“Sense of wonder” is the phrase science fiction fans have held practically as sacred scripture since the Golden Age. And if the book succeeds at anything, it’s in the way Paolini puts his own sense of wonder on bold display. With the vastness of interstellar space as his stage, Paolini is determined to make as much of this story as he possibly can. Weighing in at a densely packed 880 pages, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars shows Paolini throwing himself, body and soul, into his new creation as never before.
At the age of 37, Paolini released both his first science fiction novel and his first novel for an adult audience. When Christopher Paolini burst onto the publishing scene in 2003 with Eragon, he wasn’t yet out of his teens, and he made the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest author of a bestselling series. Share book reviews and ratings with Thomas, and even join a book club on Goodreads. Book cover artwork is copyrighted by its respective artist and/or publisher. It wasn’t spectacular and it wasn’t terrible – solidly middle of the pack.All reviews and site design © by Thomas M. I will also note, since this is an audiobook review, that the narration was fine. I was not excited to spend another 10+ hours on this audiobook and now here we are. I’ll be honest, I’m glad I don’t have a physical copy of this book because then I’d have to find someone to give it away to. I quit before I had to suffer through another lengthy space journey where Kira couldn’t be cryogenically frozen and spent hours listening to Bach and being hungry. The death of Kira’s fiance Alan left me(and apparently Kira) feeling nothing. The characters never had more than surface level interaction and emotion, leaving me feeling underwhelmed even after what should have been impacting events.
This book just did not work for me and I’m tremendously disappointed because I’ve spent a year looking forward to it. Ceaseless droning and I didn’t care about ANY of the characters despite the authors efforts to flesh them out and make them likable. For goodness sake, even the dialogue was dull and Lord knows there was far too much of it. It was tedious and mind numbing and after a particularly boring card game between Kira and Captain Falconi, I decided I’d had enough. This should have been an exciting, action packed book that I adored but it so was not. It’s bad, but I’m even bored typing up the most basic plot summary. It’s pretty bad and gets worse when another alien species called Nightmares start attacking humans AND jellies.Thus begins the interspecies war. And then the jellies attack other human settled planets. Until tentacled aliens they call “jellies” attack. She undergoes a battery of tests by the military so that they might determine whether the xeno is infectious and she’s kept in quarantine. This results in the death of her fiance, and several other team members. The xeno forms a protective skinsuit of sorts, but it can also be used as a weapon on purpose or even if the inexperienced host becomes upset. Kira Navarez is bonded with a mysterious xenobyte while surveying the planet Adrasteia. The thrill of alien discovery was short lived. But oh, I did not realize how tedious this story would become. I enjoyed it for the first 30% and despite not loving any of the characters, I thought it would be a solid enough book. Or should I say, believable, somewhat scientific discovery. Starting off, this book was intriguing and had a constant sense of discovery. Having read nearly 60% of this book I feel that I can give a proper review and share my likes and dislikes. Now, Kira might be humanity’s greatest and final hope.
While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. First contact isn’t at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human. At first she’s delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move.Īs war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds.ĭuring a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. “ To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a brand new epic novel from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Paolini. My Rating: DNF 58% A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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