Humanity's Fire (6 books in series)
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review 1: I picked up this book mainly because of Iain Banks' shining endorsement on the front cover, I have to be honest. My expectations weren't high, I also have to be honest. I was in for a massive surprise. Cobley's writing is a refreshing voice, and this book is a truly superb spa...
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review 1: This was good, but by no means great. The writing could have been... I dunno what to call it exactly. Everything is written in a fairly simple form; declarative sentences, everything described. Characters and their relationships are very thin. Periodically, you'll hear or rea...
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review 1: Alrighty, started this one instead of the first book because this was more highly rated. But, I'm sorry if I'm too harsh on this, I draw the line at any book that wastes about 10 pages on "what has come before." I mean, seriously? We have to be dragged through 10 characters, 5 wo...
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review 1: The book had so many great background ideas, but the execution brought it down. I like where the plot is going, but most of the characters are A New Hope Lukes when they should be Han Solos or Return of the Jedi Lukes (or Indiana Joneses, since the three archaeologist characters ...
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review 1: The mistake I made with this book was waiting so long to read it. It is the third part of Michael Cobleys ambitious “Humanities Fire” trilogy and there are so many characters following different strands of the story that it took me ages to get myself reacquainted with them all. B...
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review 1: I found this book heavy going at the start mainly because there is so much to try and keep up with. Although I'd read the first book there was much more to get to grips with as the plot develops in numerous different ways and locations.It continues the Work of the first book in w...