![]() I hope the alien weapon gets explored more in-depth and that Miller survived as a part in the Protogen. Knowing this is a nine-book series with a lot of story left leaves me wondering where the authors will take it for the next installments. I also would have liked if the authors had been willing to get a bit darker and explore his mental breakdown and hallucinations a bit more.Ī thing that surprised me is how high the stakes got, with the fate of the human race being at risk by the end of the story. I liked the way they handled Miller's descent, though I didn't like the way his death was a constant teaser that never happened until the end. I don't know why, but “friends-to-lovers” is a trope that doesn't get me as involved as a friendship or a romance. ![]() I also didn't like the fact that the romance with Naomi happened and I would have preferred them to keep on being platonic friends. He also had a very rigid moral compass that I can appreciate but that was sometimes a bit off given the situation they're in. ![]() Holden, on the other hand, wasn't doing anything more than surviving (and causing the biggest war in history). He also felt more real, with goals and objectives even when his life was falling to shambles. I personally liked Miller more than Holden as I felt his characters was more complex and less righteous. Overall, this was a good story that I'll be continuing in the near future but that didn't grab me (neither character nor world or theme-wise) to the point of having the need to start the next book right now. This is a stylistic choice that I personally liked for this story but that may put people off, so keep that in mind before deciding whether to read it. It also wasn't prevalent to the point of breaking immersion or making me lose track of the events that were taking place.Īnother notable thing is that the perspective was third person omniscient (or, at least, felt like that to me), with the narrator knowing what’s going on inside each character’s heads. It did have an interesting mixture of languages (to create this futuristic space jargon) that was almost imposible to understand (at least the parts that weren't in Spanish) but added a nice flair to the story. The prose was nothing spectacular it was easy to understand but it wasn't the most beautiful or impactful I've read. There was always enough that the story was interesting to read throughout and once you started it was difficult to stop but not so much that there wasn't any time to process and take a breather. Like many modern stories, it's character-based (which isn't a bad thing).Ī thing that was well handled was the tension. That said, its themes aren't the driving factor within the narrative. Set in a feasible future, this story explores themes like humanity's tendency to fight amongst each other as well as the forming of social groups and societies. This Solar System based epic sci-fi follows two characters a middle-age cop (Miller) and a spaceship captain (Holden) as the weak balance in power dynamic breaks, leading to drastic consequences. Know any others? Message #scifi and let your friendly mods know! Imaginary Mindscapes - The Art of Imagination.The Orville (Star Trek Comparisons NOT allowed).The Orville (Star Trek Comparisons allowed).Ghost in the Shell and Ghost_in_the_Shell.Previously interviewed authors in the Ask an SF Author series: To write spoilers in comments, use the following method: (/s "Darth Vader is Yoda's father")Īward Winning SF author Nancy Kress answers questions from the Reddit Scifi Community If you see a title with a spoiler in it, downvote it as hard as you can and then message the moderators. PLEASE DO NOT POST SPOILERS IN YOUR SUBMISSION TITLE. ![]()
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