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Bedenke Phlebas by Iain M. Banks

3 reviews

gab1one's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Liked it better on my second read, especially the second half
on the planet of the dead
where the tempo slows down a bit. It's quite grim at times, at others funny.
This book is a subversion of the Space Opera genre, by turning everything to 11 and having the main character be unlikeable, selfish, and unimportant. 
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madamchiroptera's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.0

I was not actually expecting to like this book as much as I did. As much as I like space operas, the older ones tend to feel either a little boring a technobabble-y or there’s just too much problematic stuff that it makes hard for me to read and enjoy. There was still a little bit of that misogyny in this book, but it’s few and far between so it’s easier to kind of acknowledge as a product of its time and move on. 

A main theme that I got from it was kind of the morality of war and what it means to be on a side of that war. I perceived the changers as a metaphor for that. It was interesting and I liked the character’s interactions with each other. 
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el_pato_gigante's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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