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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

James S.A. Corey

Start date: October 21, 2015

Finish date: November 19, 2015

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Mar 15, 2017 Bee rated it really liked it

Shelves: reread

Can belive I never reviewed this the first time. I know why though, it the same reason as this time, I'm already three book in and didn't even realize. The Expanse is one of the best sci-fi series ever written in my opinion, this is my second time reading it, and we've watched the entire series at least 3 times. It's just so dan good. It's hard to review the books separately, esp the first 3 or so as they really are jsut one big story, and it's great. ...more

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Aug 03, 2013 Janny added it · review of another edition

Shelves: own

Don't start this when you have other responsibilities to meet - a colorful space opera with a relentless pace and wonderfully quixotic characters. ...more

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Oct 01, 2015 Dea rated it really liked it

I was pleasantly surprised to hear terminology that I first encountered in “Moon is a Harsh Mistress”, along with the familiar tension between those whose birth places differ. Seeing the mixture of races and names was also a pleasant reminder of the Luna company. In fact, the whole setting felt like a continuation of the events in the “Moon is a Harsh Mistress”.

The dialogue was well written. The action was well paced, and actually made sense. The characters did not feel one dimensional.

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Feb 25, 2017 Meran rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, novels, crime, apocalypse, science-fiction, politics, fiction, culture, noir, series

Simply written, easy to understand, (these are not criticisms!), this story is bigger than it seems! No wonder the book is so huge. There's not much waste.

Julie Mao opens the book, and is in one of the last parts as well. Her story, entwined with others, provides an almost full, almost complete, circle.

The story switches between James (Jim) Holden out in space on a ship and Miller, a cop on Cerer. Jim and crew and ice miners, hear an auto help beacon, find an abandoned ship, while Miller gets an ...more

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Dec 20, 2017 Katelyn Fenerty rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

This was a great book for a first book in a series!

I saw the first season of the show on tv. I ended up really enjoying the show so I though let me read the book. Come to find out this was a series.

I absolutely love how diverse all of the characters are. They did a good job with that in the books and the show. To me this series seems to be like a space version of Game of Thrones.

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