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Another 5-star review from this Expanse stan

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

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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 — […]

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

Oceans rise, empires faaaaaaall!

Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey

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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 […]

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1/23/2018 | '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

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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 […]

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

George R. R. Martin in space, book 5

Nemesis Games by James S. A. Corey

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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 […]

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

The Expanse comes back soon!

Strange Dogs by James S.A. Corey

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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 […]

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

We’re Goin’ Space to the Wild, Wild West!

Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey

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Book four of the sci-fi series The Expanse, Cibola Burn, is my least-favorite book in the series thus far. While I read the previous three books in a matter of days, this one took me several weeks to finish. Book three also took some time to get going, but ended up being fantastic. I mentioned in a previous review of this series that it seems like each book takes on the flavor of a different genre. Book one was a mystery, book two was a political thriller, and book three was an action movie. Book four is a western. Holden & Co. […]

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1/11/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:5 |

Hard to get into at first but then packs a whammy at the end.

Strange Dogs (The Expanse, #6.5) by James S.A. Corey

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I actually pre-ordered this and had it downloaded on release day, but never got around to reading it. Turns out there was no rush, it wasn’t the best work I’ve read by these authors, but I did end up seeing the point of it by the end. I finally got around to it because I’m about to start book seven in this series (!) when I finish my current audiobook, and I wanted to have this read by then. For almost all of this novella (it’s around 80 pages, I think, but not sure because I read it on my […]

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1/6/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:3 |

Dangers and Epicness Get Cranked up to 11 in The Expanseverse

Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey

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Reviewing a book in the middle of an ongoing series is difficult. If the reader is unfamiliar with the series, you don’t want to give too much away in case the series sounds interesting. However, how can you discuss even minor plot points and character development unless you talk at least a little about what’s currently happening and who is around to see it? All that to say, this review has some necessary minor spoilers of The Expanse series, but me saying, “The Grand Canyon is big!” is different than you experiencing it for yourself. Hopefully these mid-series reviews don’t […]

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