To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
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- Author：Christopher Paolini
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Summary
Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds。 Now she's awakened a nightmare。 During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet， Kira finds an alien relic。 At first she's delighted， but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move。
As war erupts among the stars， Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation。 First contact isn't at all what she imagined， and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human。
While Kira faces her own horrors， Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation。 Now， Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope。。。
As war erupts among the stars， Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation。 First contact isn't at all what she imagined， and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human。
While Kira faces her own horrors， Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation。 Now， Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope。。。
Reviews
Tanner Preece
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Stilted dialogue， difficulty of a male author writing female character， plodding plot movement。
Gabriel Monroe
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Phenomenal
Gary Wilson
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I took me a while to warm up to it but once I got into the book far enough I felt it was worth my time to read。
Rose Toombs
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 ***SPOILER ALERT***ITS BAD****Didn’t finish。 Couldn’t finish。 Never have characters felt less alive and has an author been so far removed from being able to convey experience past his own immature perspective。 I really tried to get through how terribly boring and unbelievable this story was but I could not and at a certain point I was visibly cringing at his word choices。 If you are unable to imagine life through someone else’s eyes， for the love of God just create a main character just like you ***SPOILER ALERT***ITS BAD****Didn’t finish。 Couldn’t finish。 Never have characters felt less alive and has an author been so far removed from being able to convey experience past his own immature perspective。 I really tried to get through how terribly boring and unbelievable this story was but I could not and at a certain point I was visibly cringing at his word choices。 If you are unable to imagine life through someone else’s eyes， for the love of God just create a main character just like yourself and save us all from being subjected to your fantasies of a woman’s inner feelings and thoughts。 No woman in her right mind is a part of her fiancé’s and friends graphic murder and then less than a week later is aroused by the thing responsible。 I gave it more chapters as I was stuck on a plane， all the while hoping it would go somewhere but when the main character tries to name the thing， which is much like the alien in Venom “obsidian” （because it’s black） I was getting angry that so much of my time was already lost to this ridiculous story and that I didn’t bring another book。 What got the book slapped shut and bookmark removed was when the thing called “obsidian” （aka Venom in Marvel world） corrected Kira that it’s name is “soft blade”， oh God I couldn’t。 “Soft Blade” Seriously。 I’m not making this up。 I wouldn’t， because I’m not 9。 I knew at that point watching the plane tracker on the in flight app would be a better choice then finishing another sentence。 This book will stick with you and haunt you the way any embarrassing moment in your life intrusively pollutes your peace of mind。 I’m certain at some point someone must have given the author some advice that was heedlessly ignored and perhaps getting a book published is easier then previously believed。 I’ve had my children spin campfire stories more engaging and believable than this。 I had just finished Project Hail Mary and was really impressed。 Perhaps the author of this book should save his practice for his friends and family and not subject us to his efforts。。。😬 。。。more
Ron
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“Sorry。 I haven’t got the faintest idea what’s going on。” “I’ll tell you what’s going on。 War。”Immense， slow moving epic tale of first encounters and pending apocalypse。 Inner voice of protagonist propels narrative in realist atmosphere of self-doubt and concern for others。“So what would the Soft Blade do if you die？” “I … I’m not sure。 I’d guess it would return to its dormant state， the way it was on Adrasteia。 That or it would try to bond with someone else。” “Well， that’s not alarming in the s “Sorry。 I haven’t got the faintest idea what’s going on。” “I’ll tell you what’s going on。 War。”Immense， slow moving epic tale of first encounters and pending apocalypse。 Inner voice of protagonist propels narrative in realist atmosphere of self-doubt and concern for others。“So what would the Soft Blade do if you die？” “I … I’m not sure。 I’d guess it would return to its dormant state， the way it was on Adrasteia。 That or it would try to bond with someone else。” “Well， that’s not alarming in the slightest。”Lost a star over gratuitous language。 Okay， one character was salty， but once that’s established pouring on more profanity more detracts。 Despite Paolini’s serious attempt at hard science fiction， many non sequiturs knock the serious reader out of the spell of the story。“Nothing you can say is going to make this any better。” “Just listen; it’s another story。”The ending is appropriate to the story， but not satisfying。“I’d rather struggle and fail on my own than be coddled as a slave。” “So you do have principles。” “Careful now。 Don’t tell anyone or you’ll give them a bad impression。” 。。。more
