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gossamer_lens's Reviews (1.48k)
This got a little more serious than the first book. Still remained fun and light-hearted overall though. Quick read and entertaining. I am seriously tired of the main character's indecisiveness though.
While nothing terribly complicated or deep, this book isn't terribly written and it is fun. Interested to see where the next book goes. I'm hopeful Cass will write in some bigger plot twists/reveals after having used this book to present things "as they seem".
I feel like I gained some knowledge from this. I do think however this is a book of Astrophysics for People Already Into Astrophysics and Who Want to Listen to a Long Love Letter to it in a Hurry.
Not a bad book, and made better by Tyson's reading the audiobook himself. I just feel like Tyson really didn't know what the point of this book was or who his audience would be. The title made it sound like it would be a brief introduction to astrophysics. Instead, it was more of a meandering story/info dump about some of the things in astrophysics/cosmology that Tyson loves. He clearly put a lot of heart into this work. It just wouldn't have been of any interest if I hadn't already known something about his work. It was sort of strange and confusing even with knowing something already about astrophysics. Could have used the whole thing being allowed to be longer, to get more info in, or overall being simplified.
Not a bad book, and made better by Tyson's reading the audiobook himself. I just feel like Tyson really didn't know what the point of this book was or who his audience would be. The title made it sound like it would be a brief introduction to astrophysics. Instead, it was more of a meandering story/info dump about some of the things in astrophysics/cosmology that Tyson loves. He clearly put a lot of heart into this work. It just wouldn't have been of any interest if I hadn't already known something about his work. It was sort of strange and confusing even with knowing something already about astrophysics. Could have used the whole thing being allowed to be longer, to get more info in, or overall being simplified.
Some of the “romance” in this book felt really really forced or just like it came out of nowhere for how invested some of the characters then acted like they were. Broke the narratives pacing and intrigue for me at points. But overall it was fun and enjoyable and the resolution to some of the events felt quite solid. I am interested to see where it goes in the following book(s).
The first book had some promise. This one just went all downhill. I cannot believe how much our main characters get sidetracked with thinking about abs and hair and just anything except for the actual war/danger happening. The bad guys all feel like ideas for characters as they dramatically do something but then have no personality. Also, everyone's powers got way stranger, the twists came out of nowhere but somehow still weren't surprising, and I just cannot get over the fact that every character has had this "tragic back story" to make them redeemed for no reason. Let someone be a bad guy or a good guy. Not every guy needs to have been abused to have a character.
Could have maybe given it a 3 star as I enjoyed it relatively as I went along. But the last bit of this story just didn't make me interested in continuing and I didn't like the characters' choices in wrapping up this part of the story. Might read the next book one day, if it is available at the library and I have nothing better to listen to... but I kinda doubt that day will ever come. Would be open to reading other works of Mafi's if any of them are less teen heartthrob-focused.
Could have maybe given it a 3 star as I enjoyed it relatively as I went along. But the last bit of this story just didn't make me interested in continuing and I didn't like the characters' choices in wrapping up this part of the story. Might read the next book one day, if it is available at the library and I have nothing better to listen to... but I kinda doubt that day will ever come. Would be open to reading other works of Mafi's if any of them are less teen heartthrob-focused.
