john holst
This is a very good book I'm so sad she never got to conti the series after one sequel.
You can really feel the age of this book in the way it describes technology, genders, fashion. Also in how the story was written. Felt very much like an old twilight zone episode where in the last 5-10% every plot point is wrapped up, leaving you wanting more.
DNF page 84.
It suffers from the old style of writing sci-fi where bombarding you with phrases and gobitygook and gee golly the future sure is crazy you can barely recoginize it. Not enough personality .
The red rising series is incredible. Half the time they are spouting relationships and family names I've since forgotten but I'm so interested I look them up again to refresh my memory. And im still pulled through a 600 page book in the blink of an eye. What a premise for a series, what a way with words. I could read about this universe for a long time and not get bored.
I don't know what it is about the world Pierce Brown has created here but it is very compelling. I don't have much of a background in the original greek/roman-esque culture The Society apes off of but it is written in such a character driven and impactful way that I look past my own ignorance at the “et”, “au”, “el”, “dominus's”.
It's such a fun, fleshed out universe. I'm sure the subtly is there for the people who understand that original culture its taking inspiration from. I can't recommend these books enough if you have a love of sci-fi or space drama.
This book is thicc. It was a daunting pick up at the library but the cover and synopsis beckoned. I'm so glad I did and took the time to read it. It was extremely excellent. There were chapters and interludes that I was like okay why are we hearing I want to hear about the main characters but the pay off was always worth it. I'm both eager and frightened to look at what else Chuck has written because they might be tomes as large as this one off story.
The concept is pretty cool. It's a bit too stylistically like other attractive teens save the world from some disaster type movies and books that are out there. That said, I'm interested enough to read the next two.
TThe first half of the book is very good as they bounce through the stories. The second half is just two huge chapters and they are very dense.
This book was very fascinating. It was interesting to read about such a cool collaboration between these two researchers. So many things Danny and Amos researched feel like such a no brainer now, even though there's still a lot of ways for their findings to disrupt industries these days.
So far Michael Lewis' books have really shined a light on very interesting subjects.
I found this book fascinating. I am not a baseball person. I'll watch a game with my dad on occasion but I don't have cable and rarely go out of my way to watch. This book made the topic very interesting. I appreciate the depth of knowledge even if most the names went over my head.
I would say if you even have a cursory passing interest in baseball or math and statistics; check this book out.
This is a really good book. But when I saw the author was inspired by world war z and station eleven I knew I was going to love it because those are also really good books. It has Y The Last Man vibes without going that far.
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This series was very excellent. I first heard about it on The Giant Beastcast podcast, I believe. I cannot put into words how much I appreciate the authors prose. Its not too verbose but not spartan enough not to conjure the scene in your mind. The story is fast past and fun. Some moments I nearly teared up.
I read through this series so fast I had to go back and change the date started and finished in Goodreads because I forgot to tell Goodreads I finished the previous book and started the next. I just could not put these books down.
If you enjoy space operas, this is one of the greats.
This book was fantastic. The world building in it is phenomenal. It held my attention very well. The author expressed a healthy balance between explaining a scene or events but not over explaining and getting into boring detail. You are told exactly enough to picture the characters and scene in your mind.
I'm fascinated to find out what happens to the characters and to see if the author can keep up the quality demonstrated in Red Rising.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys sci-fi or anyone who had enjoyed The Hunger Games or even Enders Game.
This book is very very slow. There are large swaths of 1600s bureaucracy and letter writing which you have to read to get to the very interesting ideas in the 24th century
It was kind of dated and it was a bit difficult to keep people straight. It suffers from being very dated in how they suspect clothing and religion to become superfluous. And at some point they mention how hundreds of gigabytes is alot. That said it was a cool story. I wish they would have expanded on some aspects.
This was a very quick read and a very novel concept for a universe to be set in. It was a lot of fun and I look forward to reading the rest of the series.
The book is mostly split between an “alien” point of view and a human POV. I was much more interested and entertained by the alien perspective and development. A very unique basis for a story.
Its a good continuation of the story but it is a bit of a bummer they are all separated. Higher hopes for the next one. Still a good book
a very obvious two patter this book moved too slowly. There was not enough interaction between the main characters. Lots more inside the heads of the people the chapters were about.
There have been better expanse books.
Man, Kim Stanley Robinson can really write. This was both somber and hopeful, optimistic but realistic.
Chris Hadfield is an exceptionally personable and relatable for an astronaut. This book was a goodread and the advice and insight into the mind of such a successful and beloved space advocate was really worthwhile. I highly recommend this book and his youtube channel.
Much better than some previous books. But not better than the immediately previous book. There are some chapters in this that are from some randos perspective and then there are others from familiar characters that have no actual bearing on the plot. All in all its a good story.
I would actually say it's more of a sequel to the one before.