A review by feoh
Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey
5.0
It's not every day you find a franchise that's so good that it excels both in book form and on the big screen. The Expanse is just such a franchise.
In most cases, the common trope you hear is that you should ALWAYS read the book first. And for most things that's true. The TV/movie versions are necessarily boiled down to a skeleton of the rich stew you get in written form. But in this case, I maintain you can experience either first and not lose out at all.
If as I did you watch the TV show first, the writing is so good it will propel you along through the book at warp speed, and you'll appreciate all the extra detail and story that can be told in this medium.
Because nobody writes science fiction and in particular space battles like James S. A. Corey - nobody!
In particular, the battle in this book between Bobbie Draper (Who has in my view earned her place as one of the most Stupendous Female Bad-asses of Science Fiction) and the proto-molecule monster is truly epic and worth the price of admission unto itself :)
I'm forcing myself to go read something else so as not to chew through the entire series too quickly. I love it so much it deserves savoring like fine whiskey. I can't gush enough about how good this is. The characters have such depth and exhibit so much beautifully quirky HUMANITY which is super refreshing to see and rather rare IMO in science fiction.
I'm done ranting now. Go read this series post haste :)
In most cases, the common trope you hear is that you should ALWAYS read the book first. And for most things that's true. The TV/movie versions are necessarily boiled down to a skeleton of the rich stew you get in written form. But in this case, I maintain you can experience either first and not lose out at all.
If as I did you watch the TV show first, the writing is so good it will propel you along through the book at warp speed, and you'll appreciate all the extra detail and story that can be told in this medium.
Because nobody writes science fiction and in particular space battles like James S. A. Corey - nobody!
In particular, the battle in this book between Bobbie Draper (Who has in my view earned her place as one of the most Stupendous Female Bad-asses of Science Fiction) and the proto-molecule monster is truly epic and worth the price of admission unto itself :)
I'm forcing myself to go read something else so as not to chew through the entire series too quickly. I love it so much it deserves savoring like fine whiskey. I can't gush enough about how good this is. The characters have such depth and exhibit so much beautifully quirky HUMANITY which is super refreshing to see and rather rare IMO in science fiction.
I'm done ranting now. Go read this series post haste :)