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The low ratings are worrisome. I'm working through the Night's Dawn Trilogy and wanted to work on this series next. Is it a good idea to read this book before Pandora's Star?

Nutsmuggler I'd skip this book entirely.
I read Pandora's Start first, which is magnificent.
Then I thought I'd go back to this one, which is a kind of prequel.

This…moreI'd skip this book entirely.
I read Pandora's Start first, which is magnificent.
Then I thought I'd go back to this one, which is a kind of prequel.

This is really a young adult book with a small tinge of SF.
It's mostly teenage drama and softcore.
Pandora is the place to start from I believe. (less)

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I haven't read any of the books in the commonwealth series yet, I just found out about them, but I was wondering if I should start with this book or Pandora's Star? Is this something that like is just a good back story for things that happened in the first book? Or is it its own kind of story?

Nutsmuggler It's its own story, kind of a prequel, but a very missable one.
It's mostly teenage drama and softcore.
There are a few details liked to the commonwealt…moreIt's its own story, kind of a prequel, but a very missable one.
It's mostly teenage drama and softcore.
There are a few details liked to the commonwealth saga, but it's small stuff, and stuff you'd get without reading this book.

Pandora on the other hand is great, I'd start from Pandora.(less)

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is there a place in the reading order of the commonwealth series for this book, or is it really a solo, unattached book that is just set within the universe?

Donald It appears to be a prequel to the Commonwealth Universe set just as the cloning technology is being researched, so quite far before the other stuff.

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