SDL

Original but obtuse

Revisado: 10-30-23

I really had to power through about half of this before I started to get connected to what was going on, to the nature of the world and the story. It was Bert relationship driven, with a certain amount of political intrigue and conflict and a minimal amount of military conflict (pirates!), but frankly I had trouble understanding any real motivation or rationale that held water behind character actions or behind political or military maneuvers.

I felt the most interesting element was the integration of bots as extensions of human bodies and the interaction with sentient ships as if they were pretty much human, mediated to a degree by the commonality of not extensions of the body. The work and technology are never really explained, which can be great, but left me feeling like I’d need to read this twice for the first half of the book to make any sense.

I can understand why this is highly rated as something that would appeal to well read sci-fi fans that want something original and different, but it wasn’t the enjoyable read I was hoping for and I didn’t feel that most of the plot, technology, or politics held up to the mildest scrutiny. It just went the way the author wanted the story to go.

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