This book is written by half of the author team that Voltrons into James S.A. Corey. Unfortunately, that means my expectations going into it were VERY high. It was an absolutely fine book, but A of all, it was fantasy, not sci-fi as the recommender claimed; and second of B, it was pretty standard fare for fantasy. In this fantasy land, poets hold the highest honor in the land, because they can capture concepts and give them form and volition. Once captured, though, the anthropomorphized […]
Nemesis Games
You guuuuuuuuys. This one was so good. I think they’re ALL good, but I know some people struggled more with book four. I hope nobody struggled with this one, because it got deeper into these characters that we already know and love, and I was legit worried about the heightened levels of peril. Which seems surprising, given how often the crew of the Rocinante finds themselves in the midst of universe-spanning drama. In book five of the Expanse series, our intrepid crew finds themselves separated. […]
Another 5-star review from this Expanse stan
This series has become essentially un-reviewable for me. I give every installment either four or five stars, and I have the same good things to say about every one. Without digging deeper into more specific plot points, which I don’t tend to do in my reviews, there aren’t a lot of new ways to praise overall themes or achievement in character development. However, Persepolis Rising is actually a bit different from its predecessors, particularly in that last respect. It opens after a considerable time-jump from […]
Oceans rise, empires faaaaaaall!
This review will be one of the more spoiler-y reviews out there. It’s about book seven in a series so it’s hard not to talk about things that have happened. That said, here we go: One of my favorite aspects of the Expanse series is the wonderful titles of each novel and trying to figure out how it relates to the book. You see, each book is title something very grandiose and magnificent from somewhere in myth, legend, literature, or religion. Book one is Leviathan […]