A review by abkeuser
Dark Space by Marianne de Pierres
3.0
This book was not what I expected. When a book is called Dark space, I expect it to spend more time in space. That, while being a middling annoyance was overlooked easily enough.
The prologue-like beginning is strange, and the bits and pieces of… thoughts (maybe?) from Sol’s perspective are weird, but after the backstory of how the “sentient” species came to host a god in their corner of the universe is over, the plot moves along at a wonderful clip. And the events themselves are extremely interesting.
The plot and pacing were great, but I didn’t like any of the characters. That is by far the easiest way to get me to drop a book. Mira was supposed to be likable, and she hit closest to the mark, but she spends too much time in the beginning being miffed with Trin. Trin is just atrocious, and I don’t give him any points just for being born into a terrible family (or for being a “prince”). And Tekton is…. Too focused on his own little game to be worth caring about. Even the secondary characters are awful. They made the book difficult to read.
The prologue-like beginning is strange, and the bits and pieces of… thoughts (maybe?) from Sol’s perspective are weird, but after the backstory of how the “sentient” species came to host a god in their corner of the universe is over, the plot moves along at a wonderful clip. And the events themselves are extremely interesting.
The plot and pacing were great, but I didn’t like any of the characters. That is by far the easiest way to get me to drop a book. Mira was supposed to be likable, and she hit closest to the mark, but she spends too much time in the beginning being miffed with Trin. Trin is just atrocious, and I don’t give him any points just for being born into a terrible family (or for being a “prince”). And Tekton is…. Too focused on his own little game to be worth caring about. Even the secondary characters are awful. They made the book difficult to read.