Luna New Moon
by Ian McDonald
science fiction
copyright 2015
started reading in November 2016
rated 5/10: readable, but only if there's nothing else
I've read about 40 pages. Just over ten percent of the book. Less than ten percent if you consider that I have been skimming the last ten of those pages.
This book is awful.
There are thousands of characters. Thrown at the reader pell mell, catch the names if you care. After a very short while while I gave up caring.
Out of those thousands of characters -- not one is likeable. Most are dislikeable. Some are extremely dislikeable -- and they seem to be the main characters. Even the I'm-so-cute-in-my-frilly-dress little girl -- is not cute. Just sickeningly sweet.
A small number of characters are just miserable. Still not likeable. Just so miserable that I don't want to know how much more miserable they will get to be. The vast majority of the characters are under constant threat of destruction -- physical, emotional or economic -- because just a few -- nasty -- people have the power of life and death over the less powerful.
It's the vicious Moon Mafia.
Oh, sure, it's all family and honour and respect -- until a knife is pulled and a throat is slit. The reality is war and murder and literally cut-throat business. Anything less than instant obedience is disrespect, which leads to punishment. Family or not.
Forty pages in and this book is confusing and nasty.
Enough.
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Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.
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"Omne ignotum pro magnifico est" … Tacitus: Agricola
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