A review by inamerata
Nexus Uprising by K. C. Alexander, Jason M. Hough
slow-paced
3.0
Interesting, but frustrating.
If this were shorter and tighter, it would have been a great look at the chaos proceeding Mass Effect: Andromeda. Unfortunately, the pacing is as slow as Nexus repairs. It drags on far too long, repeating and lingering on points through multiple perspectives, only to suddenly escalate to an anti-climatic finish. By the title alone, you know what's coming, and yet halfway through the novel it's still more about algae tanks than action.
For the most part, it was cool to see different characters' perspectives, even when they were slimy or selfish or just plain stupid. But this is ruined by the pacing. POVs jump around regularly, but to give us every single character's thoughts on this or that decision going nowhere, instead of engaging story progression.
In the end, Nexus Uprising provides some food for thought and background to the game, but doesn't stick the landing as a particularly memorable book in its own right.
If this were shorter and tighter, it would have been a great look at the chaos proceeding Mass Effect: Andromeda. Unfortunately, the pacing is as slow as Nexus repairs. It drags on far too long, repeating and lingering on points through multiple perspectives, only to suddenly escalate to an anti-climatic finish. By the title alone, you know what's coming, and yet halfway through the novel it's still more about algae tanks than action.
For the most part, it was cool to see different characters' perspectives, even when they were slimy or selfish or just plain stupid. But this is ruined by the pacing. POVs jump around regularly, but to give us every single character's thoughts on this or that decision going nowhere, instead of engaging story progression.
In the end, Nexus Uprising provides some food for thought and background to the game, but doesn't stick the landing as a particularly memorable book in its own right.