Leviathan Falls

Executive Summary: Endings are hard. This one isn't “perfect” but is quite satisfying.Audiobook: Early on I felt that Jefferson Mays was just OK and kind of hoped for a better replacement. I'm not sure if he grew on me or simply got better, but he does a fantastic job here. I can tell who is talking just by the way he reads. It probably helps that I just redid the entire series beforehand, but either way I highly recommend this series in audio.Full ReviewI was late in coming to the Expanse. I think 3 (or maybe 4?) books were out by the time I first picked it up. However I was pretty instantly hooked. I tore through everything published and from then on I would eagerly await each new book.The series peaked a little for me with [b:Nemesis Games 22886612 Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5) James S.A. Corey https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1407524221l/22886612.SY75.jpg 42456264] and [b:Babylon's Ashes 25877663 Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse, #6) James S.A. Corey https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442247299l/25877663.SY75.jpg 45754030], but I enjoyed it enough to revisit the entire series ahead of this final book. This is one of those series that is really good from start to finish, which is rather hard to do with such a long series.I won't get into any real detail here, but I will say the book answered most (but not all) of my lingering questions and left things off at a pretty good stopping place with a satisfying conclusion.I'm pretty stingy with my 5 star ratings, but one of my go to criteria is a tendency to find extra time to read a book. There were several points in this book where I wanted to listen to “just 1 more chapter” only to find myself needing another 1 (or 2) because I really wanted to know what happened next.I thought the choice of POV was pretty good, although I did struggle a bit with Tanaka. Most of the characters in the series have been interesting, even if they aren't likeable. Tanaka is probably up there with Singh for least enjoyable. I think is in part due to a dislike of the Laconians in general. They zealotry is just hard for me to empathize with. Tanaka is a VERY different character than Singh, but yet I couldn't help to think back to him throughout this book.I've always been drawn more to fantasy than sci-fi with my reading. I don't really like too much “science” in my book. I'm not looking for the author to show me how smart they are with the science in their story. One of the things I've loved about this series is the science seems sound/interesting but doesn't beat you over the head with it. It comes up where relevant, but the characters are the main driving force of the plot.I'm going to really miss this series, because I've yet to find anything else like it. However I appreciate that the authors had a story in mind and they stuck to that. It'd be easy to drag things out or add on extra books because of it's popularity.In the meantime I'm excited for [a:Daniel Abraham 13557729 Daniel Abraham https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s return to fantasy with [b:Age of Ash 58340712 Age of Ash (Kithamar #1) Daniel Abraham https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1639378569l/58340712.SY75.jpg 90047600] while I wait to see what [a:James S.A. Corey 4192148 James S.A. Corey https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1573162332p2/4192148.jpg] has in store for us next.