A review by jpraska006
Sundiver by David Brin

3.5

With Sundiver, David Brin clearly has an abundance of cool, intelligent, and unique ideas. The hard science and the concepts within this book are super fun to dig into. I loved the in-depth descriptions of sun-ships and the sheer awe inspired in our characters from witnessing the sun-creatures (or, Solarians) was great. The characterizations and some of the melodrama, however, seemed to be where Brin faltered a bit for me. And, ultimately, this is fine. I can get behind stories that are idea-heavy rather than character-focused. But in this case, the murder mystery plot didn't do much for me and the main character, Jacob, was just a bit too smart and overly smug about it for my taste. Despite that, I still enjoyed the book quite a bit!