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A review by thelostvoid
Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis
3.5
I have finally, finally, gotten around to reading this book thank God! One of the longest standing books on my TBR at this point I think and it's a relief to have finally checked it off.
I listened to the audiobook which i think was the right move for me, it was fun getting the little bits that Abigail Thorn narrated as well because I love her a lot. Anyways, insofar as my actual enjoyment of the content of the book that is a bit more complicated ...
I'll be honest, I picked this up entirely because I watch Lindsay Ellis' video essays and such so like, the actual concept was quite vague and I think even if I didn't know the author I would have been interested in picking it up so that's a win. It's the first like, alien contact book I have read (and quite probably the first First Contact thing I have actually consumed) and it lent a lot more into the government agency aspects of it than I expected. I was also mildly on edge waiting for the relationship between Cora and Ampersand to get more ... intimate and that really added some spice to the experience.
Overall, this was a pretty neat read. I am glad I didn't commit to buying Truth of the Divine because I don't think I will continue the series, but this was a solid read.
I listened to the audiobook which i think was the right move for me, it was fun getting the little bits that Abigail Thorn narrated as well because I love her a lot. Anyways, insofar as my actual enjoyment of the content of the book that is a bit more complicated ...
I'll be honest, I picked this up entirely because I watch Lindsay Ellis' video essays and such so like, the actual concept was quite vague and I think even if I didn't know the author I would have been interested in picking it up so that's a win. It's the first like, alien contact book I have read (and quite probably the first First Contact thing I have actually consumed) and it lent a lot more into the government agency aspects of it than I expected. I was also mildly on edge waiting for the relationship between Cora and Ampersand to get more ... intimate and that really added some spice to the experience.
Overall, this was a pretty neat read. I am glad I didn't commit to buying Truth of the Divine because I don't think I will continue the series, but this was a solid read.