To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse)
During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. Now, Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope.
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I started this book last summer but I struggled so hard to get into it. I loved the Inheritance series by Paolini and was so excited when the audiobook for his new book was listed on NetGalley. So excited!
But then I started listening and I had a terrible time trying to get past the narrator's snarky, gruff tone for Kira. Pretty much every time she said anything to anyone, she sounded like she hated them or was annoyed or pissed off. I even took some time off and thought about the actual conversations she was having and decided to cut her some slack because most of those would have called for that tone of voice. So it was the author, not the narrator, who was to blame!
I decided to give it another shot a few days ago - I was about halfway done - and something clicked. I couldn't stop listening. And I ended up absolutely loving the book. I do have to admit to skipping the vast majority of the final nearly two hours because they were appendixes about FTL and terminology and the like. I did listen to the afterword by Paolini and am glad I did. I enjoyed having the insight into his struggles writing the book.
This is a space epic and, even though I had a rough time of it with the narration in the first half, the narrator was really quite incredible with her voices. There were A LOT of voices and she did a different one for each character so everyone was identifiable just from her voice. I am very impressed.
With all of the drama and excitement and various characters, my favorite was Gregoravich and his regular use of the term of endearment "meat bag." I love you Gregoravich.
A huge thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for hooking me up!
But then I started listening and I had a terrible time trying to get past the narrator's snarky, gruff tone for Kira. Pretty much every time she said anything to anyone, she sounded like she hated them or was annoyed or pissed off. I even took some time off and thought about the actual conversations she was having and decided to cut her some slack because most of those would have called for that tone of voice. So it was the author, not the narrator, who was to blame!
I decided to give it another shot a few days ago - I was about halfway done - and something clicked. I couldn't stop listening. And I ended up absolutely loving the book. I do have to admit to skipping the vast majority of the final nearly two hours because they were appendixes about FTL and terminology and the like. I did listen to the afterword by Paolini and am glad I did. I enjoyed having the insight into his struggles writing the book.
This is a space epic and, even though I had a rough time of it with the narration in the first half, the narrator was really quite incredible with her voices. There were A LOT of voices and she did a different one for each character so everyone was identifiable just from her voice. I am very impressed.
With all of the drama and excitement and various characters, my favorite was Gregoravich and his regular use of the term of endearment "meat bag." I love you Gregoravich.
A huge thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for hooking me up!
A really long book that has so much wisdom and a great story. This is one of those books that you get into the characters and keep rooting for them. He has so much hidden in the book that you need to read it in relation to life to day. For a young person, he has a lot of understanding of life.
Three stars seems low, so it's probably more like a 3.5, but I had a hard time getting through this and overall didn't love it, so it ended up on the lower end. TSIASOS has some really interesting concepts, but it felt repetitive in its storytelling. It's overly long despite feeling like the central conflict is never fully realized within the 800+ pages.
I cannot describe in words how delicious this book is. There's aliens, space, different planets and solar systems, war, politics, struggle, hints of mental health and disparity, how important socializing is as a human, and I think by the end he touches in topics of existentialism and spirituality. This is by far one of my favourite books.
I never read Eragon growing up, and I don't think I will, but Paolini definitely outdid himself here. This novel is well research, well presented and well told. Do yourself a huge favour and read this novel.
As someone who works in the scientific field (microbiology) I could easily put myself in Kira's boots mentally and emotionally. I can appreciate the understanding of this book and how well Paolini researched the themes and topics in the books. I hope there's a sequel or at least more sci fi from Paolini.
I never read Eragon growing up, and I don't think I will, but Paolini definitely outdid himself here. This novel is well research, well presented and well told. Do yourself a huge favour and read this novel.
As someone who works in the scientific field (microbiology) I could easily put myself in Kira's boots mentally and emotionally. I can appreciate the understanding of this book and how well Paolini researched the themes and topics in the books. I hope there's a sequel or at least more sci fi from Paolini.
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