A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe was a quick and easy read that started off really capturing my attention but in the end fell a bit short of a four-star review. First the positives. I found the idea of magic in a sci-fi fresh and interesting. The magic powered racing, the tattoos and the way people used their abilities and the technology that resulted was unique. I loved the ragtag crew of the Capricious and their quest to find a legendary spaceship. The characters were interesting and diverse. Lots of great female characters too. The negatives are few, but I felt like the second half of the novel became a bit too action-packed. It was battle after battle, and while I do like a good space battle, there wasn't a whole lot of down time in between to develop the characters a bit more. I came away at the end thinking that the story had spread itself a bit thin. Like it had a lot of great ideas that I would have loved to learn more about, but as the battles took up a large chunk of the story these ideas were not really explored much. At the end of the day though, I would recommend giving this story a shot. I hope that in future novels we get to explore this interesting universe that Alex White has created in a little more depth.