A review by liinukka
Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson

2.0

Was a mess. This book didn't know what it wanted to be. A historic fiction? A scifi? I was intrigued by how the author would blend these two seemingly disparate genres together. The answer is, he does a poor job of it. The history parts read like a boring textbook with confusing POVs. (Suddenly switching to first person unknown narrator when you thought you were getting limited third person POV). The scifi parts were confusing and convoluted. It was too much philosophy without enough substance, plot, or characterization. In other words, lacking in all the things that make for a good story. I was under the impression that this was supposed to be a novel. I was sadly mistaken.

What the book suffers from the most is lack of cohesion between history and future, and getting bogged down by the details. This book could've used some serious editing and paring down of the extraneous, boring bits.

Once again, I put down a book and and wonder to myself...what was the point? I'm getting very tired of this dreariness.