Review: My Own Kind of Freedom, by Steven Brust

My Own Kind of Freedom: A Firefly Novel by Steven Brust

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


It was SO GREAT to be back with these characters after all this time! Brust does such a good job of capturing their voices and thoughts (especially, and most impressively, River) that it really does feel like I'm back in the world of Firefly. My only complaint would be that there could have been a tad more description (so much of the story is rendered as dialogue or thoughts), which I assume had something to do with the novel's origins. But it definitely gives it a consistent style, and I didn't mind the lack of attribution in each segment, because it's quite easy to work out whose point of view is being rendered simply from context and what we know about these characters (not really a book I'd recommend to a Firefly newbie because of this though). And the story's a little bit predictable and standard (ie, another bullying overlord has to be put down), which might have been what hurt its chances at getting a publishing deal. Otherwise, the thing is damn good. I only wish there had been a glossary or something at the back of the book which translated all them Chinese cuss words! Well done, and I'm looking forward to the 'official' books in the series that are apparently coming our way soon.



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