Cibola Burn
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- Author：James S.A. Corey
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Summary
The fourth novel in James S。A。 Corey’s New York Times bestselling Expanse series
The gates have opened the way to thousands of habitable planets， and the land rush has begun。 Settlers stream out from humanity's home planets in a vast， poorly controlled flood， landing on a new world。 Among them， the Rocinante， haunted by the vast， posthuman network of the protomolecule as they investigate what destroyed the great intergalactic society that built the gates and the protomolecule。
But Holden and his crew must also contend with the growing tensions between the settlers and the company which owns the official claim to the planet。 Both sides will stop at nothing to defend what's theirs， but soon a terrible disease strikes and only Holden - with help from the ghostly Detective Miller - can find the cure。
The gates have opened the way to thousands of habitable planets， and the land rush has begun。 Settlers stream out from humanity's home planets in a vast， poorly controlled flood， landing on a new world。 Among them， the Rocinante， haunted by the vast， posthuman network of the protomolecule as they investigate what destroyed the great intergalactic society that built the gates and the protomolecule。
But Holden and his crew must also contend with the growing tensions between the settlers and the company which owns the official claim to the planet。 Both sides will stop at nothing to defend what's theirs， but soon a terrible disease strikes and only Holden - with help from the ghostly Detective Miller - can find the cure。
Reviews
Daniel Gosse
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8。5/10
Andi
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Book 4/9 in the adult scifi space opera series The Expanse by Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham - more of the same of both what is always great about this series and also of what's been meh for me about the writing and pacing of these books。 3。5/5Trigger warnings for violence and gore。I enjoyed this book and the new solar system with the new， dangerous， but habitable planet。 I really enjoyed the twist of， on one hand， focusing on how humanity does come together to save itself in a pinch， showing that Book 4/9 in the adult scifi space opera series The Expanse by Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham - more of the same of both what is always great about this series and also of what's been meh for me about the writing and pacing of these books。 3。5/5Trigger warnings for violence and gore。I enjoyed this book and the new solar system with the new， dangerous， but habitable planet。 I really enjoyed the twist of， on one hand， focusing on how humanity does come together to save itself in a pinch， showing that people are inherently good and want to help each other - but on the other hand， the fallout of everything that happens in Cibola Burn has pretty much doomed Mars and possibly the Belter colonies as well。 But HECK YES Chrisjen and Bobbie are back in the game and that is ALL THAT MATTERS BABY， I am extremely amused by how the authors have realized that they have yet to create non-Roci characters better than those two， so they have basically no choice but to bring them back， lol。I really enjoyed the survival horror aspect of Illus。 I just wish it hadn't taken half the book to get to the good stuff。 The leadup was， frankly， very slow and uninteresting， and felt a little cookie-cutter after book 3's similar leadup with the similar distribution of characters。 Once the storm happened and the death slugs and other weird wildlife started showing up， along with the blindness and every other horrible thing happening in rapid succession， I started having a really good time。The disaster survival on various ships is also starting to feel repetitive。 The way that the authors approach solutions to sudden problems on ships is pretty uniform across all the novels so far， even if the actual problems and the ships themselves are all different。 The way the exosuits work， magnetic boots， injections， and HUDs are only so interesting so many times， and Cibola Burn is really pushing it for me。The final 25% was what I really loved about Cibola Burn。 I loved the crazy stuff with the ancient alien ruins and Miller as an insect robot and all that insane stuff with Holden， as ever。 I'm curious to see when and why we'll see the protomolecule again。 I'm kind of hoping Holden is still infected somehow。 This book made me want to reread the sphere scenes from book 3， and then reread all the "interlude" chapters in this book again。 It's interesting to have this ancient alien mystery situation unravel slowly over multiple books that are otherwise action/adventure novels in space。 I also loved Avasarala's chapter to death。 She's just amazing， and I love her and Bobbie together。Like with book 3， I'm pretty meh on the new POV characters。 I feel like there's a Havelock in every single Expanse book， so while I appreciated his rapport with Naomi and HIS appreciation for the goodness of humanity， he didn't stick with me as a character at all。 I'm 50/50 on Elvi's character。 I liked the role she played as a scientist and the look we got at Illus through her - it was fun， informative stuff just from a worldbuilding perspective。 However， it was certainly a choice to make her lust after Holden for half the story。 