Bear Head

There was alot of good storyline and I was just starting to understand the new environment and main character when a new character was introduced. Then there was so much stalling of the storyline, introducing backstory (which didn't apply to anything told so far) that I dropped the book.

I see there's another book that just came out. The title is about a character I'd love to understand better and it seems to carry on from this book. Can't decide if I give it a try or call this series quits.

Excelente novela del prolífico Tchaikovsky, que le pega a todo. Aunque personalmente me siento más cómodo con su obra de ciencia-ficción que con la de fantasía (siempre hay excepciones).
Me ha tocado leer la novela en un terrible momento para Europa y nuestro planeta en general. Y no he podido más que asentir varias veces a lo que iba leyendo porque en un tono casi profético el autor describe ciertos hechos y ciertos personajes casi calcados a los top trending del momento (por ambos bandos). Y, en medio, tal como dice uno de los protagonistas de la novela, el p–o currito, que es siempre quien más palos recibe (reales y sociales).
A.T. parece decirnos que, dada la forma en que está creada nuestra conciencia, nuestra supuesta inteligencia (la opresión, la supervivencia del más fuerte), no tenemos remedio y más nos vale salir disparados hacia algún sistema estelar lo más alejado de Sol (si es posible en otra galaxia, donde alguna inteligencia más inteligente pueda mediar entre los tontos humanos) y certificar la muerte de nuestra querida Tierra.
Ojalá que se equivoque.
Lectura recomendadísima.

I loved the first book in this series so much that it was going to be difficult to stand up against it. But reading Bear Head made me realise that my love for the first was bolstered by my love for Rex and that the sequel could be just as good in very different ways.

Instead of loving a character and enjoying the plot as a secondary element, the sequel takes the concept I was enjoying and brought it to the forefront of the story. The new point of view character was less lovable (while still being enjoyable to read), so the plot and the wider concepts had more room to shine.

On Mars, our POV character is a low class worker who resents his life. He doesn???t have much, doesn???t get paid much at all and there???s barely anything to do between shifts. He even rents out storage space in his memory for cash. And then he stumbles into a fight for power that he absolutely doesn???t want any part in. This felt fun, like an action packed science fiction comedy, but also managed to discuss deeper topics and make me think all without taking a break from the enjoyment.

This was my first books by Tchaikovsky, but I???m absolutely intending on reading everything else he has released. A stand out series.