Dreaming Void review
“Sometimes you have to do what’s wrong in order to do what’s right.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void
Written by Peter F Hamilton, this is a complex book that is the first of the Void trilogy series. It is not however the first of the Culture Universe so you might get a little lost at first.
I found a bit hard to take in all the information that is thrown at you at the beginning of the book. Honestly if you're just starting to read sci-fi this is not the best book to get you hooked on it. This is a complex, well thought out mature universe that will draw you in slowly, but once it happens you won't be able to put the book down.
Humanity has evolved into one of the most powerful species in the Galaxy with different factions vying to control the path evolution takes. But with great power and knowledge come a whole different set of problems.
I saw this book tagged as military sci-fi in some places, but this is more of a space opera, I really could not call it military sci-fi. It's too complex it's to military sci-fi what checkers is to chess. It's also not violent enough, you don't really hate the bad guys, they just have a different point of view.
It's also 2 books in 1, which explains the length of the first volume. One of the books is sci-fi, the other is fantasy wrapped in sci-fi. The truth is at some point you sympathize more with the fantasy characters as their motivations are easier to understand.
I found the descriptions to be a bit convoluted and verbose for my taste, but the author writes well. You can see he's been around the playground a few times and knows how to write.
Do not expect much of an ending, this is the first book of a trilogy and you definitely feel this in how it ends. If you get to the end I can guarantee you'll want to read the second book.
I am not against sex scenes in sci-fi, for example Norman Spinrad has some really good ones, but the ones in this book did not do it for me. They're a bit bland and uninteresting.
Cons:
- you do not get very attached to the characters as you don't really care in the beginning
- prose is overly verbose at times
- sex scenes are OK but they don't add a lot to the book.
Pros:
- complex universe
- 2 books in 1 so you don't get bored easily
- characters are not shallow, they have depth
- believable outlook on how humanity might evolve
Rating: 7.5 out of 10.
Coming soon, Temporal Void review.
― Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void
Written by Peter F Hamilton, this is a complex book that is the first of the Void trilogy series. It is not however the first of the Culture Universe so you might get a little lost at first.
I found a bit hard to take in all the information that is thrown at you at the beginning of the book. Honestly if you're just starting to read sci-fi this is not the best book to get you hooked on it. This is a complex, well thought out mature universe that will draw you in slowly, but once it happens you won't be able to put the book down.
Humanity has evolved into one of the most powerful species in the Galaxy with different factions vying to control the path evolution takes. But with great power and knowledge come a whole different set of problems.
I saw this book tagged as military sci-fi in some places, but this is more of a space opera, I really could not call it military sci-fi. It's too complex it's to military sci-fi what checkers is to chess. It's also not violent enough, you don't really hate the bad guys, they just have a different point of view.
It's also 2 books in 1, which explains the length of the first volume. One of the books is sci-fi, the other is fantasy wrapped in sci-fi. The truth is at some point you sympathize more with the fantasy characters as their motivations are easier to understand.
I found the descriptions to be a bit convoluted and verbose for my taste, but the author writes well. You can see he's been around the playground a few times and knows how to write.
Do not expect much of an ending, this is the first book of a trilogy and you definitely feel this in how it ends. If you get to the end I can guarantee you'll want to read the second book.
I am not against sex scenes in sci-fi, for example Norman Spinrad has some really good ones, but the ones in this book did not do it for me. They're a bit bland and uninteresting.
Cons:
- you do not get very attached to the characters as you don't really care in the beginning
- prose is overly verbose at times
- sex scenes are OK but they don't add a lot to the book.
Pros:
- complex universe
- 2 books in 1 so you don't get bored easily
- characters are not shallow, they have depth
- believable outlook on how humanity might evolve
Rating: 7.5 out of 10.
Coming soon, Temporal Void review.
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