Ugh. Gave up and quite reading before the end. The story was dull, confusing and uninteresting. Plus the protagonist was getting on my nerves and I just decided it was not worth my time.
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lnklnx finished reading The Awakening (Broken Worlds #1) by Jasper T. Scott
lnklnx reviewed Non-stop by Brian W. Aldiss
Fine, but felt incomplete
3 stars
Non-stop has a good premise has too many places where there are logical gaps. I have no way to describe this without spoilers, so I won't try - I just feel like greater depth of character development & more backstory could have elevated it from good to great.
lnklnx reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
Love it!
5 stars
Immediately off to buy the rest of the series. This is one of my personal favorite style of story, and Martha Wells does a brilliant job of it.
Sensible, rational sci-fi and a perspective that speaks to me. Top marks all around, and more please!
lnklnx reviewed Bloom by Wil Mccarthy
Swing and a miss
2 stars
A well-written story, but a trash ending. As in, not bad, just a cheap storytelling gimmick that felt thrown together to meet a deadline.
The premise was excellent and had so much potential, but Bloom truly failed to make the most of it. Character development was excellent and made me care about everyone involved but that only made the ending more painful.
lnklnx reviewed Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear
A good premise, but a difficult read
2 stars
Much of the book is told by characters who don't know what is going on, but the result is unfortunately so disjointed and baffling that I wound up clueless to the end.
It shares this with Wool, but in the end Wool executed it better and I enjoyed that book more.
Hull Zero Three lost the thread enough times that by the end I was just glad it was over.
lnklnx reviewed Mount Fitz Roy by Scott Sigler
Good enough, but Earthcore was superior
4 stars
A solid follow-up to Earthcore, but like so many sequels before it, it is really tough to try to beat the original.
Earthcore set the bar really high, and while the new topics explored were a nice change of pace it didn't grip the way Earthcore did.
Regardless, it IS still worth your time.
lnklnx reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
lnklnx finished reading Impact by Douglas Preston
lnklnx reviewed Impact by Douglas Preston
@mosspiglet Thanks for the tip on Adrian Tchaikovsky!
lnklnx rated Autonomous: A Novel: 1 star
Autonomous: A Novel by Annalee Newitz, Annalee Newitz
When anything can be owned, how can we be free
Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, …
lnklnx rated Pushing ice: 3 stars
Pushing ice by Alastair Reynolds
In 2057, Bella Lind and the crew of the Rockhopper mine comets for their ice, but when Janus, one of …