As I write this and extol the virtues of the Expanse series, I have a tinge of guilt. I recommend the show to friends, in addition to the books, but I am part of the reason it, the show, was cancelled. ScyFy owned the rights to only the first run of the show and I don’t watch any scripted shows at airtime, I am part of the cause for the cancellation. That said, it has officially been picked up by Amazon, apparently Jeff Bezos is […]
Burden in My Hand
Prior to getting into this book, I should point out that this is a review of the fifth book in an ongoing series called The Expanse. I’ll just summarize for you by saying t’s an awesome, space opera series that I’d recommend to anyone. I will try not to spoil anything from this or previous books, but I’m only human, sasa ke? While the predecessor to this book, Cibola Burn, was dark, this book is really dark. A problem with an ongoing series is that you […]
We’re back in business, baby!
Don’t read this review if you’re planning to read the book. After my unfortunately middling review of book 6 (largely thanks to the Marvel-esque villain problem) I am so happy to report that holy COW we are back! Also please forgive typos, tangents, and the like – I am suffering so mightily from a terrible jet lag. I’m going to beef up these first few sentences of the review because while I hate to call it a spoiler (given that it’s revealed in, like, literally […]
There’s just always so much to digest
Book 6! I did it! And before I got book 7 from the library! I have covered before how much I love these books. Grown up me reading these is like teenage me reading the Star Wars expanded universe. This one may have been a bit of a letdown after how much I loved book 5 (don’t ask me the specific title, because that is long gone), but the standard is so high that doesn’t mean much. Still would recommend over and over and over. […]