Graham
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Confusing and difficult to keep track of what is happening
Margie
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Science fiction。 Very long。 800+ pages。 A scientist on an exploratory mission to an uncolonized planet finds an alien relic。 Having no control over it， she finds it joining her body in a symbiotic relationship which changes her。 The discoveries on the planet lead to an intergalactic war with Kira at the center。 I kept reading to the end， but to me， the book was flawed。 I was never convinced to care about the characters that much。 Too many were one dimensional。 Toward the end the author reverts t Science fiction。 Very long。 800+ pages。 A scientist on an exploratory mission to an uncolonized planet finds an alien relic。 Having no control over it， she finds it joining her body in a symbiotic relationship which changes her。 The discoveries on the planet lead to an intergalactic war with Kira at the center。 I kept reading to the end， but to me， the book was flawed。 I was never convinced to care about the characters that much。 Too many were one dimensional。 Toward the end the author reverts to a style of writing details in a manual like form that made the ending implausible and uncreative。 Nope。 Just couldn't buy into the story - especially the alien's complete lack of personality。 Sorry。 I wanted to like it。 。。。more
Amanda Himes
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Kira's world and her story with the Soft Blade （the Seed） were amazing。 I got lost in some of the physics involving Markov Drives， FTL travel， ballistics of missiles， and so on， but the crew of the Wallfish （especially Gregorovich the ship mind） and Kira's own experiences more than made up for that。 This book is deeply deserving of the 2020 Goodreads Reader's Choice Award that it was given。 I was fascinated most by the following: Kira is not a religious person （brief shout-outs to Thule notwiths Kira's world and her story with the Soft Blade （the Seed） were amazing。 I got lost in some of the physics involving Markov Drives， FTL travel， ballistics of missiles， and so on， but the crew of the Wallfish （especially Gregorovich the ship mind） and Kira's own experiences more than made up for that。 This book is deeply deserving of the 2020 Goodreads Reader's Choice Award that it was given。 I was fascinated most by the following: Kira is not a religious person （brief shout-outs to Thule notwithstanding）， but at the book's climax， she confesses the sin of creating the Maw and then forgives it its rage / mass murders / attempts to consume her。 Even in deep space， forgiveness is still needed， it seems。The ending wasn't happy but was satisfying。 。。。more
Michael
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Wtf was that？？？ Jellies？ The nightmares？ That's the best name he could come up with for alien lifeforms？ 9 years to write this book and this is the concept he came up with？ The terminology used is SO stupid and the characters are lame。 I realize that there are sci-fi/fantasy nerds that are into this but I almost quit reading it like 3x once when there was only 100 pages left。 This was absolutely horrible。 Wtf was that？？？ Jellies？ The nightmares？ That's the best name he could come up with for alien lifeforms？ 9 years to write this book and this is the concept he came up with？ The terminology used is SO stupid and the characters are lame。 I realize that there are sci-fi/fantasy nerds that are into this but I almost quit reading it like 3x once when there was only 100 pages left。 This was absolutely horrible。 。。。more
Michaela
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To me， Christopher Paolini's writing and story style was quite clear to me。 Despite the differences of genre between this sci-fi adventure and the massive Inheritance Cycle， I also saw many similarities - detailed world-building， long and exhaustive descriptions of fight scenes， an unfulfilling and rather lackluster romantic plot thread （view spoiler）[（I was picturing Falconi wayyyy too old for Kira so that was kind of weird） （hide spoiler）]， and the MC embraces a new， powerful， unexpected desti To me， Christopher Paolini's writing and story style was quite clear to me。 Despite the differences of genre between this sci-fi adventure and the massive Inheritance Cycle， I also saw many similarities - detailed world-building， long and exhaustive descriptions of fight scenes， an unfulfilling and rather lackluster romantic plot thread （view spoiler）[（I was picturing Falconi wayyyy too old for Kira so that was kind of weird） （hide spoiler）]， and the MC embraces a new， powerful， unexpected destiny （view spoiler）[to go sailing off alone into the unknown at the very end （hide spoiler）]。