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I enjoyed this more than I would have thought - it starts off slow, and I had a hard time understanding all the devices and the caste system at first. I still struggled with a lot of the world building and keeping the characters straight at the end, but the protagonist is strong enough that he is able to carry the story. This reminded me a lot of the Hunger Games, sometimes so much so that I found myself wondering if the author took that concept and ran with his own version of it. It was equally
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Scifi BookClub Sept 2016 / Audiobook:
I have so many strong, problem opinions about and reactions to this book. I the wave of loving a series like The Expanse, and picking this book for the Scifi BookClub because the second in the series was voted Goodread's Best Scifi for 2015, I expected a lot of this book......and I got absolutely nothing back.
The main character is superhuman and arrogant a lot of the time. A wife is friged, as an in-chatacter choice, just for the pushing of the male main ch ...more
I have so many strong, problem opinions about and reactions to this book. I the wave of loving a series like The Expanse, and picking this book for the Scifi BookClub because the second in the series was voted Goodread's Best Scifi for 2015, I expected a lot of this book......and I got absolutely nothing back.
The main character is superhuman and arrogant a lot of the time. A wife is friged, as an in-chatacter choice, just for the pushing of the male main ch ...more

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Jan 21, 2022
Melissa
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Melissa
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