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Theories Of Flight (2011)

by Simon Morden(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0316125156 (ISBN13: 9780316125154)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Orbit

series

Samuil Petrovitch

review 1: Disappointing second entry in the series. To say that it is a mess would be an understatement: the author seems to throw everything at the wall to see what sticks, but in the end not much seems to make sense. On top of that, every time he doesn't know what to do with a character, he is killed. This is meant to be more or less a post-apocalyptic world, but come on. It doesn't help that the main character has turned from wimpy underdog into an all-powerful being, capable of physically overpowering battle-hardened soldiers and commanding armies to victory and saving the world with equal ease (not to mention getting the attentions of seemingly all the women in the book in the process). Still, it's a book that is hard to dislike, and in the end you end up devouring it as fast a... mores its predecessor.
review 2: Not as strong as the first book, but I still end up giving it four stars for sheer entertainment. I think a second book in sci-fi can always suffer because the novelty of the new world/situation has worn off. I think he fails to overcome that, but still manages to be extremely entertaining; intellectually, I think I'd give it 3 stars, but my absolute inability to put it down and go to sleep means it won my heart, if not entirely my head. less

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