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So I'm changing my final score on this novel from a solid 3 to a generous 4 stars, because the book was JUST THAT UNPREDICTABLE.
That's an odd thing to say as a re-read, no?
There's lots of places where the novel easily deserves a 5 star, just on reflection, alone, and since this came out nearly 30 years ago I'm not going to fuss too much over spoilers.
Do You Like Chess?
Then this novel is for you.
Do you like mind-vampires that look, feel, and act like Donald Trump, Conservative Religious Nutsos, ...more
That's an odd thing to say as a re-read, no?
There's lots of places where the novel easily deserves a 5 star, just on reflection, alone, and since this came out nearly 30 years ago I'm not going to fuss too much over spoilers.
Do You Like Chess?
Then this novel is for you.
Do you like mind-vampires that look, feel, and act like Donald Trump, Conservative Religious Nutsos, ...more
Sep 23, 2015
Sarah
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world-fantasy-nominee,
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Below review is from my first read.
Five words that I never thought I would say: "Couldn't it have been longer?". Seriously, for someone who dreads a book that passes the 600 page mark, I should have been absolutely dying over this 900 page monster. But...
This is one of those rare horror books that manages to maintain the suspense and horror over the course of the book. Long books often make it difficult for the author to maintain suspense without the story dragging (I'm totally looking at you S ...more
Five words that I never thought I would say: "Couldn't it have been longer?". Seriously, for someone who dreads a book that passes the 600 page mark, I should have been absolutely dying over this 900 page monster. But...
This is one of those rare horror books that manages to maintain the suspense and horror over the course of the book. Long books often make it difficult for the author to maintain suspense without the story dragging (I'm totally looking at you S ...more
Exciting, mind-blowing, action-packed. Just brilliant.
The ending was too positive from my POV,
The ending was too positive from my POV,
This was so good! Never once during the 40 hour audiobook did get bored or wonder how much time was left. This had thrilling, heart pounding scenes, super creepy spine tingling scenes, gut wrenching scenes, touching scenes, and even humorous scenes. On top of that, there were so many unexpected twists and turns that I was always on my toes guessing what was going to happen next. This was my first Dan Simmons book and it certainly won’t be my last.
