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A review by welgan
The Immortality Thief by Taran Hunt
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I liked this story a lot !
I've read it for the "Survival" square of r/fantasy book bingo and the less I can say is that it FITS. I'm glad I followed the recommendation of book bingo on this one because I'm not sure I would have picked it up otherwise !
You see, I am a sucker for abandonned starships and the cosmic horror of absolute loneliness among the secrets of the past. I LOVE it. Well, this book was not about that, at all. I don't think our main character spends more than 12 total pages alone in this supposedly abandonned starship (but if you have read the cover blurb, it is quite advertised as such so you shouldn't be surprised). And you know what ? It's fine, because the book is great in what it actually does.
It kinda feels like a survival action SF series to be honest, and the action was tense. It's what prevents it from being 5 stars of the heart for me, because it's not my favorite genre right now, but it was great nonetheless.
I especially liked the characters and their relationships. I think they were very human, relatable and complex. Sean, the main character, is unable to shut up even if his life depends on it, and this can be very annoying if that's treated as a comic relief, but it was not, and I think we really benefited from being in his head. I feel attached to him and I can say I liked reading him as a main character.
I also liked that the fact he is a translator actually is significatively usefull and that it shows in the way he approches situations and what he learns first from other people.
Minor spoiler :
I could swear there was some homoerotic tension between Sean and Indigo. I was very surprised that it seemed to go in this direction, as I wasn't expecting that from that story, and in the end nothing can confirm this theory, but I really like the fact the 3 survivors stick together in the end. We can then imagine what we want, and I think it's a fine way to wrap up a story with such strong relationships build on survival.
I've read it for the "Survival" square of r/fantasy book bingo and the less I can say is that it FITS. I'm glad I followed the recommendation of book bingo on this one because I'm not sure I would have picked it up otherwise !
You see, I am a sucker for abandonned starships and the cosmic horror of absolute loneliness among the secrets of the past. I LOVE it. Well, this book was not about that, at all. I don't think our main character spends more than 12 total pages alone in this supposedly abandonned starship (but if you have read the cover blurb, it is quite advertised as such so you shouldn't be surprised). And you know what ? It's fine, because the book is great in what it actually does.
It kinda feels like a survival action SF series to be honest, and the action was tense. It's what prevents it from being 5 stars of the heart for me, because it's not my favorite genre right now, but it was great nonetheless.
I especially liked the characters and their relationships. I think they were very human, relatable and complex. Sean, the main character, is unable to shut up even if his life depends on it, and this can be very annoying if that's treated as a comic relief, but it was not, and I think we really benefited from being in his head. I feel attached to him and I can say I liked reading him as a main character.
I also liked that the fact he is a translator actually is significatively usefull and that it shows in the way he approches situations and what he learns first from other people.
Minor spoiler :
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: War
Minor: Terminal illness