I found myself skipping through the many battle scenes。 The descriptions of alien ships and planets were in particular rather disorienting。 Less detailed would actually have helped me （personally） picture these settings more easily。 Also， the dream sequences were very hard to follow for me， due to the ambiguous POVs （is it Kira？ is it the suit？ is it both？？） and verbose， floral language。 Thus， getting a grip on the backstory of the Soft Blade was kind of a struggle。However， I overall quite enjoyed the story。 The science seemed quite well-researched in my uninformed opinion （based on the descriptions in the main chapters， the "lecture" appendices， and Paolini's acknowledgements）。 The take on humans adapting to space and genetic modifications fascinated me。 I found all the characters either likeable， relatable， or if not compelling at least not obnoxious。 My favorite characters were hands-down Gregorovich and Itari。While there were quite a few loose ends that left me unsatisfied （view spoiler）[（the possibility of Kira becoming pregnant， what happened to the guy Iska who was stranded with Major Tschetter， the Entropists granting Kira passage to their home base - I'd have liked to see that！） （hide spoiler）]， it leaves open the possibility that these could be addressed in sequels。 Not that this is necessarily Paolini's intent， but I could certainly envision as many as seven more books given how this story ends。 （view spoiler）[（Kira going after the seven remnants of the Maw） （hide spoiler）] I would read them， if they were written。 。。。more
Rachel Mantas
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Not a great book at all。 It was a slog from the first chapter， but I kept thinking it would get better。 It really did not。 It kept going on the same boring narrative。 I realized there was way too much detail about how the ships docked with one another。 And detail about other unnecessary detail。 I did only read the first half of the book （400 pages or so） and it still did not get better。 I am wishing there was something more I could say， but too many details were just boring。
Gabi
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Great new concepts and world description。 It started for me bit like a cheap roman， but it gets better （hang on it is definitely worth it）。 I got lost in this world and it makes me think about things in my own life。 I could place myself in the shoes of Kira and go through the story with her。 If there would come a movie I would definitely want to see it。 It must be mind blowing。
Karina
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¡Sin palabras！ 5/5Es uno de los mejores libros que he leído del género， cabe recalcar que aún no he hojeado a las eminencias， pero un paso a la vez。 Primeramente， no me sentí perdida con tanta jerga técnica， porque uno; este hombre explica muy bien y segundo， algunos de los términos los conocía， porque ratón de biblioteca。 Seguidamente quedé atrapada， desde las primeras páginas y debo afirmar que empieza algo lento， el escritor te introduce lento y sin que te des cuenta。 Para cuando eres consien ¡Sin palabras！ 5/5Es uno de los mejores libros que he leído del género， cabe recalcar que aún no he hojeado a las eminencias， pero un paso a la vez。 Primeramente， no me sentí perdida con tanta jerga técnica， porque uno; este hombre explica muy bien y segundo， algunos de los términos los conocía， porque ratón de biblioteca。 Seguidamente quedé atrapada， desde las primeras páginas y debo afirmar que empieza algo lento， el escritor te introduce lento y sin que te des cuenta。 Para cuando eres consiente ya estas nadando en las entrañas de esta novela。 Cuando inicié esta empresa pensé que sería algo parecido a Alien vs Depredador pero no。 Señoras y señores， nada está más lejos de aquella primera impresión。 En un mundo futurista， doscientos y pico años en el futuro un grupo de expertos se encuentran estudiando una luna; Adastrae， con el fin de hacer un asentamiento humano。 En algún momento todo se desmadra al grado de que hay una guerra en puerta contra unos seres mucho más avanzados tecnológicamente。 Toda la humanidad se prepara ante un futuro adverso， pero la FAU tiene un haz bajo la manga y si esta juega bien sus cartas， la guerra podría ganar。 Y así es como la protagonista; Kira se ve envuelta en una situación que de haber elegido se encontraría bien lejos de aquel embrollo。 Esta novela se encuentra bien aderezada con batallas galácticas， datos biológicos que no tienes ni idea de como se le ocurrieron a la mente detrás de la historia。 Y cabe mencionar que si buscas romance， aquí no lo hallarás。 Lo cual agradecemos enormemente porque esta historia promete muchísimo más。 Un gran cambio del autor， pero fue un buen cambio， muy estudiado y calculado。 Creo que no hace falta decir que amo esta historia y que espero el desenlace。 Debo afirmar que también encontré algunos peros， como un final abierto y algunas cosillas de la historia pero es tan efímero que a mi consideración se merece las cinco estrellas。 。。。more
