-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" I read this first in a series second... something I don't normally do... and I am kinda sorry I didn't wait to read the second one. Both very good stories, and can stand on their own, but to have read this one first would have shown the unfolding of the worlds and the characters much better. I kept grinning because I knew the Fudir more intimately than I should have and knew his ways instead of learning them... however, I am very glad I read them both. Very good stories, wonderful characters and a very engrossing world. I'm loving Michael Flynn. Five out of five and I can't wait for the next in this grand, old fashioned space opera! "
- April, 2/12/2014
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" I know I'm going against what most people will probably say about this novel. The writing is excellent, the characters are interesting, and the plot while not entirely new is interesting to say the least. The problem I have is the entire book reads like a literary exercise that takes more joy in the form than the content. I struggled to read it and only found myself interested as I reached the last quarter of the book. It was when he finally seemed to unleash the story, give up on the tricks and just let it tell itself. For the ending alone I would say read it, but I know I couldn't slog through it again. "
- Chris, 2/9/2014
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" A great sci-fi tale, with fascinating characters and an exciting story. Read it! "
- Robert, 2/7/2014
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" I found the narrative style of this book annoying. The book's telling seemed overly oblique to me. Eschew Obfuscation. Also, the info dump of the first 80 or so pages didn't engage me. Maybe if I had read the book more quickly, in larger bites, I would have had a different take on it. I liked the story. I liked a good portion of it. I just got bogged down by connections I was slow to make. "
- Jeff, 1/28/2014
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" I've read the first two chapters via e-reader, but looking for a copy to finish. Great so far. "
- John, 12/26/2013
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" The interludes with the Harper were tiresome ... The book could have been a lot better with some tightening and without the affectation of a pidgin patois for the Terrans. "
- Ray, 10/18/2013
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" Not a bad book but, really, how likely is it that space pirates are gonna talk like Johnny Depp in those pirate movies? Also, I got tired of following the tangled plotlines of imaginary people from imaginary civilizations traveling to imaginary places. "
- Sam, 8/14/2013
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" The ending was tied up far too quickly for a book that started out so slowly. It was ok, but I'm not running out to get the next book in the series. None of the characters were all that compelling so I didn't feel all that invested in their fates. "
- Sam, 8/10/2013
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" Science fiction. Nicely avoids the grimdark and angst-ridden tone that a lot of sci-fi has had; instead, in this book, everybody is Irish. (They speak "Gaelactic.") "
- Dan, 6/28/2013
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" First sentence, "Everything in the universe is older than it seems." "
- Douglas, 5/23/2013
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" If I hadn't listened to this as an audio book, I am not sure I would have finished it. I didn't like any of the characters, so I didn't care what happened to them during the course of the story. "
- Danny, 1/26/2013
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" Was interesting early on but ultimately a waste of time - incoherent plot with too many poorly defined characters. "
- Michael, 12/25/2012
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" Good space opera stuff with lots of references to Earth as remembered myth. A few too many story lines to keep track of during my on and off again reading but it all ties up well. It would make a fun movie. "
- Paul, 6/15/2012
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" I won't be reading any more of these. It was sort of painful. The whole thing with the people telling the story was just painful filler. "
- Neil, 4/19/2012
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" This is a great sci-fi series "
- Klever, 2/15/2012
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" Not very good. Gave it up in 50 pages. Flowery prose trying to be cute. Didn't like it at all. "
- Art, 8/4/2011
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" it took me a long time to get into this story but it actually ended up being interesting... "
- Missi, 5/10/2011
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" Read from 1/1 to 1/8. "
- Kristin, 3/26/2011
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" I was put off by the uninteresting characters put in insufficiently compelling situations, even though I had the sense that the galaxy-spanning settings might have been put together well.
"
- Richard, 3/18/2011
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" First sentence, "Everything in the universe is older than it seems."
"
- Douglas, 11/27/2010
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" A lyrical space opera, densely written and beautifully thought out. What more could a scifi girl ask for?
"
- Michelle, 9/1/2010
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" Good space opera stuff with lots of references to Earth as remembered myth. A few too many story lines to keep track of during my on and off again reading but it all ties up well. It would make a fun movie.
"
- Paul, 1/26/2010
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" My first completed scifi, really enjoyed it, nice storytelling.
"
- Kazz, 6/16/2009
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" This is a story within a story, encompassing revolution, commerce, the yearning for the ancestral homeland, love, sex, death, intrigue and power. A freighter captain finds a pre-human artifact on an uninhabited planet, starting a quest by several groups to obtain it.
"
- Suburbangardener, 4/3/2009
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" I don't know if this is one of the books in a series, but the characters come fast, there are multiple worlds, and several dialects; it gets kind of bewildering keeping track.
Regardless, enjoyable read.
"
- Josh, 3/31/2009
-
Overall Performance:




Narration Rating:




Story Rating:




" Read from 1/1 to 1/8.
"
- Kristin, 2/23/2009
> Hide All