Elliott Lawrence’s Reviews > Consider Phlebas > Status Update

Past page 200! I’m assuming all the chapters in this book are quite long… so no major update tonight. I might switch to a written update every time a whole chapter is finished. Feel free to comment your thoughts on this!

Another chapter over. Extremely interesting and enjoyable. I appreciate how that portion of the adventure was drawn out and more detailed, truly presenting a seemingly inescapable ultimatum to the reader. I enjoyed the humour in some of the action and dialogue, mainly because it wasn’t a pure attempt at comedy, but a clever and witty approach to storytelling.

Another long chapter. One of my dear readers requested a longer update, for which I cannot wholly give yet. However, this chapter is both incredibly intriguing, shocking, and page-turning all at once.

I would like to take this opportunity to remember Peach the skinny guinea pig. She was the world’s cutest skinny pig and brought immeasurable joy. She is in a better place now, but she will be dearly missed ❤️

Finished another long chapter. Very interesting and exciting book. Too tired for a longer update however, so sorry to everyone who was awaiting their favourite time of day reading my post. Bye bye.

Hey everyone. Looooong chapter today so I’m only halfway through it. Pretty good still. Not much to report really. A character I don’t like might get killed so that will be interesting. Ok bye.

Roughly a fifth of the way through now. An interesting chapter! A broader look at the context of the story as a whole. The developments are both interesting and intriguing for someone who loves sci-fi and technicalities. The only caveat is that a lot of the things mentioned are so ‘sci-fi’ that it makes the idea hard to grasp fundamentally, although the general concept is still present.

Hello readers! The long chapter has been finished. An intriguing battle scene which killed off a lot of filler characters that were present just for detail and world building. I’m glad it happened because I could not be bothered keeping track of so many alien sci-fi names. I’m looking forward to a closer look at the characters and their interactions within the main plot, and some interesting developments soon!

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.