Sarah S
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A fun read for sci fi fans。 I knocked off one star because I didn't care for the ending。 If there is a second book， I will probably read it。 A fun read for sci fi fans。 I knocked off one star because I didn't care for the ending。 If there is a second book， I will probably read it。 。。。more
Mattias
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Well written， good world-building。 I especially liked the character Gregorovic。
Matthew Burruss
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FantasticThe pacing of this book is great， the story is well written and very well thought out。 If a bit technical at times， the world that Paolini has created is beautiful， creepy， bloody and hilarious。 I applaud this return to form for my favorite childhood author， and I cannot wait for more。
Neil White
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This is a really smart science fiction story with a really well thought out universe and believable concepts for interstellar travel and conflict。 I particularly enjoyed the interaction and growth between Kira and Soft Blade。 The story is longer and takes a little while to develop but the ending is very fast paced and engaging。 Very different from the Eragon series but I thoroughly enjoyed it。
Cloe Perfetti
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I loved this book so much that when I knew the end was approaching I put off finishing， because I didn't want to lose the feeling of reading it for the first time。 I loved this book so much that when I knew the end was approaching I put off finishing， because I didn't want to lose the feeling of reading it for the first time。 。。。more
Cara Jeffrey
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Not entirely what I was expecting but also not bad。 Good surprises mostly wholesome storyline
Elizabeth
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Highly entertaining， big ole space opera。 No complaints。 800+ pages！
Alex Howard
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Half-way review: This book is way too long for the mediocre sci-fi it provides。 I've read some really cutting edge stuff from the genre recently and this is not that。 No original ideas to be seen， just a standard sci fi first contact war。 Nothing about it feels futuristic， it's just modern day in spaceships。Please spare me from cis male writers trying to describe what having a period feels like。End book review: That was a lot of going to one place， fighting， going to another place， fighting， rep Half-way review: This book is way too long for the mediocre sci-fi it provides。 I've read some really cutting edge stuff from the genre recently and this is not that。 No original ideas to be seen， just a standard sci fi first contact war。 Nothing about it feels futuristic， it's just modern day in spaceships。Please spare me from cis male writers trying to describe what having a period feels like。End book review: That was a lot of going to one place， fighting， going to another place， fighting， repeat ad infinitum。I might have given this a pass had it been a 300 page book， not over 800 pages！ Never again。 。。。more
Emma
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Like， 1。5 stars。 Just good enough that I wanted to know how it ended， but it took me forever to get through because I was largely underwhelmed。 I had such high hopes given how much I loved the Eragon books。 So many other sci-fi books I would recommend before this one。
CS Simpson
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W。O。W。This book is SO deep， and SO vast， and yet SO relatable。 My favorite characters are Kira and Gregorovich - they are broken， yet strong。Bravo， Paolini。 I'm in love with your bookbaby。Bravo， Jennifer Hale。 You read this epic beautifully。 W。O。W。This book is SO deep， and SO vast， and yet SO relatable。 My favorite characters are Kira and Gregorovich - they are broken， yet strong。Bravo， Paolini。 I'm in love with your bookbaby。Bravo， Jennifer Hale。 You read this epic beautifully。 。。。more
Thomas Neil
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I was blown away by the world building and journey of this quite long story。 The author describes it in an interview as a series compressed into one book and it took him seemingly over a decade to complete。 From the level of precision around the science all the way to the internal journey of the protagonist， the effort shows。 Many stories end with a whimper and no direction， but here until the last pages you are carried away in a universe of a complexity and depth。 On a separate note， something I was blown away by the world building and journey of this quite long story。 The author describes it in an interview as a series compressed into one book and it took him seemingly over a decade to complete。 From the level of precision around the science all the way to the internal journey of the protagonist， the effort shows。 Many stories end with a whimper and no direction， but here until the last pages you are carried away in a universe of a complexity and depth。 On a separate note， something about the creativity of the language describing the indescribable state of the protagonist （will avoid providing further spoilers） was uniquely impressive。 These passages strained and stretched my imagination in ways I savored。 。。。more
