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Penultimate Expanse Feelings

Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8) by James S.A. Corey

June 12, 2019 by narfna 6 Comments

One of these days I’m going to have to do a full-series Expanse re-read. Probably not until after next year, when the last book is published. But whenever that happens, I feel like this book might be worth five stars. Maybe the last one, too. I actually finished it when it was first published over two months ago, but I’m so far behind in my reviews, this one isn’t going to super informative. I remember it traumatizing me, but in a good way. All that to say, this was a really solid penultimate novel, and I think it could be […]

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6/12/2019 | narfna's CBR11 Review No:54 |

More Expanse Side Plot

The Vital Abyss (The Expanse 5.5) by James S.A. Corey

June 1, 2018 by thewheelbarrow Leave a Comment

As I write this and extol the virtues of the Expanse series, I have a tinge of guilt. I recommend the show to friends, in addition to the books, but I am part of the reason it, the show, was cancelled. ScyFy owned the rights to only the first run of the show and I don’t watch any scripted shows at airtime, I am part of the cause for the cancellation. That said, it has officially been picked up by Amazon, apparently Jeff Bezos is a big fan. Note: I have no idea if the two statements are correlated. I […]

6/1/2018 thewheelbarrow's CBR10 Review No:31 |

Burden in My Hand

Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey

May 21, 2018 by Halbs 1 Comment

Prior to getting into this book, I should point out that this is a review of the fifth book in an ongoing series called The Expanse. I’ll just summarize for you by saying t’s an awesome, space opera series that I’d recommend to anyone. I will try not to spoil anything from this or previous books, but I’m only human, sasa ke? While the predecessor to this book, Cibola Burn, was dark, this book is really dark. A problem with an ongoing series is that you get the feeling that your main characters are going to make it through (unless it’s […]

5/21/2018 Halbs's CBR10 Review No:40 |

Another 5-star review from this Expanse stan

Persepolis Rising (The Expanse #7) by James SA Corey

March 14, 2018 by alwaysanswerb 1 Comment

This series has become essentially un-reviewable for me. I give every installment either four or five stars, and I have the same good things to say about every one. Without digging deeper into more specific plot points, which I don’t tend to do in my reviews, there aren’t a lot of new ways to praise overall themes or achievement in character development. However, Persepolis Rising is actually a bit different from its predecessors, particularly in that last respect. It opens after a considerable time-jump from the end of Babylon’s Ashes and finds some of the crew of the Rocinante — […]

3/14/2018 alwaysanswerb's CBR10 Review No:14 |

Oceans rise, empires faaaaaaall!

Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey

January 23, 2018 by thewheelbarrow 4 Comments

This review will be one of the more spoiler-y reviews out there. It’s about book seven in a series so it’s hard not to talk about things that have happened. That said, here we go: One of my favorite aspects of the Expanse series is the wonderful titles of each novel and trying to figure out how it relates to the book. You see, each book is title something very grandiose and magnificent from somewhere in myth, legend, literature, or religion. Book one is Leviathan Wakes, a book about an alien substance that shows up and threatens humanity. Book two […]

1/23/2018 thewheelbarrow's CBR10 Review No:6 |

“I actually read history. It’s like reading prophecy, you know.”

Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7) by James S.A. Corey

January 21, 2018 by narfna 4 Comments

A fun thing to do with this series is to predict the way the story will go based on the piece of mythology, history or religion featured in each title. Another fun thing to do is realize how wrong you were in your predictions, after the book has had its way with you. It’s still fun afterwards, though. I bet the authors have a grand ole time coming up with these titles. Some spoilies below, so if you want to go in blind, maybe don’t finish this review. Persepolis was the capital city of the first Persian empire, which was […]

1/21/2018 narfna's CBR10 Review No:9 |

George R. R. Martin in space, book 5

Nemesis Games by James S. A. Corey

January 19, 2018 by lowercasesee 1 Comment

I love science fiction. I love genre fiction. It is my happy place. This is my ball of wax, my kettle of fish, this is what lights my Bunsen burner. As a series, The Expanse has rapidly become one of my absolutely of all times favorites and, damn, if this wasn’t the best so far. Set hundreds of years in the future, when humanity has colonized Mars, moons, and space stations and when entire generations have been born, lived, and died in space and evolved physiologically to thrive in low gravity, The Expanse is still (like all good sci-fi) a […]

1/19/2018 lowercasesee's CBR10 Review No:5 |

The Expanse comes back soon!

Strange Dogs by James S.A. Corey

January 17, 2018 by thewheelbarrow Leave a Comment

It’s nearly impossible to discuss the novella without spoilers for the series but I will try. The Expanse series is one that I recommend to nearly everyone who enjoys really good sci-fi. There are currently seven novels, six novellas, and two seasons of a tv show on SyFy; season three starts soon. The series takes place a few hundred years in the future wherein humanity lives all across the solar system. Humans developed the means to travel quickly but not light speed, as in much of sci-fi. I found that each novel took on a secondary theme. The first of […]

1/17/2018 thewheelbarrow's CBR10 Review No:4 |

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