House of Suns (2009, Orion Publishing Group, Limited)
512 pages
English language
Published Nov. 11, 2009 by Orion Publishing Group, Limited.
4.5 stars, not quite enough to warrant a 5 star review. Very enjoyable!
Awesome, epic sci-fi.
I loved almost all the characters. The three POV narration works in this case, and pointed out the differences and similarities of the 'shatterlings' in an interesting way, while outlining their interrelationships the whole time.
The backdrop is impossibly huge, and yet the pieces you see are delivered in bite sized chunks that make it feel you've got at least some kind of handle on things, without it all being a nondescript unchanging blob. Your head might spin, but your feet will stay on the deck plates :-)
If I was looking hard for things to complain about, I'd say there were a few too many loose ends, and an ending that seems both a bit pat at first glance, and a bit thin on a second look. Memories (or lack there of) are just a bit too prominent in too many places, and I'm sure I've …
Awesome, epic sci-fi.
I loved almost all the characters. The three POV narration works in this case, and pointed out the differences and similarities of the 'shatterlings' in an interesting way, while outlining their interrelationships the whole time.
The backdrop is impossibly huge, and yet the pieces you see are delivered in bite sized chunks that make it feel you've got at least some kind of handle on things, without it all being a nondescript unchanging blob. Your head might spin, but your feet will stay on the deck plates :-)
If I was looking hard for things to complain about, I'd say there were a few too many loose ends, and an ending that seems both a bit pat at first glance, and a bit thin on a second look. Memories (or lack there of) are just a bit too prominent in too many places, and I'm sure I've missed a couple of threads on my way through, with all there is to keep track of.
Fortunately the book keeps you sucked in so deeply you'll never stop to nitpick until the day after you're done.
Read this one.