It's relatable for someone like me who doesn't feel like my sexuality works the same way as most other people's and is still in the process of figuring out how it works， but knowing that Holden is already taken， knowing that the authors could have chosen any one of a dozen more interesting ways to show how basic human needs need to be met before true comfort and innovation can occur - it felt irritating in the moment and utterly unnecessary in hindsight。I disagree that Elvi is "a step backward for feminism" or whatever a bunch of people are saying about her。 I think her lusting after someone in a leadership position while she's basically in a fallout situation is logical， and the examining of how human sexuality works was equally logical and technically correct， and her struggle to line her feelings up with her analytical nature was funny sometimes。 Like I said， it just felt like a waste of time， and it felt silly to choose ridiculously-written lust as the way to portray basic human needs not being met on Illus。 I also disagree with the idea that Elvi is "fixed" by sex with Fayez， or that she turns into a stone-cold science bitch or whatever afterward。 You can't have it both ways， lol。 Annoying that this interpretation has to happen to a female POC character in a scifi novel， but also not surprising。 Everything Elvi does MAKES SENSE。 I think it's just a case where more interesting things were happening elsewhere while we kept having Elvi lust after Holden， have Fayez hit on her to no avail， etc。 etc。， while she COULD HAVE BEEN giving us a crazy tour of a basically eldritch planet or whatever， or we could have been getting deeper looks into how all the colonizers are struggling to survive on Illus。 Like with book 3， book 4 just spends a lot of time on characters and repetitive details or lines of logic that we don't care about as much as what we COULD be hearing about， so because the love triangle thing with Elvi is particularly annoying， I feel like everything bad about the book is getting blamed on her even though only about half her story is even a little weak in the first place。Basia is probably the most interesting new POV as far as morality goes， but I kept replacing his face in my head with Prax's from book 2。 They have super similar stories and used to know each other。 They have similar temperaments， react similarly to violence， both have daughters they would do anything to save despite being just regular dudes who can do some science but are otherwise not much use in this crazy situation they've found themselves in。 Still， again， Basia is probably the most interesting new POV。I liked how the interlude chapters broke up the normal， serviceable prose with a different kind of writing， similar to the episode Holden has with the sphere in book 3。 I like the authors' writing， it's easy to follow and works fine， and the Roci crew always get funny lines every now and then to add some nice levity and cleverness。 Amos had me laughing out loud multiple times， as usual。 Love that man。I'm looking forward to the next book。 I'm kind of hoping that the authors start mixing up the plots of the books and that they go somewhere new with the core characters instead of having them serve the same stock roles in every book。 If it does continue like that though， I hope that the crazy worldbuilding amps up and that the new POV characters are as interesting and creative as the likes of Bobbie and Avasarala。 Fingers crossed！ 。。。more
Vadim Pulver
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Continues the pattern of previous books， with Holden being one of the POVs， while introducing new/old characters as POVs。 This time the world is expanded to Ilus/New Terra， while showing us a bit of what happening on Mars。 Though there is one defined villain in this book， all other characters can't be drawn in on light。 Basia the coerced terrorist， Havelock who blindly follows orders or even Elvie who lives in her imaginary happy world。 Again each one of them is transformed by the events of the Continues the pattern of previous books， with Holden being one of the POVs， while introducing new/old characters as POVs。 This time the world is expanded to Ilus/New Terra， while showing us a bit of what happening on Mars。 Though there is one defined villain in this book， all other characters can't be drawn in on light。 Basia the coerced terrorist， Havelock who blindly follows orders or even Elvie who lives in her imaginary happy world。 Again each one of them is transformed by the events of the book， and it is written believable and well （mostly）。 The authors show how petty we are， fighting for scraps while vast new frontier is open for humans。 And also how even the best possible outcome of some event can have dire effects。 。。。more
Sayre Black
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4。5⭐️
Erin
