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A review by sweekune
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
4/5
Audiobook narrated by Jennifer Hale
A woman, Kira, surveying a moon orbiting a gas giant finds an alien organism that forms a suit for her. Previously unknown xenoorganisms start attacking human colonies. Joining with the crew of spaceship Wallfish, Kira has to work out how to stop the conflict and fix a dangerous interstellar problem.
- This book is long and technical. For the most part I enjoyed this but occasionally I felt things could have been condensed or made more interesting. If you enjoy harder sci-fi though, this book is a treat and has detailed diagrams and explanations of the science as appendices.
- I adored a lot of the side characters, my favourite probably being the shipmind Gregorovitch who was delightfully weird and fun. Kira though sometimes fell a bit flat for me and a little Mary-Sue.
- The world-building was very good and I was happy to learn there will be more books in this universe.
Long but interesting. Good for fans of hard sci-fi, alien life forms and interstellar adventuring.
Audiobook narrated by Jennifer Hale
A woman, Kira, surveying a moon orbiting a gas giant finds an alien organism that forms a suit for her. Previously unknown xenoorganisms start attacking human colonies. Joining with the crew of spaceship Wallfish, Kira has to work out how to stop the conflict and fix a dangerous interstellar problem.
- This book is long and technical. For the most part I enjoyed this but occasionally I felt things could have been condensed or made more interesting. If you enjoy harder sci-fi though, this book is a treat and has detailed diagrams and explanations of the science as appendices.
- I adored a lot of the side characters, my favourite probably being the shipmind Gregorovitch who was delightfully weird and fun. Kira though sometimes fell a bit flat for me and a little Mary-Sue.
- The world-building was very good and I was happy to learn there will be more books in this universe.
Long but interesting. Good for fans of hard sci-fi, alien life forms and interstellar adventuring.