Dune reviewed The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
Love it
4 stars
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mass market paperback, 710 pages
English language
Published June 30, 1998 by Spectra.
4 stars
(133 reviews)
Nick Barlow reviewed The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
The future of humanity is at stake? Yes, but have you considered my manpain?
2 stars
I enjoyed the first part of this, when things that had been set up in the previous books were finally paying off and there was a sense of things coming to a crisis point out of anyone's control. Then the plot skipped forwards a few years and we had to focus on Raul's whining for far too long. The main revelations all come about through someone infodumping them because we can't reveal them through plot when all that space is being taken up by Raul having a crisis because while he's having wonderful, amazing, sex with the girl he's known since she was 11 (and yes, ewww to that whole thing) she might have had a relationship with someone else, and we can't have her having her own agency. Then we might have to treat her as a character, not a plot function, and that won't do. Add in a …
I enjoyed the first part of this, when things that had been set up in the previous books were finally paying off and there was a sense of things coming to a crisis point out of anyone's control. Then the plot skipped forwards a few years and we had to focus on Raul's whining for far too long. The main revelations all come about through someone infodumping them because we can't reveal them through plot when all that space is being taken up by Raul having a crisis because while he's having wonderful, amazing, sex with the girl he's known since she was 11 (and yes, ewww to that whole thing) she might have had a relationship with someone else, and we can't have her having her own agency. Then we might have to treat her as a character, not a plot function, and that won't do. Add in a few descriptions that come close to "she breasted boobily into the room" and it's yet another SF "classic" that shows just how little the male domination of the field was questioned.
Loïc Dachary reviewed The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
Best book ever
5 stars
The grinch
cristianopala reviewed The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
Review of 'The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
terzo capitolo dei "Canti di Hyperion" e un altra conferma del talento di Simmons. Siamo molto lontani dalla cupezza e dalla grandiosità dei primi due capitoli, qui la storia si fa più piccola, più votata all'avventura tout court, ma non per questo meno appassionante...
Strakul reviewed The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
Review of 'The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This was an enjoyable read and, though I read it slowly, I thought about it often. The plot is simple, but engaging, the characters unique, and the setting very interesting. I know the subsequent books are very different in style, but given the ending of this book, I'll certainly have to check out them out.
For my full review, check out my blog: strakul.blogspot.com/2016/08/book-review-hyperion-by-dan-simmons.html
Konstantinos Kavourakis reviewed The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
Review of 'The Rise of Endymion' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Epic conclusion of the Hyperion Cantos. An Oddysey coming to an end, everything falling into place.
Zéro Janvier reviewed The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
Review of 'The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Le point final d'une oeuvre magnifique, avec ce quatrième volume de la saga Hyperion / Endymion. Un très grand souvenir.
Yashima reviewed The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
Review of 'The Rise of Endymion' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Nice finale of a great series. It took me a while to get the final twist with the two missing years.
Bob Irving reviewed The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
Review of 'The Rise of Endymion' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I couldn't put this book down. And I don't like long multi-book series as a whole. Unlike others, I enjoyed the religious conversations, the mysticism, even the descriptions of planets. I liked Raul and his sense of humor, and I even went for the romance between Raul and Aenea.
To contrast, I read this after reading Fire Upon the Deep by Vinge and found this much more engrossing.
Leaf reviewed The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
Review of 'The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion)' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
Don't be like me. Have the next book on hand before you finish this. Just warning you.
