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I liked the hard sci-fi premise, and learnt a lot about the cultural revolution, but at least in the Spanish version the dialogues are awful. They feel incredibly unrealistic, and give me a constant cringe feeling. Probably is just a bad adaptation from Chinese, and in the original version they feel more natural.

Otherwise, looking forward to read the second part. I just hope they don’t speak too much.

A short read while travelling in the trains. Easy to read, presents a quite original idea, but sadly doesn't develop it more, leaving you with thirst for more.

As a video game adaptation, it is not the greatest book, but for the fans of the game, it makes a good summary of the story and established a canon of events (something complicated with so many endings).

It also focuses a lot on the thoughts of the characters and motivations, and also explains some of the most confusing parts of the ending (greatly appreciated).

As engineer, I also found very funny how accurately pods behave like a kubernetes cluster.

If you are a fan of the saga, this could be perfectly a 4-5 stars book because it completes and clarifies the game. If you come with no knowledge, it is a 2-3: entertaining, but not great.

As usual in Sanderson's books, the start is slow, invested into world building and a new “magic system”. The setup has charisma, and we can see how the characters are so different yet so similar, both trapped in their own duties, loneliness, and trauma.