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Cibola Burn is a definite low point in the series。 This book was a bit of a slog to get through despite a fantastic narrator （I've been listening to audiobooks for the series so far）。 It is a so-so story that centers on several characters that you don't care for and they command a lot of unnecessary attention。 It isn't good when the epilogue is the most intriguing part of the book。I hate to say this， but I think the tv show changes did the story more justice than original writing。 Eliminating Ha Cibola Burn is a definite low point in the series。 This book was a bit of a slog to get through despite a fantastic narrator （I've been listening to audiobooks for the series so far）。 It is a so-so story that centers on several characters that you don't care for and they command a lot of unnecessary attention。 It isn't good when the epilogue is the most intriguing part of the book。I hate to say this， but I think the tv show changes did the story more justice than original writing。 Eliminating Havelock was a good choice but I now understand why he wasn't just killed off on Ceres。 Trying to tie it back to Caliban's War with the Merton's family is another odd choice。 It's like Corey wanted to come full circle with the story。 And the one thought that kept reoccurring in my head while reading this is the quote from Captain Malcom Reynold's "If someone ever tried to kill you， you try to kill 'em right back。" Once you read it you'll understand。One final note: you'd think that after 4 books the author would find a synonym for 'said。' Jim said， Naomi said， Amos said。。。good grief！ You can begin with Jim said， followed by Naomi replied， Amos chimed in， and Alex emphasized。 There are so many ways to have a engaging dialogue。 The he said/she said repetitiveness is driving me nuts！ 。。。more
Achim Barczok
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A little detour to a new world with conflicts between settlers and the big company security guys。 Holden comes in to mediate， but things - well you guessed it - gets out of hand。 A little bit of Firefly new world exploration storyline。 It was a little too much on the planet， but there was yet enough space ship action for me :）
Agnieszka
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3。5
Gmmt
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Very good but if you speed read， chances are you are going to miss something。
Jason Mobarak
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Elements of cosmic horror mixed with sci-fi return in the exploration of the planet。 The conflict is tedious at times but eventually satisfying。 Felt like some of the callbacks to earlier books could’ve used slightly more of an explainer to help jog memory but other than that it was a solid entry in the series。
Pamela
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Oh my my my。。。this episode was so good！ Constant suspense and a new character that really made my blood boil， wanted to ring his neck most of the book。 Colonizing a new world has many consequences I'd never thought about， and why would I， but these authors really brought a lot of the problems to light， like who can claim the world， if any one。 It was one of the best， if not the best of the series yet。All the characters shined and I easily could relate to their personal dilemmas， which was never Oh my my my。。。this episode was so good！ Constant suspense and a new character that really made my blood boil， wanted to ring his neck most of the book。 Colonizing a new world has many consequences I'd never thought about， and why would I， but these authors really brought a lot of the problems to light， like who can claim the world， if any one。 It was one of the best， if not the best of the series yet。All the characters shined and I easily could relate to their personal dilemmas， which was never ending on this new planet。 。。。more
Dashiell
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 While I did enjoy this much， it did take a long time to actually get anywhere。 I enjoyed the perspective of Elvi the most as she explored the planet， but her obsession with Holden felt out of place and out of character for her。 Fortunately， the way the characters discovered more of the planet felt organic， and I especially enjoyed the parallels between convergent evolution on our planet and on an alien planet。 I also enjoyed the discovery and exploration of the alien ruins， but I wish we had bee While I did enjoy this much， it did take a long time to actually get anywhere。 I enjoyed the perspective of Elvi the most as she explored the planet， but her obsession with Holden felt out of place and out of character for her。 Fortunately， the way the characters discovered more of the planet felt organic， and I especially enjoyed the parallels between convergent evolution on our planet and on an alien planet。 I also enjoyed the discovery and exploration of the alien ruins， but I wish we had been given just a little more than we we got。 All in all， I enjoyed the book， but I do think it's the weakest of the books so far。 I did enjoy the fun irony of the line， "One of my teachers always used to say that contagion was the one absolute proof of community。 People could pretend there weren't drug users and prostitutes and unvaccinated children all they wanted， but when the plague came through， all that mattered was who was actually breathing your air。" As recent events have proven， this isn't exactly the case。 。。。more
antonios ampatzis
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cibola burnI am hooked on the series and now the real story by reading the 9 books。 What a great EXPANSIVE STORY。 A+
Laurie
