Temporal Void review
“Yet, in the end, entropy will always emerge victorious, snuffing out the very last glimmer of heat and light. After that there is only darkness. When that state is reached even eternity will cease to exist, for one moment will be like every other and nothingness will claim the universe.” ― Peter F. Hamilton, The Temporal Void
This is the meat and potatoes of the series so far. It's better than Dreaming Void in the same way the main course is better than the appetisers. Two cooking metaphors, I think I better get something to eat. If the first book is the introduction, getting us acquainted with the characters and universe, the second book goes full strength on the action. The prose is as verbose as ever which gets a bit tiring,
but it doesn't get too annoying.
It's weird to say this but for a space opera it's not a bad fantasy book. The action happens mostly on Makathran. I don't have anything against it, though I wish Edeard would just go full postal on everyone using his powers. He seems to be a bit too perfect for the world he lives in. It's the same problem I have with Superman.
The interesting thing about books showing a utopic(I know the word doesn't exist, neither do space elves but we have both!) society - where people don't need income, to feed themselves, where everyone is free to pursue whatever passions or hobbies they have - is one common factor. You live long enough you see yourself not turning into a villain, but you do get bored. If for a baby the world is a wondrous place full of mysteries, for a 500 year old person everything starts to repeat itself. The ones that want to survive seem to be the head cases, the obsessed or the ones that were changed or changed themselves to always feel satisfaction from what they do.
I'ts something that appears in more than one book, the real killer is boredom. Immortality seems to suck after a while.
Pros:
- fantasy arc gets some closure at the end of this book. Kind of.
- we start to hate some of the bad guys, but not really, maybe in the third book
- awesome aliens. And we have some sort of post-tech elves. I still think the author is torn between writing a fantasy book and a sci-fi one.
Cons:
- it still doesn't have a clear ending
- Edeard is Superman
This is the meat and potatoes of the series so far. It's better than Dreaming Void in the same way the main course is better than the appetisers. Two cooking metaphors, I think I better get something to eat. If the first book is the introduction, getting us acquainted with the characters and universe, the second book goes full strength on the action. The prose is as verbose as ever which gets a bit tiring,
but it doesn't get too annoying.
It's weird to say this but for a space opera it's not a bad fantasy book. The action happens mostly on Makathran. I don't have anything against it, though I wish Edeard would just go full postal on everyone using his powers. He seems to be a bit too perfect for the world he lives in. It's the same problem I have with Superman.
The interesting thing about books showing a utopic(I know the word doesn't exist, neither do space elves but we have both!) society - where people don't need income, to feed themselves, where everyone is free to pursue whatever passions or hobbies they have - is one common factor. You live long enough you see yourself not turning into a villain, but you do get bored. If for a baby the world is a wondrous place full of mysteries, for a 500 year old person everything starts to repeat itself. The ones that want to survive seem to be the head cases, the obsessed or the ones that were changed or changed themselves to always feel satisfaction from what they do.
I'ts something that appears in more than one book, the real killer is boredom. Immortality seems to suck after a while.
Pros:
- fantasy arc gets some closure at the end of this book. Kind of.
- we start to hate some of the bad guys, but not really, maybe in the third book
- awesome aliens. And we have some sort of post-tech elves. I still think the author is torn between writing a fantasy book and a sci-fi one.
Cons:
- it still doesn't have a clear ending
- Edeard is Superman
Score : 8.5 out of 10.
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