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imaginary_space's Reviews (246)
I had a hard time finding out why I don't like this book. I think I finally have.
The writing is really good and very entertaining, as are the insights into different people's lives. What I enjoyed most were the chapters with the personal stories of all the gods.
I did not care much about the main story, nor about Shadow. Although most of the book is written from his perspective, I never really got a feeling for him as a character, most of the time it seemed he was just there so somebody could tell the story of the gods. But for this, there are too many chapters focusing on Shadow which are, because of his lack of character, boring. Maybe Americans can relate more to the 'small American town live' chapters and therefore find them less boring.
I would love to read a short story collection of just the gods' tales, because there were great, original ideas in them, told entertainingly.
The writing is really good and very entertaining, as are the insights into different people's lives. What I enjoyed most were the chapters with the personal stories of all the gods.
I did not care much about the main story, nor about Shadow. Although most of the book is written from his perspective, I never really got a feeling for him as a character, most of the time it seemed he was just there so somebody could tell the story of the gods. But for this, there are too many chapters focusing on Shadow which are, because of his lack of character, boring. Maybe Americans can relate more to the 'small American town live' chapters and therefore find them less boring.
I would love to read a short story collection of just the gods' tales, because there were great, original ideas in them, told entertainingly.
I enjoyed the second book in this series as much as the first.
Murderbot is a very relatable protagonist without loosing the feel of an AI. ART and the other new addition to the AI world of the book (won't name for potential spoilers) are great and I really like where the story is going and what we learn about Murderbot's world in the process.
The author has a talent for laying out a world through the progress of the story, without long descriptive paragraphs that interrupt the action, which is refreshing, specially in sci-fi.
I can't wait to read vol. 3.
Murderbot is a very relatable protagonist without loosing the feel of an AI. ART and the other new addition to the AI world of the book (won't name for potential spoilers) are great and I really like where the story is going and what we learn about Murderbot's world in the process.
The author has a talent for laying out a world through the progress of the story, without long descriptive paragraphs that interrupt the action, which is refreshing, specially in sci-fi.
I can't wait to read vol. 3.
