Abaddon's Gate
(Expanse #3
by James S.A.Corey (aka Daniel Abraham)
fantasy, fansonly
copyright 2014
not read in July 2021
rated 6/10: read to pass the time
The series is a never-ending saga with -- mostly -- the same central cast. This book begins with a new character. Nothing attractive about him. I hope, I thought, that this character does not join the central cast. Well, no... once he is smeared across his own windscreen. Seems he's been written out.
But wait: A character who was killed in book one... is back. In typical by-the-numbers nonsense style he speaks in stupid riddles. Including admitting that he has no idea what he is doing. He has no idea, I have no interest.
I had this series categorised as "space opera". I have changed that to "fantasy". Rubbish fantasy. With action rather than plot to make the reader wonder, is something interesting about to happen? Well, no. Expect more shooting. More mystical happenings. No explanations.
To call this inexplicable clap trap "space opera" is an insult to the good writers of space opera (think, Doc Smith).
That said... this series is written as by-the-numbers entertainment. The aim is to provide endless entertainment so that readers will return -- for more of the same. As such -- I expect that it will succeed.
If you enjoyed the first two books, I am sure that you will enjoy this third.
I did enjoy the first two. But now -- I have had enough.
Just a few chapters in, I stop reading.
I will look for a book with a plot. Or, at least -- a space opera with a developing plot... and a definite conclusion. Maybe Doc Smith, again ... :-)
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
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===One joy scatters a hundred griefs" ... Chinese proverb
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