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Another creative and exciting adventure - I see that some give this a lesser review， but I think that is because of the context of the other volumes of the series - this follows a somewhat similar narrative structure。 We are introduced to a couple new characters， follow them until they intersect with Our Heroes， and then go through a heightened series of predicaments until， impossibly， things are resolved and Our Heroes safe and sound。 After defeating The Villain， another psychopath， who is so u Another creative and exciting adventure - I see that some give this a lesser review， but I think that is because of the context of the other volumes of the series - this follows a somewhat similar narrative structure。 We are introduced to a couple new characters， follow them until they intersect with Our Heroes， and then go through a heightened series of predicaments until， impossibly， things are resolved and Our Heroes safe and sound。 After defeating The Villain， another psychopath， who is so unredeemingly bad he comes across as a bit of a Snidely Whiplash， stroking his moustache while opining。。。It seems a bit same - but the details of the predicament， the resolution of the protomolecule narrative and the second death of Miller - all make this a worthy addition to The Expanse narrative， even if it is likely the weakest volume。 。。。more
Lauren
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A day off from work means I read nearly 400 pages in a day I guess。 I think maybe 4。5 stars overall。 I really liked this installment， but I also understand why it falls so flat for a lot of people。 I am very much a fan of stories that are small in scale， and since we are stuck on （and in the orbit） of a singe planet， I'd say that's the smallest in scale this series is ever likely to be。 I am fascinated by the idea of colonizing a new planet。 Frankly， I'd love to read a slice-of-life style book t A day off from work means I read nearly 400 pages in a day I guess。 I think maybe 4。5 stars overall。 I really liked this installment， but I also understand why it falls so flat for a lot of people。 I am very much a fan of stories that are small in scale， and since we are stuck on （and in the orbit） of a singe planet， I'd say that's the smallest in scale this series is ever likely to be。 I am fascinated by the idea of colonizing a new planet。 Frankly， I'd love to read a slice-of-life style book that just explores new flora and fauna and weather patterns and building a town。 Unfortunately， that is not the type of book this is， but the parts that involved building and discovery were by far my favorite sections。 I like that we continue to follow dumb， human squabbles - even while the universe is threatening to tear itself apart。 As much as I want to believe we would all band together in the face of disaster， the past few years have taught me that a few noisy voices to the contrary will derail even the best laid plans。 I spent most of the book being Very Mad at the villain。 Even if his motivations were pretty over-the-top， he gave me Dolores Umbridge vibes and I hated him like I was supposed to。 The sciencey talk could get pretty long winded， and some of the details regarding the plot's resolution are currently a little over my head， but overall this was a quick and engaging read that I had a lot of fun with。 。。。more
Courtney
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Another good one！ I haven't encountered a bad book in this series yet。I wasn't able to fully click with one or two of the POV's in this one which dragged some of the story for me， but it's still a great story overall and I didn't overtly dislike them。 The prologue and epilogue POV's were great！ Throwback to my favorite book of the series so far。 Loved seeing them again :） Another good one！ I haven't encountered a bad book in this series yet。I wasn't able to fully click with one or two of the POV's in this one which dragged some of the story for me， but it's still a great story overall and I didn't overtly dislike them。 The prologue and epilogue POV's were great！ Throwback to my favorite book of the series so far。 Loved seeing them again :） 。。。more
Cyborg
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 A little rambling at parts but an interesting take on what it would be like to settle an alien world。 I wish the Miller robot would have stuck around in the end。
William
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I'm keeping this at 4 stars but it is 3。8 stars rounded up rather than 4。5 stars rounded down like the first three books of the series。 I reserve 5 star ratings for life/thought changing books。 As good as The Expanse is I would not put them in that category but they are tremendously entertaining， hence the 4。5 stars rounded down。 However， this installment is not as captivating as the first three。 I can't quite put my finger on why。 It may have to do with learning less about how the existing soci I'm keeping this at 4 stars but it is 3。8 stars rounded up rather than 4。5 stars rounded down like the first three books of the series。 I reserve 5 star ratings for life/thought changing books。 As good as The Expanse is I would not put them in that category but they are tremendously entertaining， hence the 4。5 stars rounded down。 However， this installment is not as captivating as the first three。 I can't quite put my finger on why。 It may have to do with learning less about how the existing society and technology operate and seeing how they deal with alien capabilities that are near god-like。 Instead， things just happen to them and they react。 I'm still pushing forward to book five， without question， but Cibola Burn is a bit of a lull。 。。。more
Samrat