jackie
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Enjoyed the general arc of the story and thought the tiebacks and tieups towards the end were really interesting。 However。。。 I'm really not a fan of the writing style。 Just found myself too many times thinking "what， again with the space nausea？" or "great， more foreshadowing of the inevitable hookup"。 Enjoyed the general arc of the story and thought the tiebacks and tieups towards the end were really interesting。 However。。。 I'm really not a fan of the writing style。 Just found myself too many times thinking "what， again with the space nausea？" or "great， more foreshadowing of the inevitable hookup"。 。。。more
Ray
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This book was awesome。 So freaking long， but r not boring or unnecessary。 I feel like it would be better as two books， but there's no good point to split it。 It rips off a lot of prior sci-fi material including movies and video games， but does so in fairly obvious ways that feel like homage yet still works while keeping the universe of the novel coherent。 The "boss" fights were ridiculous and epic， but I didn't hate them。 They felt like a video game， but with more randomness and intrusion of out This book was awesome。 So freaking long， but r not boring or unnecessary。 I feel like it would be better as two books， but there's no good point to split it。 It rips off a lot of prior sci-fi material including movies and video games， but does so in fairly obvious ways that feel like homage yet still works while keeping the universe of the novel coherent。 The "boss" fights were ridiculous and epic， but I didn't hate them。 They felt like a video game， but with more randomness and intrusion of outside forces than you would typically see。 I liked all the characters。 The aliens were flat， and some of the humans were shallow， but the main ones had some depth and complexity。 I can imagine several reasons other people might not enjoy this， but it was a perfect match for me。 。。。more
Liz Pearson
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I had this in my library queue for months and， honestly， didn't know a single thing about this book going in。 I definitely wasn't expecting a super-lengthly sci-fi book！ I think my Kindle told me it would take me 25 hours to read this and I was like。。。what did I get myself into？！？ Good thing I had a week off of work to really dive in。 I'm not super into sci-fi but I think the plot was really fast paced compared to a lot of other science fiction I've read in the past。 The author didn't over descr I had this in my library queue for months and， honestly， didn't know a single thing about this book going in。 I definitely wasn't expecting a super-lengthly sci-fi book！ I think my Kindle told me it would take me 25 hours to read this and I was like。。。what did I get myself into？！？ Good thing I had a week off of work to really dive in。 I'm not super into sci-fi but I think the plot was really fast paced compared to a lot of other science fiction I've read in the past。 The author didn't over describe a million tiny details like a lot of other sci-fi authors typically do。 Very action packed， although my eyes did glaze over at all the deep space lingo。 I really didn't like the beginning of the book because it felt like it was written by a man trying to sound like a female （Kira the protagonist is a chick）。 If it wasn't for the crew of the Wallfish entering I probably would have abandoned （space）ship。 Pun intended。 I loved the crew SO much。I'm so glad I stuck it out because the end gave me all the feels。 I cried。 Goosebumps。Random GEEKY things: I loved all the alien nanotechnology， the squid's dialogue with Kira and how it used scent to communicate instead of vocals， and I REALLY loved the crazy shipmind Gregorvich。Reader beware: don't read this book unless you can set aside a chuck of time because this book was LENGTHY。 。。。more
Shauna Skinner
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Epic。 Phenomenal。 Huge。 Powerful。 And wonderful。 The expanse of this book is just wild。 To fit so much into one story and have it be so thorough and natural is just beyond my comprehension。 I adored this book。 The characters。 The battles。 The science。 The emotions。 I loved it on all levels。
Nivette
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Sci Fi is just NOT my thing lol。 The latter third of the book made up for the slugging through I felt the first 2/3 was。 I think any book with an addendum makes my brain hurt 😅 It's an immense book， full of details and in the end， full of love。 It's worth a read。 Just give yourself some time。 Sci Fi is just NOT my thing lol。 The latter third of the book made up for the slugging through I felt the first 2/3 was。 I think any book with an addendum makes my brain hurt 😅 It's an immense book， full of details and in the end， full of love。 It's worth a read。 Just give yourself some time。 。。。more
Simon
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