Reviews

Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini

courtneylee16's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

paulralph's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

This prequel is nothing like To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. It’s more like The Old Man And The Sea in space: boring and depressing with an ending that resolves nothing. This is probably the worst book I’ve read this year. 

elmpixie's review

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

raidofdreams's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

dragonflydaemon's review against another edition

3.0

Not sure if its a spoiler or not. I'm a little disappointed. I guess I was hoping for more of a sci-fi direction than emotional/relationship story. It was interesting, but more in the way I wanted to know how it ended than anything else rather than enjoying the ride to the end....

danvinci's review against another edition

3.0

Not as good as To Sleep in a Sea of Stars.. The ending doesn’t deliver at all. This should have been an intro chapters into TSiaSoS rather than a separate book…

kyrasheabutter's review against another edition

4.0

i enjoyed this book once i got into it! the beginning is a little slow and hard to follow ( as most sci fi books are) since there was so many new terms and characters. i really liked how things slowly started to advance and then get progressively faster and faster as it went on. the visual presentation of the sound was very neat. apparently this was a prequel to the series and it definitely piqued my interest into possibly picking up the first book. i would definitely recommend!

gamz's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

dunja_macalister's review against another edition

4.0

This was darker than I expected it to be. Nothing really happens per se, but the main character's introspection was heavy.

rafirth42's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0