aetx's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
inspiring
relaxing
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? It's complicated
4.25
jeremy_reads's review against another edition
2.0
This book is about 300 pages too long. Wayyyyyy too much driving around mars and describing environments. Idk maybe I just like books that have a plot.
varghoss's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-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
4.75
allanvdh's review
4.0
I’ve absolutely loved this trilogy and am enthralled by Kim Stanley Robinson’s writing of the future.
Definitely moving on to his other books and amazed at how much thought he puts into his futuristic writing and how life will work.
Definitely moving on to his other books and amazed at how much thought he puts into his futuristic writing and how life will work.
idealpigment92's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
xenobio's review against another edition
3.0
Robinson really shouldn't have written a third book, this it just an unnecessary drag. And I don't find it convincing that in a SINGLE CENTURY, within the extended lifetime of the first settlers, you could terraform Mars enough to create an ecosystem capable of supporting polar bears. Remember, they're apex predators.
firegorn's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
sfwordsofwonder's review against another edition
5.0
Check out my full, spoiler, video review HERE. Great ending to a solid trilogy. The science and detail was very through. Type 2 reading at times, but very happy I read the trilogy.
wulfus's review against another edition
5.0
They could do anything. That, however, was part of what made it difficult to bring the congress to a close. Infinite possibility was going to collapse, in the act of choosing, to the single world line of history. The future becoming the past: there was something disappointing in the passage through the loom, this so-sudden diminution from infinity to one, the collapse from potentiality to reality which was the action of time itself
How do we get from here to utopia? Is utopia possible given our shackles to the past? The Mars Trilogy tries to carve that path, though not literally, since all sci-fi in the end is still in part about our current world. Robinson's dialectical exploration of societal change is inspiring because it acknowledges and doesn't shy away from how painful change can be. Over the course of the trilogy, Mars undergoes THREE revolutions and TWO constitutional congresses (and neither is boring). The journey itself is beautiful though. It's so full of optimism and love of life, despite all the struggle. Fantastic trilogy, a triumph.
How do we get from here to utopia? Is utopia possible given our shackles to the past? The Mars Trilogy tries to carve that path, though not literally, since all sci-fi in the end is still in part about our current world. Robinson's dialectical exploration of societal change is inspiring because it acknowledges and doesn't shy away from how painful change can be. Over the course of the trilogy, Mars undergoes THREE revolutions and TWO constitutional congresses (and neither is boring). The journey itself is beautiful though. It's so full of optimism and love of life, despite all the struggle. Fantastic trilogy, a triumph.
jwels's review against another edition
3.0
Interested in some parts, not so interested in others. Skimmed over a lot of parts. I found myself hoping it would end but when it did it was with a wimper. This book dragged along and in my opinion the slowest of series so far.