Josh Alwitt

Clever and entertaining

Revisado: 01-25-25

The story of the service model, which could come across as just being silly, instead becomes a compelling and even humanistic story. The logical and well meaning, but ultimately uncomprehending robots interact with each other in very humorous ways. A wonderful story, exceedingly well narrated by the author.

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Probably better if it’s in Italian

Revisado: 01-25-25

This author was recommended to me by an Italian friend, and I can imagine that the writing and even the narration would be more compelling in Italian. One thing that takes away from the book is the narrator having to read court documents and these come across as very dry. It may be very close to historical events, and makes reference to real world news, but the story itself is not that compelling in this form.

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Not the best book in this series

Revisado: 01-25-25

A bit of a letdown if you have been following this series all the way from Revelation Space. There are some interesting twists and surprises, but overall they are not stitched together as coherently as in the previous books in the series.

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Classic LeCarré

Revisado: 01-25-25

Marvelous storytelling with in-depth character studies. The narration is as good as the writing.

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Surprising and horrifying

Revisado: 12-15-24

No spoilers here. Just be prepared to be surprised, and then again, not so surprised given recent events and human nature.

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Creative ideas jammed together with more loose ends.

Revisado: 09-14-24

Solid narration as always on Reynolds’s books. A creative plot with nice twists that moves the arc of these novels forward, but not tight enough to be his best. A few too many characters and some of their dialogue is quite wooden. Overall worth listening to if you are already invested in the series.

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Imaginative with complex characters

Revisado: 03-22-24

Slow start but the story builds, first through a sci fi version of the Canterbury tales, then a more mainstream style with movement through time. Overall strong narration, except for the Brawne Lamia character, whose dialogue comes across as wooden. 

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Murderbot has jumped the shark

Revisado: 11-28-23

I love the murderbot series, and waited with anticipation for the latest addition. But I swear, this book was written by ChatGPT. It is so formulaic, uninteresting, and lacks the psychological interplay between Murderbot, the humans, and ART. The narrator makes Murderbot sound like a petulant teenager, and also made me wonder if this series has drifted into YA fiction. I couldn’t listen past the 4-hour mark.

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Worth a listen

Revisado: 11-18-23

Not the finest Renko novel but entertaining and very well narrated. No major gaps but lacks the suspense and twists of earlier novels.

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Fantastic imagination

Revisado: 11-13-23

I have read Alastair Reynolds before, but I was not expecting all the twists and turns that he offers in Revelation Space. The narration is strong, the plot keeps the tension going, and it stays just within the realm of believability for the world he has created.

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