Kibrika reviewed Matter by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #8)
Review of 'Matter' on 'Goodreads'
This one was a straight up action flick in my mind. I forgive it for being a bit medieval because it was quite interconnected with the sci-fi. It was cool to see a not so developed society that has it's gods somewhere actually existing, probably, being aware of "optimi" or the highly advanced aliens and yet getting on mostly on their own. It was nice to have non-heroic characters become heroic due to circumstances. And it was nice to not have a pure happily ever after, because so many of the characters actually died. Still it felt mostly like an action flick.