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I don't know if it's the best， but it's certainly my favorite of the Expanse books so far。 A new conflict， with new players， but age-old stakes。 At multiple points it feels like the book is going down a litany of the evils of liberalism and liberal property theory without ever actually wanting to refute it， but that's hardly the worst sin a book can do。 I don't know if it's the best， but it's certainly my favorite of the Expanse books so far。 A new conflict， with new players， but age-old stakes。 At multiple points it feels like the book is going down a litany of the evils of liberalism and liberal property theory without ever actually wanting to refute it， but that's hardly the worst sin a book can do。 。。。more
Davehbo
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That was it！ Best book so far in the series。 The plot was organized， tight， and suspenseful all the way through。 Whatever clicked in making this a unified book， hope they learned something and it stays this way！
Liberty
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Actual rating: 4。25 stars。How do you write a review for something that is the fourth giant book/eighth work in a series？ The hilarious thing to me is that I’m technically not even at the half way point for this series。 I normally hate long book series。 What is happening to me？？ The Expanse is a science fiction series set in the distant future where the universe has been settled， colonized， and politicized。 Earth against Mars against the Outer Planets Alliance as Jim Holden and the crew of the Ro Actual rating: 4。25 stars。How do you write a review for something that is the fourth giant book/eighth work in a series？ The hilarious thing to me is that I’m technically not even at the half way point for this series。 I normally hate long book series。 What is happening to me？？ The Expanse is a science fiction series set in the distant future where the universe has been settled， colonized， and politicized。 Earth against Mars against the Outer Planets Alliance as Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante explore the universe。There is so much to love in this series。 I’ve seen a lot of people discuss this series by saying that this is how science fiction should be done。 As far as I can tell （not that it’s saying much）， all of the science is really there to back up this larger than life story being told。 There’s never a moment where I question if that’s how something would work。 It also seems like the writing duo here really take the time to think about how everything would work in each type of environment。 It doesn’t even have to be a major plot point。 Every small thing is accounted for。 But that doesn’t even bring into it the found family that is the crew of the Rocinante。 Each of them has their own rich background and story， but I love all of them equally。 I love seeing the moments when something happens to one of the crew and you see the rest of them completely lose their morals and their original stance in whatever the situation is because they just go absolutely crazy trying to fix what’s happened。 Especially Holden considering he’s the captain and the most moral person on the crew。 I will say that this is the book that has gotten me so frustrated that I’m not further into this series simply because I want to see these characters come alive on my tv。 And I need to finish the series before I can watch the show。There were moments in this one， however， where I struggled with seeing the setting。 That was never an issue in any of the other Expanse works I’ve read， but in this one it was hard to picture sometimes。 I think there was just so much going on with the plot and the characters that some of the descriptions I would normally get were cut out。 Or maybe my brain needs more to work with than a new barren planet。 I don’t know。 I can still picture the Roci because we’ve been with the ship so much。 But the other two were lacking for me。 And even when Holden is off trying to save the day and we get a new alien system to look at I struggle to see where he was and how he was moving through the space。 I’m hoping it’s just a one time thing and the setting/world building doesn’t become an issue after this。 I still love this series and can’t wait to see what happens next。 。。。more
Jess
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4。5 starsStill an enjoying this adventure and the characters！ I can't wait to see what to see what happens next。 4。5 starsStill an enjoying this adventure and the characters！ I can't wait to see what to see what happens next。 。。。more
Sara Suleski
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I was skeptical going into this book as I saw a lot of negative reviews。 What I will say is that Cibola Burn is not a bad book。 It follows a different plot line that the previous three and introduces new perspectives to follow throughout the story。 Heck， it's on an entirely new planet。 I believe that is why people disliked this one。 I enjoyed that the protomolecule arc has come to a close。 This arc was planted books ago and I'm interested to see where the story takes us next。 I'm sad to see Mill I was skeptical going into this book as I saw a lot of negative reviews。 What I will say is that Cibola Burn is not a bad book。 It follows a different plot line that the previous three and introduces new perspectives to follow throughout the story。 Heck， it's on an entirely new planet。 I believe that is why people disliked this one。 I enjoyed that the protomolecule arc has come to a close。 This arc was planted books ago and I'm interested to see where the story takes us next。 I'm sad to see Miller's character finally end。 。。。more
