patchworkbunny reviewed Broken Angels by Richard K. Morgan (Takeshi Kovacs, #2)
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2 stars
Like others have said, it just doesn't stand up to Altered Carbon. The character development seems to have gone second to descriptions of the technology or politics, which does have it's place but doesn't help the book flow. In a normal sequel, you'd be a bit more comfortable with the characters already but in Kovacs' world, this doesn't work. Kovacs is the only character (as far as I can tell) that is in both books. I had trouble understanding why he did what he did at the end - Morgan writes it down to the wolf gene splice and maybe that's good enough for some but I didn't 'feel' enough for the characters to get it. And there's a really cheesey and somewhat pointless virtual sex scene.
I would say it's one for the die hard sci fi fans rather than someone (like me) that dips into the genre now …
Like others have said, it just doesn't stand up to Altered Carbon. The character development seems to have gone second to descriptions of the technology or politics, which does have it's place but doesn't help the book flow. In a normal sequel, you'd be a bit more comfortable with the characters already but in Kovacs' world, this doesn't work. Kovacs is the only character (as far as I can tell) that is in both books. I had trouble understanding why he did what he did at the end - Morgan writes it down to the wolf gene splice and maybe that's good enough for some but I didn't 'feel' enough for the characters to get it. And there's a really cheesey and somewhat pointless virtual sex scene.
I would say it's one for the die hard sci fi fans rather than someone (like me) that dips into the genre now and again. Though I probably enjoyed the last third of the book more.
