Igorete reviewed Citónica by Brandon Sanderson (Escuadrón, #3)
Review of 'Citónica' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Istorioa gero eta interesgarria iruditzen zait, bai.
Hardcover, 432 pages
English language
Published Nov. 23, 2021 by Delacorte Press.
4 stars
(37 reviews)
Spensa’s life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been far from ordinary. She proved herself one of the best starfighters in the human enclave of Detritus and she saved her people from extermination at the hands of the Krell—the enigmatic alien species that has been holding them captive for decades. What’s more, she traveled light-years from home as an undercover spy to infiltrate the Superiority, where she learned of the galaxy beyond her small, desolate planet home.
Now, the Superiority—the governing galactic alliance bent on dominating all human life—has started a galaxy-wide war. And Spensa has seen the weapons they plan to use to end it: the Delvers. Ancient, mysterious alien forces that can wipe out entire planetary systems in an instant. Spensa knows that no matter how many pilots the DDF has, there is no defeating this predator.
Except that Spensa is Cytonic. She faced down a Delver …
Spensa’s life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been far from ordinary. She proved herself one of the best starfighters in the human enclave of Detritus and she saved her people from extermination at the hands of the Krell—the enigmatic alien species that has been holding them captive for decades. What’s more, she traveled light-years from home as an undercover spy to infiltrate the Superiority, where she learned of the galaxy beyond her small, desolate planet home.
Now, the Superiority—the governing galactic alliance bent on dominating all human life—has started a galaxy-wide war. And Spensa has seen the weapons they plan to use to end it: the Delvers. Ancient, mysterious alien forces that can wipe out entire planetary systems in an instant. Spensa knows that no matter how many pilots the DDF has, there is no defeating this predator.
Except that Spensa is Cytonic. She faced down a Delver and saw something eerily familiar about it. And maybe, if she’s able to figure out what she is, she could be more than just another pilot in this unfolding war. She could save the galaxy.
The only way she can discover what she really is, though, is to leave behind all she knows and enter the Nowhere. A place from which few ever return.
To have courage means facing fear. And this mission is terrifying.
Trae reviewed Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson (Skyward, #3)
Review of 'Cytonic' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Another great one, really moving. I’m glad I read the novellas in between as this has near zero representation to characters we’ve gone to enjoy from previous books. Good read.
Daniel Darabos reviewed Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson (Skyward, #3)
Review of 'Cytonic' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I liked it and I'm excited for the next book.
I gave it 3 stars, because I find myself disappointed with Brandon Sanderson's "alien dimensions". It's the same as in Stormlight Archive. There is a mysterious alien dimension! (The Nowhere here, Shadesmar in Stormlight Archive.) It serves as the basis of all magic! Mystical creatures dwell there! Ancient portals let our heroes eventually enter the alien dimension!
It all sounds so exciting and in both cases I was so hyped! And when we see the alien dimensions they are kind of interesting. I'm kind of happy with them. But what happens there is surprisingly boring. They travel a lot? They meet mystical creatures and those just help/hinder their travels in mundane ways. They entered these fantastic alien worlds, and just do the exact same stuff as they do on any other weekday. To make things worse, what they do in …
I liked it and I'm excited for the next book.
I gave it 3 stars, because I find myself disappointed with Brandon Sanderson's "alien dimensions". It's the same as in Stormlight Archive. There is a mysterious alien dimension! (The Nowhere here, Shadesmar in Stormlight Archive.) It serves as the basis of all magic! Mystical creatures dwell there! Ancient portals let our heroes eventually enter the alien dimension!
It all sounds so exciting and in both cases I was so hyped! And when we see the alien dimensions they are kind of interesting. I'm kind of happy with them. But what happens there is surprisingly boring. They travel a lot? They meet mystical creatures and those just help/hinder their travels in mundane ways. They entered these fantastic alien worlds, and just do the exact same stuff as they do on any other weekday. To make things worse, what they do in the alien dimension is to a degree detached from the real world. Spensa even laments this a lot.
Plus the Path of Ancients is a massive infodump. It helps break up the boredom of traveling, but there's not a lot of drama you can build on travels and infodumps. For characters we only have Spensa, M-Bot and a new cast. Just like in Starsight. I think the new cast was great in Starsight. But I didn't find it memorable in Cytonic. Chet is a cartoon character. Peg's character is hard to follow. She becomes best friends with Spensa after she wrecks her knee because she's a good pilot? The new alien species are flat. A humanoid with big teeth that plants a tree. A birdman. And some crystals. Only the crystals are functionally different from humans, and they can't do anything.
With all those complaints, the book still does its job for worldbuilding. Maybe we just have to chalk this one up as one huge infodump. We learn everything about the history and mysterious workings of this universe. I'm on board with all that, it's a cool universe!
state_electrician reviewed Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson (Skyward, #3)
Review of 'Cytonic' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I didn't follow updates on this one closely and was under the assumption, that it would wrap up the trilogy. So I was surprised at the end to see that it will take yet another book, coming out in about two damn years, to finally learn how things end for Spensa and her friends. Crap. The story is still quite entertaining and we have come such a long way from the caves of her home world. I will definitely await the final book in the series.
Subjects
- Science Fiction
- Fiction
- Young Adult
- Fantasy