Noisy Deadlines reviewed Caliban's war by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #2)
Caliban's War is a 2012 science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey (pen name …
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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 like her because she was such an oppressive authoritarian. But then we get to understand her motives, her inner feelings and we start to team up with her.
Now the events of this book take a greater scale. The protomolecule that we see in the first book starts to get really frightening (view spoiler).
One thing I didn't understand is the name of the book. What or who is Caliban? Maybe I lost this reference while reading so I'll do some digging to find out.
After I finished this book i jumped right into the Book #3 because now I want to know that will happen to the universe. What is the protomolecule? Is there going to be war against it?
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 like her because she was such an oppressive authoritarian. But then we get to understand her motives, her inner feelings and we start to team up with her.
Now the events of this book take a greater scale. The protomolecule that we see in the first book starts to get really frightening (view spoiler).
One thing I didn't understand is the name of the book. What or who is Caliban? Maybe I lost this reference while reading so I'll do some digging to find out.
After I finished this book i jumped right into the Book #3 because now I want to know that will happen to the universe. What is the protomolecule? Is there going to be war against it?