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eleneariel's review
3.0
Predictable? Yes - but with such well-developed characters and complete world-building, you won't care.
nkmeyers's review
3.0
you know how even before you walk into certain retail stores you can tell they may not be for you but the eye candy is just overwhelming and you spend time there gawking anyway even though you don’t like the muzak and you’re pretty sure you’re not going to buy anything you want to make your own ? That would be me reading this book. I would have possibly killed the wayward pet through neglect, impatience or outright hostility myself if given half a chance to step into the story. ;)
As for the westward expansion pioneer life in space setting, that was enjoyable enough as were a couple of the speculative technologies.
As for the westward expansion pioneer life in space setting, that was enjoyable enough as were a couple of the speculative technologies.
hdungey's review
2.0
The only Connie Willis tale I haven't thoroughly enjoyed. It seemed to go on and on, yet I kept reading because I was hoping it would get better.
sarah42783's review
4.0
I was a bit taken aback when I first realized that part of this book was actually a "space romance". I bought Promised Land because it's one of the very few Connie Willis I hadn't yet read and since I'm such a fan of hers I never bothered to read the book synopsis;)
Once I got over my initial surprise, I did end up enjoying the book quite a lot. Granted, it's not one of Willis' most accomplished novels (because of the collaboration with Cynthia Felice?). The characters are a bit superficial and the plot isn't very thick but the book is still a charming and very entertaining read. I particularly liked the "SF meets the Frontier" aspect of the novel and the world that Willis and Felice created in the book. I enjoyed the descriptions of Keramos and of life in the Frontier-like lanzies. Cleo and the fire monkeys were also a nice addition to the cast of characters.
Although Promised Land isn't half as complex or intense as Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog or other Connie Willis classics, it's still a fun, light-hearted tale.
Once I got over my initial surprise, I did end up enjoying the book quite a lot. Granted, it's not one of Willis' most accomplished novels (because of the collaboration with Cynthia Felice?). The characters are a bit superficial and the plot isn't very thick but the book is still a charming and very entertaining read. I particularly liked the "SF meets the Frontier" aspect of the novel and the world that Willis and Felice created in the book. I enjoyed the descriptions of Keramos and of life in the Frontier-like lanzies. Cleo and the fire monkeys were also a nice addition to the cast of characters.
Although Promised Land isn't half as complex or intense as Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog or other Connie Willis classics, it's still a fun, light-hearted tale.
rhodered's review
4.0
Ok it's chick-lit with a bit of sf and western pioneering thrown in. It's not deep. But it's awfully fun if you enjoy this sort of thing by a good intelligent writer. A good lazy day read.
singinglight's review
4.0
I really liked this one, which was scifi with a western feel. That sounds like Firefly, but it’s entirely different–not cowboys on spaceships but homesteaders on another world. Plus, I liked the romance, so that helped.
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