Paul Grenyer

James S. A. Corey ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1841499932 Abaddon's Gate takes a while to get going. About half the book to get going. It’s all new character introductions and building. The second half is more exciting, but drawn out. Chrisjen Avasarala is totally absent and I’d like to have understood more about where the ring came from and what its purpose was. I guess that’s to come. Inevitably the further divergence of the TV series from the books became more apparent. The TV series appears to have merged and changed a lot of the characters, missed out and changed a lot of the story, but brought it back to mostly the same point. Let’s hope the next one improves.  

Machine Vendetta Alastair Reynolds ISBN: ‎ 978-0316462846 Machine Vendetta is the final Revelation Space novel we’re getting and the final part of the Dreyfus trilogy and it could have been a lot better. Unlike the previous book in the series, there was only one main thread and consequently lacked a lot of the Space Opera we’re used to from Reynolds. A lot of the plot was predictable, including the Ultras coming to the rescue and Hafdis being key towards the end. There’s no real ending either. There are far too many loose ends left untied. It really felt like just one more novel to finish the authors publishing contract and it wasn’t really given the love and attention it deserved.