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A review by timinbc
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
3.0
A good read, but not a great one. Possibly the weakest of the Miles books.
Great line near the end, speaking of Miles: "You have to have noticed he's a hyperactive lunatic."
The whole cryonics plot is a tad far-fetched. The bad guys seemed a bit tepid; I suppose that's a change from other authors' pure-evil baddies.
The characters aren't much, but there are quite a few sections where the interactions work well.
There's a twist at the end that opens the door for future books and some development of Miles' character. For a while there I thought he was on his way to pipe and slippers and cardigan, and I even feared that he might adopt Jin and Mina (it could yet happen, you read it here first!).
A not-very-good Miles book is still a pretty darned good book.
Great line near the end, speaking of Miles: "You have to have noticed he's a hyperactive lunatic."
The whole cryonics plot is a tad far-fetched. The bad guys seemed a bit tepid; I suppose that's a change from other authors' pure-evil baddies.
The characters aren't much, but there are quite a few sections where the interactions work well.
There's a twist at the end that opens the door for future books and some development of Miles' character. For a while there I thought he was on his way to pipe and slippers and cardigan, and I even feared that he might adopt Jin and Mina (it could yet happen, you read it here first!).
A not-very-good Miles book is still a pretty darned good book.