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A review by ielerol
Silver by Linda Nagata
4.0
This is a direct sequel to both Edges and Memory. Edges itself is a sequel to an earlier trilogy, and I jumped in without worrying much, and while I could tell there was context I'd understand better if I'd read the earlier books, I don't think I missed too much. For this one though, I was very glad I went back and read Memory before starting it. I really like the world it's set on, but because the book jumps right into the action and also switches POV a lot, it didn't get a lot of time to shine. If I hadn't already read Memory, I'm not sure I'd have much of a sense of Jubilee and Jolly as people, and definitely wouldn't have known what was up with Yaphet and the way people are paired off on Verilotus. And since a big part of the conflict revolves around potentially destroying Verilotus (a possible threat from both Lezuri and Urban!) I think I was more invested in it having read Memory first, than this book had room to develop on its own.
On the whole I think I liked Edges a little better, though mostly because this book is a tense race against time from the beginning, while Edges spend a lot of time on plot-light competence porn that I find very comforting. I expected the difference, and I do think it's well done--it's the kind of book where the protagonists don't lose outright, but there was still a lot of room for stakes that mattered and just how much everyone might lose in the fight to defeat Lezuri was unclear up until the very end.
On the whole I think I liked Edges a little better, though mostly because this book is a tense race against time from the beginning, while Edges spend a lot of time on plot-light competence porn that I find very comforting. I expected the difference, and I do think it's well done--it's the kind of book where the protagonists don't lose outright, but there was still a lot of room for stakes that mattered and just how much everyone might lose in the fight to defeat Lezuri was unclear up until the very end.