Caliban's War

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Published Aug. 6, 2019 by Blackstone Pub, Hachette Book Group.

ISBN:
978-1-5491-5304-4
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4 stars (281 reviews)

Caliban's War is a 2012 science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey (pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck). It is about a conflict in the Solar System that involves Earth, Mars, and the Asteroid Belt (colonies of people living on asteroids, referred to as "Belters"). It is the second book in The Expanse series and is preceded by Leviathan Wakes. The third book, Abaddon's Gate, was released on June 4, 2013. One of eight short stories and novellas published by James S. A. Corey, entitled "Gods of Risk", takes place directly after the events of Caliban's War.

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reviewed Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #2)

The series is like a freight train, constantly picking up speed

5 stars

Everything I loved about the first book, the second book built on. The politics have higher stakes. The characters begin to really grow in interesting ways. Where the first book wrote rules, the second book breaks them in a way that never feels contrived or arbitrary. And the humor is still there.

I am still thinking about why I think the humor in this series is such an important part of it. I'm not 100% sure yet, but I think it's because as high stakes as the story is, it's still a series about humans who grow and laugh. Maybe humor is just important to me because it's where I look for characterization. Like I said, still thinking about it.

Dos grandísimos personajes a la palestra

5 stars

Si bien la primera parte era un duo entre dos personajes. Este ya es más una novela río, tenemos 4 personajes que se van alternando por cada capítulo. Y presentan a dos absolutas cracks de la saga, Avasarala y Bobby. Que les pondrías un piso a cada una.

La historia ahonda en las consecuencias de lo ocurrido en la primera parte, y en un maremágnum político y económico por intentar controlar un poder que nadie conoce, y las consecuencias que puede acarrear.

Muchas facciones implicadas pueden y falsas acusaciones pueden prender una mecha hacia la destrucción total.

Acción divertida, las relaciones entre los personajes aumentan a mayores, ya empiezas a sacarles sus cositas a cada uno. Y lo que quieres es que sigan teniendo aventuras a montones.

Tengo que buscar tiempo y ponerme con el siguiente.

reviewed Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #2)

Read this Series, and forget the TV Show

3 stars

I watched the second season of the TV show and wasn't a fan. I mentioned this in my review of Leviathan Wakes, but the TV show added so many Belter characters, and Avasarala was a main character from day one, so it felt more about Solar Politics than it did about the protomolecule. After finishing Caliban's War, I'm delighted to join the fans of the Expanse universe, and that's strictly because of one thing:

The books are better than the TV series.

I'm sure you're eyerolling, but I'm serious, and I think anyone who liked the TV series will be blown away by the superiority of the novels. It's not a mismatch in expectations, or real-world constraints preventing the fantastical elements from coming to life on-screen... it's about how the author tells a story.

The TV series rewrote the plots of two books, interweaving them into about …

Review of "Caliban's War" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Holden's an idiot, but he's not stupid. If he realizes he's being watched, he'll start broadcasting pictures of all our Ganymede sources or something. Do not underestimate his capacity to fuck things up.

Like in Leviathan Wakes it will be difficult to separate this review from the Syfy/Amazon series but I will do my best.

Caliban's War benefited from additional characters and providing perspective on events happening elsewhere. The scope of conflict and political posturing required more than a Miller or Holden view and the additional voices resulted in an excellent read.

The TV show tried to handle the introduction of Drax and Avasarala and Bobby but it felt incomplete and didn't do their characters justice. The source material was excellently crafted and these new characters resulted in the best chapters in the book.

Avasarala is noted as being a 'bitch' (as per Soren) and she was all bark and …

Review of "Caliban's War" on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Second book of the series.
Fun read, but the plot became less interesting fast. It's very one dimensional. Just one thing happening after another and you never really feel any characters are in real danger.

Hardly the "scifi game of thrones" that some claim it is.

I'm not going to read more in this series

Review of "Caliban's War" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Caliban's War est le deuxième volume de la saga de science-fiction The Expanse signée James S.A. Corey, le nom de plume du duo composé des auteurs Daniel Abraham et Ty Franck. Ayant déjà vu les trois premières saisons de la série TV qui adapte ce cycle de SF pour le petit écran, je connaissais déjà l'essentiel de l'intrigue de cette deuxième tome :

La principale différence avec le premier volume, c'est que nous suivons désormais le récit à travers quatre points de vue. Là où le premier tome alternait les narrations de Jim Holden et Joe Miller, celui-ci s'enrichit de nouveaux points de vue : Joe Miller n'est plus présent suite à la conclusion du livre précédent, mais Holden l'est toujours et est rejoint par trois nouveaux narrateurs :

- Bobbie Draper est une marine de l'armée martienne et la seule survivante de l'attaque de la dernière évolution de la …

reviewed Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #2)

Review of "Caliban's War (Expanse 2)" on 'GoodReads'

5 stars

The writing style of this series is impeccable. Crass when it needs to be, as well as funny, disjoint, confusing & tense - all these threads woven into a fantastic web of intrigue and suspense. Sometimes a character's disposition or emotional state is given in a five sentence paragraph for dramatic effect. It's incredibly surprising how such a small set of words can be constructed in such a manner that seems to never have occurred to me to arrange like that, yet convey such an impressive statement of fact and emphasis.

And then, we have such a thrilling story going on with characters, vernacular and hard sci-fi themes deeper than many contemporary sci-fi stories even begin to attempt.

These are the first set of books I'm reading after seeing the TV adaptation, so I'm not going to comment on much of the story here, since for the most part I …

Review of "Caliban's war" on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

I read this book 6 years after the first in the series Leviathan Wakes. I am going to be honest, I was inclined to pick it up because I watched the TV Series (Season 1). And I loved it! But, I didn't want to watch the second season without reading the book first. 
And I truly enjoyed reading this book!

There are POVs from various characters which makes the story interesting and keeps the pace up. 
Let's start with Roberta "Bobbie" Draper: what a bad-ass character! She was my favorite! I loved to read the description of her Martian Goliath combat suit and know what it feels like to be inside of one. She is tough and compassionate. I liked the mix of strength and sensitivity. 

And Avasarala is another strong female character that kicks ass. She is the deputy to the UN Secretary General. At first I didn't …

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