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…
IMO the books get worse the longer they go, book 1 was great, book 2 and book 3 umm now what is this ? But having said that the way the author talks about space the time it takes and its vastness was the most captivating part to me.
From an idea perspective it was one of the best sci-fi books I have ever read. It’s a book that makes you think about its concepts and you have to be willing to put in that time to simply think oh what is the consequences of this or that idea, or would people do this or that. It’s not a here’s a clear cut story start middle finish.
I read the book years ago and I still think about it sometimes specially at night looking at the sky.