A review by zolama
Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds

3.0

This was alright, but definitely one of Reynold's best, I think. The dialogues were kind of awkward, occasionally, and too focused on exposition. A lot of the early threads also didn't really get a satisfying conclusion. Overall, I liked the Paris stuff a lot more than the space stuff, mostly because the latter felt like it dragged and rushed at the same time and because it followed action-film tropes more than it did Reynold's usual sci-fi fare.

Anyway, century rain is a decent alt-history novel with good mystery and sci-fi elements that struggles to stick the landing.