Will Sargent reviewed To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini (Fractalverse, #1)
Not great
2 stars
Reads very much like it was written by a 12 year old
hardcover, 880 pages
Published Sept. 15, 2020 by Tor Books.
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
3 stars
(4 reviews)
Daniel reviewed To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
Trilogy Read
5 stars
I think this is three books that I listened to as a single book. Engaging but at times I was thinking “what is taking you so long to figure this out”. Aliens were quite alien but had human thought processes as well. I enjoyed it nonetheless, although I did not care for the Epilog.
[email protected] reviewed Idéalis by Christopher Paolini (Fractalverse, #1)
A bland, not well-written sci-fi book
2 stars
Content warning Spoilers
Meh. For someone who read a bit of sci-fi, this book is really bland. Characters are behaving inconsistently, which makes it difficult to relate with them. I turned the pages, one sci-fi cliché after another, waiting for have some narrative signifiance. But the ruthless space marine who is actually kind, the alien-that-is-different-from-us-but-is-actually-thinking-just-like-the-humans-in-the-books, the countraband ship captain who is also a love interest... This first book does not really hype me for the upcoming sequel.
John Best reviewed To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
Enjoyable,
3 stars
I originally found a hardcover copy of this book in a "free books" bin, then borrowed the audiobook edition from the library. I definitely enjoyed it, but I never felt emotionally invested in the characters. The episodic nature of the plot made the book feel very long; whenever I expected things to wrap up another conflict was tacked on.