Excellent. Can't wait to read the next! ( )

Caliban - La guerra di James S.A. Corey

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Seguito di Leviathan - il risveglio, secondo episodio della saga scifi dei due autori (sotto pseudonimo) da cui è stata tratta la serie tv The Expase che ha così battezzato anche la serie dei libri.
Serie moderna, fresca e completa, ottimente narrata con sfumature di hard scifi, avventura, mistery e distopia (o utopia dipende dai punti di vista) che ha rimandi ad una atmosfera tra Balderunner e Startrek, tra la saga YA e la serie scifi adulto.
Ottimo secondo episodio, scorrevolissimo e piacevolmente farcito qui e là di note umoristiche, spunti di riflessione e camei.
Molti lo hanno definito troppo prolisso e dilungato in alcune parti ma sinceramente non ho trovato una sola pagina che potesse essere omessa o che suggeriva una aggiunta superflua. Tutto scorre nel libro e nella logica della narrazione.
Suggerisco un sottofondo dubstep, vocale e rilassante, per tutta la lettura.

Leviathan Wakes was one of my great reads this year (review: http://carols.booklikes.com/post/326388/post ). It broke into my reading blahs and set off a trend of great reads. After finishing, I promptly placed a library request for Caliban’s War, out of general interest and just the tiniest bit of series OCD. When it arrived, I was in the middle of monthly reads for my book club, then all hell broke open over at Goodreads, resulting in a loss of reading mojo, quickly followed by reviewing mojo. Bridge of Birds brought me back to reading, but my reviewing despondency has lingered.

Caliban’s War fails to live up to the fun, plotting or consistency of Leviathan Wakes, though the writers tried their best by slapping a new cover on a heavily recycled version of the Leviathan. Narrative again begins with a point of view from a female character who won’t be heard from again, but will serve as the object/grail for obsessive male questors as they careen through space. Again, we have Jim Holden surrendering to his Tourette syndrome tendencies as he tilts at windmills and volunteers for suicide missions. Unsurprisingly, we also have the protomolecule, spaceships, and a Mars versus Earth versus Belters conflict.

Because I continue my review with off-topic digressions about libraries and a mild speculation about author sexism, both of which violate GR's terms of service for on-topic, non-author-bashing reviews, the rest of this review will be continued at:

http://carols.booklikes.com/post/653257/in-which-i-review-a-book-with-a-variety-...

or
http://clsiewert.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/1890/ ( )

Excellent! As the story expands in complexity, we now have 4 main POVs instead of the 2 in the first book, which helps make a complicated narrative more personal, more focused rather than sprawling.
We also have two strong female characters, Bobbie (soldier) and Avasarala (politician/powerbroker) in addition to Naomi. Most importantly, we have a rapidly developing alien force in the protomolecule soldiers and the protomolecule/Eros-Julie infected planet of Venus. ( )

Cumple con entretener. Holden sigue siendo un personaje horrible y la constante "buena suerte" de los protagonistas es casi ridícula. ( )