J S Morin

The Good: Gripping novel, fascinating world, some likeable characters.

The best trope was that robots were copies of living humans, but quirky, like people with autism, or from an exotic tribe with weird customs, despite them being copies of our own contemporary culture.

I'm strongly tempted to read the next book.

The Gripes: It needed about 100 pages cut. It has many chase scenes where the villain has the hero in their clutches & the hero escapes inexplicably or implausibly.

Some information travelled too fast (i.e. the true motives of the villain were known to everyone mid story long before the villain could tell everyone), some information spread too slow, (the hero didn't call this world's police or for any backup & was generally secretive for no clear reason other than to keep other characters from cluttering the story).

And finally, Plato was a deus-ex-machina character with too much power to fix problems for an escaped lab animal.… (lisätietoja)

It looks like it took me a long time to read this, but it's actually four short novels. Really great space adventure with an engaging cast of characters. I enjoyed the way the author moves around the crew, giving each one their time in the spotlight. It keeps the storylines fresh and interesting, even if you're reading several books in succession. The mix of magic and SF makes for a lot of fun, and yet the magic is not so powerful as to make everything too easy. Highly recommended. I'll be reading more by this author for sure.… (lisätietoja)