Interesting characters (with ridiculous layers of hidden personalities and memories that only get triggered at certain times and and and). in the end, i could ramble on about this book’s faults for ages, but how much you enjoy this book will probably depend on how much you will appreciate the last fifth of the book, and how you interpret the true themes and mirabel’s journey as a character.

There were also a couple of 'what's going on moments' as mutant-pigs bubble out of the background, nudge the plot a bit, and then disappear never to be heard of again.I give it TWO STARS for further delving into the Revelation Space world, and for being well-written at a sentence-by-sentence level, but needs much editing and plot-tightening to become a truly engaging novel. the prose is unimaginative, the plot is drab and slow, and the dialogue feels like it was written by someone with only a vague concept of how people communicate. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

This story was all sorts of cool, projecting a very goth vibe with the long high collared trench coats and big guns blazing from the hips. Taking 1000 or 5000 years, one can easily imagine a colony or even a solar system where they teach kids that their holy woman (who knows?Like the melding plague, it has grown a life of its own in my memory to insinuate an extra star in this review.

Pline de clișee, aceste umbre sunt mânate de colo-colo, fără ca acțiunile lor să fie motivate în vreun fel din punct de vedere psihologic. There are links that tie the two narratives together, with more hints at the underlying mythology of the Revelation Space universe. As we learn more about both characters, we also begin to realize that both Tanner’s story, Sky’s crimes, the generational starship mission, and the Melding Plague itself are linked in far more byzantine ways than we initially thought. While reading the book I was a little bothered by the protagonist's motivation which did not make a lot of sense to me. It’s a good thing that the main character (or characters, I guess, since Sky’s story is almost a novella in its own right) is so multi-dimensional and complex.I'd also like to note that although the main characters (Tanner, his former boss Cahuella, the infamous Sky Hausmann) are well drawn and motivated, it's very hard to root for any of them: the true representatives of dehumanized technical society, don't look for a hero to follow in this book. The adventures of tougher-than-nails quick-witted gun-for-hire Tanner Mirabel set against the technological and biological wonders of interstellar space of the distant 25th century are truly original and amazing. Chasm City has many of the same issues as Revelation Space – paper-thin characters and overly expository dialogue chief among them – but it’s still a pretty enjoyable dark sci-fi adventure, and I’m looking forward to getting back into the story of the main trilogy with Redemption Ark.