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A review by rmichno
The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton
2.0
I have no problem when an author drops me into a complex world without any safety nets, but I do expect they give me the tools to eventually understand what's going on. It felt like Peter Hamilton was deliberately adding layers of confusion for no good reason.
I get it's a "space epic", but would it kill him to keep the focus on a few characters and plot lines long enough for the reader (me) to catch up with whatever big ideas he's trying to express?
In the end I gave up after 188 pages because I wasn't connecting with a single character and I couldn't remember who 1/2 of them were or what they were doing. Maybe there's an interesting novel buried in this one but I don't have the patience to sort it out.
I get it's a "space epic", but would it kill him to keep the focus on a few characters and plot lines long enough for the reader (me) to catch up with whatever big ideas he's trying to express?
In the end I gave up after 188 pages because I wasn't connecting with a single character and I couldn't remember who 1/2 of them were or what they were doing. Maybe there's an interesting novel buried in this one but I don't have the patience to sort it out.