polarcubby's reviews
160 reviews

wow, unique. and interesting too.

I liked the first book best. It was like a police procedural with “special circumstances.” The next two books were just stories about the end of the world. Especially this book, the third one. The journey was odd. Like two steps forward and one step back. It felt like it dragged. Endless. I’m glad I finished the full series but the first book was the most interesting to me.

2.5* This was a weird and confusing read. I enjoyed the straight up dystopian adventure. Actually enjoyed it quite a bit. But all the mysticism and philosophizing was utterly tedious and dull. This book excels at snatching failure out of the jaws of victory. The main character was not allowed to succeed in anything, even if for a moment it appeared like he reached his goal. I don't plan to read the other books and hopefully never try to re-read this one.

Meh. It was kind of interesting but has a distinct lack of appealing characters. No one I really wanted to root for or liked.
At this point I’m undecided on whether I want to read the next book.

Hard sci-fi is hard, but this was a really really fun and satisfying read.

this was weird. the story was interesting but the way it was told wasn't really my cup of tea. I was kind of skimming the last third of the book. I know this is one of the first books the author has written so it might explain things. I don't think I'll ever want to reread this and, to me, this is a good indication of what I think of the book. I might finish the "trilogy" though.

meh