Elisabeth
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4。5
Alastair Savin
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This had strong western vibes with the settlers via corporation conflict。 I am loving that each book feels very distinct with its own genre but with the main characters remaining mostly the same。 Holden should be a really boring character as he is in many respects what you would get if you took all of the attributes from Kipling’s “If”， he’s too perfect。 But he isn’t he does feel like someone that could exist。 I can’t wait to see how the twist at the end works out！
Tbirdplanstoread
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This one was really packed full of action！ But it was one of those， whatever-can-go-wrong-will-go-wrong deals。 I felt so bad for the poor colonists on the planet。 They just couldn't catch a break。。。great story though。 I've heard it gets really slow and political from this point on。 I hope there is at least enough action to keep me interested bc I've loved this series so far。 This one was really packed full of action！ But it was one of those， whatever-can-go-wrong-will-go-wrong deals。 I felt so bad for the poor colonists on the planet。 They just couldn't catch a break。。。great story though。 I've heard it gets really slow and political from this point on。 I hope there is at least enough action to keep me interested bc I've loved this series so far。 。。。more
Mike
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Gotta appreciate that it's 4th book in the series and yet authors still try something new - it's not a rinse & repeat of previous books （which space operas tend to be）。This time almost entire plot happens on a planet and its orbit - on Ilus aka New Terra aka home of killer snails。 After all the claustrophobic and cramped space stations， moon bases and ships we get open plains of hostile world outside of "our" solar system; instead of physiological issues related to no gravity， this time it's mud Gotta appreciate that it's 4th book in the series and yet authors still try something new - it's not a rinse & repeat of previous books （which space operas tend to be）。This time almost entire plot happens on a planet and its orbit - on Ilus aka New Terra aka home of killer snails。 After all the claustrophobic and cramped space stations， moon bases and ships we get open plains of hostile world outside of "our" solar system; instead of physiological issues related to no gravity， this time it's mud， blood and killer snails。 On top of all this， we are finally getting to a part where Holden no longer feels annoyingly "good"， the shield cracks and we get good look at real person behind， with all the flaws and bad decision making。Overall， as usual， this was a decent read - with one major caveat; I am usually fan of big， fat， lengthy book （to put things in perspective - Stephen King's "The Stand" is just about right size of a book for me） - so I kinda surprised myself thinking that this book is stretched out。 For all the hours of reading， it's not THAT much plot behind it。 I appreciate effort put in building mood and feeling of first human settlement on alien planet， but I believe it could be compressed without much loss。I'd say this is the first Expanse book where TV show really has spoiled the numerous surprises。 The "wild west" trope in strong in this one （almost biblical struggle between two groups of settlers， deep discussions of law/justice behind the "final frontier"）， introducing probably the best （by which I mean the worst） antagonist so far， Mr Murtry。 The "low tech battles" on orbit of Ilus are just a cherry on top - finally， amazing epilogue which tipped the scales for me from rating this book as 4 star to 5 （a - because it's not the book's fault I watched the show first and b - because it's worth reading just for Avasarala explaining what exactly Ilus settlement means for Mars; I really appreciate all the work and planning and painfully realistic take on power struggle between solar system "superpowers"。 。。。more
Frankie Gonzales
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I’m quite addicted to the expanse series。 This was a refreshing incremental plot change and I always enjoy the characters。 I grow really attached to them and their storylines across books。 The author is doing a good job linking small details across the series as well。 Keeps drawing me in！
Sam
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I love it when sci-fi makes me go "Yeah， I'm gonna just stay on Earth forever， thanks" I love it when sci-fi makes me go "Yeah， I'm gonna just stay on Earth forever， thanks" 。。。more
Scott
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Least favorite of the series so far。 Liked the general focus on setting up Ilus， didn't love the enemies/conflict。 Least favorite of the series so far。 Liked the general focus on setting up Ilus， didn't love the enemies/conflict。 。。。more
Gabe Meyr
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Weakest in the series so far。 I wonder if the authors will ever tell us what the book titles mean。 Felt like an “episode of the week” installment with no change or growth in Holden’s crew， no meaningful advance in the wider plot， and no new characters I cared about。If they hadn’t reintroduced Bobbie and Abisola in the epilogue it would be hard to start the next book。
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