Reviews

Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds

kreppen's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

mylhibug's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

3.75

peterden's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.75

stinamirabilis's review against another edition

3.0

Readable but quite unsatisfying. It felt like it was supposed to be a snapshot of time, so to speak. A day in the life-type thing. But instead it felt very truncated, like Reynolds got bored and couldn’t really be bothered finishing the story. I have lots of unanswered questions and I think there is so much potential that’s just going nowhere.
Perhaps not the best introduction to Reynolds that I could have picked, so I won’t hold it against him.

readingtasha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

led's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

acrousey's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was a fun read. One of the main characters is a P.I. in an alternate 1950's on an alternate Earth.

bameen's review against another edition

3.0

Good read. Not his best but enjoyable.

jester99's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Fun detective SF story 

jennydb91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5