Reviews

Der Mahlstrom by James S.A. Corey

danjit's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

lilifane's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.0

Aaahahahaha. 
For the first half of the story, I didn't really know how it connected to the main series. At the very beginning, I thought it would be connected to a certain thing, but then the connection was never made... until, at exactly 50%, I realized the connection was there the whole time, I was just looking in the wrong direction lol. 
Be sure that I am very disappointed in myself. 
The theme/plot is not my cup of tea, personally, so I didn't enjoy it that much. But as additional info for the main series, it's amazing, and that's the reason I'm reading all these short stories and novellas. 

flolyric's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-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? N/A

5.0

thatssewash's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

aprzybylski's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

awwa2's review against another edition

5.0

Feels very different from most of the other material in the expanse yet at the same time feels perfectly at home in the world that the authors’ have established. My favourite of the shorts (so far, still a few to go).

tylerruddhall's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.5

x0pherl's review against another edition

4.0

This is one of those stories that was okay-ish, right up to the very end, when it turned very, very good. I should have seen it coming. Definitely better read after reading through Abaddon's Gate.

christiano's review against another edition

4.0

This was by far the best Expanse short story so far

coffeedog14's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

The author's note on this story says that this was amongst the hardest things they had ever written, and to me it really paid off. A simple but very well told story of vice, misery, and pride in the midst of *The Churn*, a term so evocative that I'm confident I'll be getting alot of use out of it.