Elliott Lawrence’s Reviews > Consider Phlebas > Status Update

Hello again everyone. Chapter 4 is very long, so only 20 pages read this evening. A very interesting story! Considering the space-operatic, large scale context and incredible detail, the author does well to catch you up on the current events as and when necessary. Detail when it matters, and lighter writing through the rest. Overall, the world building is excellent and the levels of description are very captivating.

A big jump in pages today! Two more whole chapters read. It’s reading more informative than it is intriguing, but that’s mainly because the plot is being set up at the moment. Overall I would prefer some neater storytelling devices to take the book to where it is now, although in the context of the opening chapters, the chaotic scenes and rough nature of the writing fits well with the main ideas presented to now.

I have started my reading journey once again with the same novel I picked up many months ago. It’s pretty good! I read the prologue and the first chapter so… what do I really have to comment on at this stage? Probably not a lot. I just wanted to thank my fans for staying with me this whole time on this long hiatus. Hopefully I’ll keep you all informed on my literary progress more often now. Or not. We’ll see.