Oh that I could be like my erstwhile Nanowrimo writing buddy Filthy and vent my spleen in the most creatively offensive manner on the intarweb. Alas for me, and fortunately for you Gentle Reader, I can't quite carry that off, so here is the first of my somewhat cranky but nonetheless fairly polite reviews.
First, Pushing Ice, which is a book of the Science Fiction kind. Although it's a somewhat enjoyable read if you're into this genre, overall it is a sloppy, lazy piece of work. It feels like it was cobbled together - there's about 80% of a decent story in there, but it is marred by a whole lot of stupidly unbelievable character development (if that's the correct term) and gaping plot holes, especially relating to the motivations and actions of some of the alien races encountered in the story.
Although I enjoyed The Prefect, on the whole this is putting me off Alistair Reynolds.
First, Pushing Ice, which is a book of the Science Fiction kind. Although it's a somewhat enjoyable read if you're into this genre, overall it is a sloppy, lazy piece of work. It feels like it was cobbled together - there's about 80% of a decent story in there, but it is marred by a whole lot of stupidly unbelievable character development (if that's the correct term) and gaping plot holes, especially relating to the motivations and actions of some of the alien races encountered in the story.
Although I enjoyed The Prefect, on the whole this is putting me off Alistair Reynolds.
No comments:
Post a Comment