Added this series to my list a few months back. Read book 1 about a month ago and I’m about 70% through book 2.
I’m struggling to understand why this book is so recommended here and on Amazon. Perhaps the English translation version is just bad?
The pacing is terrible and the plot is meandering (to put it nicely). And overall the character arcs and storyline is confusing. It has a ton of filler content that doesn’t add much and feels like it needs an editor to chop it down / tighten it up.
Every once in a while there are some novelties, like droplets (book 2). But last night while reading I was just skipping pages hoping to get it over with.
Was hoping for Alastair Reynolds but this is more Ayn Rand.
I hate quitting a book but I’m just about there. Throwing out a lifeline in case I’m missing something…
It’s hard sci-fi in an old style, the characters are not central like they are in almost all modern sci-fi. Instead it’s a book of concepts. The series created a novel solution to the Fermi paradox, that’s just cool as hell. Book 3 has a timeline scope that’s bonkers. In some ways it might make more sense to think of it as almost cosmic horror than regular sci-fi. It’s definitely not for everyone. And it’s not a translation issue.