To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

I have not read any Paolini before, so I am not coming in with any nostalgia over Eragon. I umm-ed and ahh-ed about the star rating for this but in the spirit of trying to be a bit more generous with my ratings I'm plumping for 5 stars.

I read the ‘sneak peak' last year, which comprised of “Part One” of the total novel, and really enjoyed it. It took me a while to get back to finish it off as I am a mood reader and the intervening mood between TSIASOS's release and now has been overwhelmingly fantasy based. It took a while to get back into it given the almost-a-year gap between reading Part One and continuing from Part Two and I had forgotten a couple of things but nothing that made too much difference.

Looking through other reviews, this seems to have been a polarising book but I'm definitely in the positive camp. I was possibly a little more invested in the story/history of the xeno/alien that Kira first encounters as opposed to the, erhum, ‘space squid' as others have dubbed them. I would certainly read more around Kira in the future and the crew of the Wallfish who she encountered along the way.

No, it isn't perfect but no book really is. Some of the dialogue/language used was a little hammy but I can forgive it because of the enjoyment I had from the rest of the book. Yes, it is long. I think it was worth it. If you don't want to read 800+ pages though, don't, that's up to you.