Roger

Original story and characters.

Revisado: 03-18-25

Great story with fascinating depth and originality. Great interplay between characters.
Performance generally good, but all male characters sounded the same.

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Couldn’t finish

Revisado: 04-25-19

Some potentially interesting plot lines, but many dull diversions. Cheap stereotypical characters. Stopped after an hour.

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Beware--Plot based on a blatantly illegal action

Revisado: 01-16-18

Weir returns with his brilliant engineering descriptions. The narration is excellent.

However, I had two serious issues with this book. First, the heroine immediately performs an illegal act. There is no persuasive motivation, such as to right an immoral wrong.

Also, and this is personal, I have a hard time with male authors writing first person female characters. As a man, I can't imagine how male writers can authentically describe female motivations. Always seems weird to me.

The excellent engineering and narration cannot make up for the deficiencies in the plot.

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Great performance, interesting characters, dumb story set up.

Revisado: 11-13-17

It is almost illogical to criticize fictional technology in SF, but I found the underlying idea unconvincing, actually dumb.

I listened because of the performance and characters.

Also, warning: some gruesome scenes. Characters who do terrible things get rehabilitated without any justification or penance.

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Not much of an ending

Revisado: 04-03-17

The set up for the great battle was ok, but when it came, nothing much happened. The book set up the characters but they did not get to interact before, during or after in the battle. There was no great conflict, either in the battle or between the characters. No tension at the end at all.

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An original and exciting trilogy

Revisado: 09-26-16

One of the best SF books ever, in both writing and performance.
Original plot, magnificent characters, many surprising plot twists and turns.

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Overwritten, lame plot, predictable

Revisado: 09-26-16

All the words are used up in the first scene; fear, sweat, pain. Therefore, there is no tension in the rest of the book, just more fear, sweat, pain. The "game" is boring, with no interesting problems, no clues, no excitement, nor innovative solutions.

There are long periods of walking through hallways "for hours." The plot is not very original and I found the ending entirely predictable. I seriously considered abandoning the book, but finished it so as to write this review to spare others the pain.

However, given that the writing is so bad, the performance is actually quite good. Davies manages to deliver each scene with care, passion, and adds a variety of tone, despite having to read the same words over and over.

To help calibrate my review, I thought that Brown's Red Rising trilogy was the best writing and performance in a long time.

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Brilliant performances, moving story

Revisado: 09-11-14

The reading performances of the three major characters were outstanding. Nettleton as Eve, was perfect, with the flattened English accent of someone who has lived in the US for 20+ years. I loved the mix of Englishisms and Americanisms that we (yes, I am one) accumulate. Also, her gradual, but subtle, decline was compelling and the attraction to the cop-as-savior was moving.

I didn't want to listen to the Thatcher character, the brute, but, of course, that was the point. The motivation of the character only slowly emerges because his is a story that is revealed over time, and the author had the courage to let it evolve at the right pace.

I loved the gruff cop. I admit it took a while to get through the hoarseness, but, gradually, the character and reader won me over.

The story only gets 4 stars because there are two conclusions (I hesitate to say "endings"). The first is the inevitable outcome that the author leads you towards through both the structure and the content of the story. Presumably, this was all intended to set up the epilog, which I won't give away here. While cleverly done, I thought it was not particularly well motivated within the story.

This is a book about the gradual change in people under the stress of a terrible situation. (This is not an adventure story!) Motives emerge and characters change subtly revealing their true nature. In some way, each character becomes the opposite of what you thought they were.

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Avasarala: One of the best SF characters, ever!

Revisado: 01-17-14

Avasarala is a marvelous character. Evey time she shows up, interest level soars.

Mays's characterization of Avasarala is one of the best performances available at Audible. (I've listened to many, and not just SF.) Understated, but powerful.

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Decent -- not as good as Linclon Lawyer

Revisado: 10-29-12

Personally, I am not a fan of the modern trend towards stories about really sick crimes. Decent characters and ok plot. Well read, good characterizations.

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