Leviathan Wakes
2011 • 621 pages

Ratings1,215

Average rating4.2

15

There were some good parts, but I was expecting more. Miller didn't do much for me. He's your typical hangdog noirish detective with questionable work practices (apparently) and an alcohol problem told to find a missing Earth girl whom he promptly falls in love with because...I have no clue. She's hot? Her emails made her seem cool? He's only interesting when he's being pragmatic in response to our hero Holden's quintessential naive idealism. I was more interested in the side characters than these two. My favorite parts were actually the Eros horror parts. There are some interesting things going on, but I don't feel compelled to read the next one soon. Eventually. But I think they hype was too built up for the book to meet it, for me.

July 27, 2017