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lizziegracereads's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
darkskybooks's review against another edition
2.0
This was a hugely disappointing end to the trilogy. A confused mess of book, with a weirdly messianic bent. I had enjoyed the tale of the Ness sisters in the first too books - the accidental turn to piracy and the high adventure in a fairly unique sci-fi universe. Bone Silence tries to up the stakes and ends up falling flat on its face. This book is bloated and confused and really should have been split in two as it reads as two very distinctive sections. The hints about the cyclicity of the universe are explored in more depth but the end result is underwhelming. The conspiracy to try and hunt down the sisters is also somewhat of a damp squib.
An example of all the components being there but nothing quite meshing together unfortunately.
An example of all the components being there but nothing quite meshing together unfortunately.
vthurgood's review against another edition
4.0
The timing of Alastair Reynolds trilogy about Readjustment couldn't be more prescient. I wrote a review of Shadow Captain, the second book, where I read parallels into the story with what was happening in the UK at the time. This predates the Covid 19 pandemic but feels like a response to the end of last year just prior to the election, to me.
In the third book a reckoning is arrived at, and a new villain introduced (or maybe another iteration of the spirit of Bossa Sennan?), and a few conclusions arrived at about the quoins, Clackers, Crawlies and Muddleheads. It leaves a bit of room for revisiting later but winds it up if the author moves on.
I enjoyed the books and hopefully you will to.
In the third book a reckoning is arrived at, and a new villain introduced (or maybe another iteration of the spirit of Bossa Sennan?), and a few conclusions arrived at about the quoins, Clackers, Crawlies and Muddleheads. It leaves a bit of room for revisiting later but winds it up if the author moves on.
I enjoyed the books and hopefully you will to.
timinbc's review against another edition
3.0
I give the third star only for scope. I hope this was meant as a YA. That would excuse a few things.
One giveaway would be 2 teenage girls running a ship and no one thinks they might be THOSE teenage girls; another might be Marty Stu Incer, who might be 20 and is a squadron leader. At least with Ender Wiggin we got a back story.
So, we continue with the wildly inconsistent science. We don't have computers, navigation seems to be based on telescopes, but we can put on new limbs in any handy clinic. We have artillery battles at distances in the thousands of miles (OK, it's easier with no air and no gravity but still ..)
"lungstuff" - really?
Three "oh, FFS" items:
(1) The glow was obviously going to
(2) Has any death in all of fiction been more telegraphed than Prozor's?
(3) at the Big Dumb Object near the end, of COURSE the key discovery is JUST beyond the maximum rope length. It's never in the first room, and never in the one they didn't find.
I say, chaps, am I alone in wondering how the young ladies came to converse as if they were at Miss Havisham's Finishing School for Ladies? Except that both often say "ain't". Or how some of the crew seem to have gone to the Gabby Hayes School of Overdone Character Acting, arr, we likes that, doesn't we matey?
All too often this got speechy, or took 1000 words when 200 would have done, and I admit I skimmed a lot.
Saldy, Reynolds hasn't thrilled me since the disaster that was Absolution Gap [my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/104068924?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1]. I really didn't care for the Poseidon series either. We all change, and I guess AR and I have grown apart.
One giveaway would be 2 teenage girls running a ship and no one thinks they might be THOSE teenage girls; another might be Marty Stu Incer, who might be 20 and is a squadron leader. At least with Ender Wiggin we got a back story.
So, we continue with the wildly inconsistent science. We don't have computers, navigation seems to be based on telescopes, but we can put on new limbs in any handy clinic. We have artillery battles at distances in the thousands of miles (OK, it's easier with no air and no gravity but still ..)
"lungstuff" - really?
Three "oh, FFS" items:
(1) The glow was obviously going to
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kill her, except we knew it wouldn't, and she forced a crisis, and .... not much happened.(2) Has any death in all of fiction been more telegraphed than Prozor's?
(3) at the Big Dumb Object near the end, of COURSE the key discovery is JUST beyond the maximum rope length. It's never in the first room, and never in the one they didn't find.
I say, chaps, am I alone in wondering how the young ladies came to converse as if they were at Miss Havisham's Finishing School for Ladies? Except that both often say "ain't". Or how some of the crew seem to have gone to the Gabby Hayes School of Overdone Character Acting, arr, we likes that, doesn't we matey?
All too often this got speechy, or took 1000 words when 200 would have done, and I admit I skimmed a lot.
Saldy, Reynolds hasn't thrilled me since the disaster that was Absolution Gap [my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/104068924?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1]. I really didn't care for the Poseidon series either. We all change, and I guess AR and I have grown apart.
longhorn396's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
sinnylong's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
roytoo's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Alistair Reynolds delivers a sweeping continuation of the Ness sisters' story in Bone Silence. Old foes reappear, new allies are made and lots of stunning revelations.
In the acknowledgements Alistair writes that he is setting the Ness sisters aside "for a while". I look forward to reading more about them and/or the Congregation.
In the acknowledgements Alistair writes that he is setting the Ness sisters aside "for a while". I look forward to reading more about them and/or the Congregation.
shalmeneser's review against another edition
3.0
An underwhelming end to a phenomenal series. Although many of the plot points get resolved, it just... doesn't quite hit. Still a great read.