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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

Dan Simmons

Start date: February 1, 2016

Finish date: February 29, 2016

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Dec 13, 2016 Raquel V rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ne-challenge-2016, audible, audiobooks

3.5 stars

It took me forever, but I finally finished it! I had a very hard time with this book on my first go-round: the first canto was very interesting, but much longer than it needed to be in my opinion; Simmon's descriptions are beautiful, but excessive; and his action scenes are simply dull, no emotion what so ever. So I stopped reading for a few months, realizing I was in no mood for any of that.

But I knew I would eventually come back to it, because I could tell the plot was going to be am ...more

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Feb 03, 2016 Rodrigo Paulo rated it really liked it

I honestly didn't think i was going to like it that much, i guess i had a completely different idea of what it was all about. But right of the start, this book did the job right.
The thing is, when you start to listen to the stories, there's no going back. You will get dragged into hyperion in a blink of an eye.
The characters, the mysteries, the political view of the worlds, the different sides, everything was nicely done, and i don't want to say a lot and spoil things here, but if you like a ...more

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