for the most part. The human story didn't connect with me. Reading the story of the other species was amazing, I didn't think I was going to enjoy it as much as I did, it was really a great surprise.
TL;DR
I very much enjoyed reading this book. Great concept and it was well written. I would definitely recommend it. Though when you hear people say this is a first contact story I don't agree with it since the only time the two civilizations meet is at the end of the book (they do have a brief interaction around the middle part of the story but point still stands)
My Scoring System
I have five things I look for in a book, if the book checks all five it's a 5/5 stars book, if it checks none it's a 1/5 stars and everything else is a combination:
✓ - Main Story: The are two stories going on at the same time, one from the humans side and the other from a different species. I would consider the other species story as the main one since I like it far more than the human ones. I was really nice seeing them grow and
X - Side Stories (if it applies): The humans story was boring, I didn't like it and was trying to get though it as fast as I could to get back to the other species. The only time I was interested was when the humans interacted with Doctor Avrana Kern. When they were talking between them and solving problems with their ship I was tuned out.
✓ - Characters: The human characters were pretty boring in my opinion. I didn't care much for them at all. The other species steal the show by far. Portia, Bianca and Fabian were the stars. I loved all three of them, seeing them starting as "cavemen" and over the generations growing into more complex characters and how different they become compared to their ancestors. Every chapter that involved them were great and fun to read. Great written characters.
✓ - Setting/Ambiance: The human ship is just a hunk of metal, nothing to say about that. The green planet of the other species was interesting and it was interesting to see how they built upon it and created their settlements and cities. Later on the humans visit a different planet that also was pretty interesting to imagine how it would have looked based on it's description.
✓ - Ending: I was nice to see the two species interact with each other even if it was just a brief moment at the end of the book. The ending wasn't bad but nothing amazing. It sets up the next book and I think I will keep reading this series to see where it goes.
Extensive Review
Nothing much to say here, great book for the most part. The human story didn't connect with me. Reading the story of the other species was amazing, I didn't think I was going to enjoy it as much as I did, it was really a great surprise.