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laileanah's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Meh, this feels like a middle installment more than I like.
I also think this was a bit more bloated than necessary.
Still I love the characters I loved in the first novel and am enjoying their adventures.
In many ways the world building occurring outside of the simulation feels jarring and much less interesting than the computer simulated worlds.
This has dated/inappropriate language in describing fictional computer program characters.
I also think this was a bit more bloated than necessary.
Still I love the characters I loved in the first novel and am enjoying their adventures.
In many ways the world building occurring outside of the simulation feels jarring and much less interesting than the computer simulated worlds.
This has dated/inappropriate language in describing fictional computer program characters.
subgirl's review against another edition
2.0
I really really really really hated these. It was so overwrought and idiotic and ugh. But I have a thing where if I start a series, I finish it, but this was pure agony. I nearly didn't but was sort of interested in how bad it could get.
corinth113's review against another edition
3.0
I think I loved Otherland I so much because it was so imaginative and novel, so then when it didn’t really have closure…and then just kept going in this book…and then THIS book didn’t have closure, I just got bored!
amanda_serenity's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
erikars's review against another edition
This book, volume two of the Otherland series, is set almost exclusively in the Otherland network. It would probably be a great book for someone who likes to read descriptions about different worlds where characters have interesting, but largely non-plot-moving or character-developing adventures, and I did enjoy it. However, I eventually started to get a little tired of it (the book is 675 pages). If you divide fiction into the four rough categories of character developing, plot developing, idea developing, and place developing I tend to prefer them in that order. That said, the end of the book started getting good; there was character development and plot!
ablotial's review against another edition
3.0
This is a tough one to review. I'm wavering between 3 and 4 stars, but I guess I'll round down, even though I did like it and definitely plan to continue through the rest of the series. Why round down? Mainly, due to pace. This book is really long, but not a lot happens. Or well, a lot happens but it doesn't feel like it's really important stuff. The whole book is a series of move to one land, get attacked by something, move to the next land, get attacked by something, move to the next land... it's like, I GET IT ALREADY, THIS PLACE IS FREAKING HUGE! But I have to wonder how many of these lands, or the people/puppets they meet will actually come to matter in the end. There are four books in this series. I have to wonder if it could have made due as a trilogy. I guess I'll find out.
Also- characters. So far, Renie and !Xabbu are being treated as the main characters, I think. But their whole thread kind of annoys me. Renie is too... I guess stereotypical heroine. I'm not a fan. And most of the rest of their crew doesn't interest me either, most of them just seem thrown in so there are more people. One is already dead, and he wasn't really useful. I think he just served to make it harder to tell which sim the bad guys were inhabiting. Meh. Orlando's storyline though <3*sigh*. I look forward to his sections, including the ones now with Catur. He and Fredericks are great, and Beezle. And I also like Christabel's sections, though I think the author doesn't do so well with the 5 year old point of view.
Wow, I hadn't realized just how many characters there are! It's like Game of Thrones... except most of these ones matter less to the plot.
Anyway. I'll continue to read the series. The world that [a:Tad Williams|6587|Tad Williams|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1191183065p2/6587.jpg] has created is pretty interesting, and I want to know what the Brotherhood's plans are, and what the coma kids and the circle have to do with it. I'm hooked!
Also- characters. So far, Renie and !Xabbu are being treated as the main characters, I think. But their whole thread kind of annoys me. Renie is too... I guess stereotypical heroine. I'm not a fan. And most of the rest of their crew doesn't interest me either, most of them just seem thrown in so there are more people. One is already dead, and he wasn't really useful. I think he just served to make it harder to tell which sim the bad guys were inhabiting. Meh. Orlando's storyline though <3*sigh*. I look forward to his sections, including the ones now with Catur. He and Fredericks are great, and Beezle. And I also like Christabel's sections, though I think the author doesn't do so well with the 5 year old point of view.
Wow, I hadn't realized just how many characters there are! It's like Game of Thrones... except most of these ones matter less to the plot.
Anyway. I'll continue to read the series. The world that [a:Tad Williams|6587|Tad Williams|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1191183065p2/6587.jpg] has created is pretty interesting, and I want to know what the Brotherhood's plans are, and what the coma kids and the circle have to do with it. I'm hooked!
ainsleym's review against another edition
3.0
Here’s the thing: nothing happens in this book? I mean, I enjoyed it, but the plot and worldbuilding were hardly advanced from what happened in the first book. The characters remain interesting but with few exceptions they don’t change much. Most of the book is spent visiting different parts of Otherland, interacting with the people there, and trying to find a path to the next sim. If the first book didn’t have such an interesting plot/world/characters and Tad Williams’s writing wasn’t as easy to read, this probably would’ve been hard to finish. That said, I do like the series setup and Williams’s writing style, and I’ll continue the series hoping that this is the worst one.