Reviews and Comments

the characters were likeable, and the story kept me turning pages. the mystery felt like it could've maybe run a little deeper given the story involving a conspiracy that takes place over like 6 years. but it's a short novella so it ends up working just fine. i really enjoyed this and look forward to reading more lewis!

i'm about 60 or 70 pages into the finale. i'm excited to see how it ends!

i'm attached to the characters and the plot so i've fully bought in by this point obviously, and persepolis is really good. it isn't my favourite in the series, and it feels a little melancholy as the characters settle into older age, dealing with all the same problems they've been trying to fix in prior entries. and the ending feels a little cut off. which would have driven me crazy if i'd read it on release.

the commentary on the cyclical nature of human problems, even in relatively short time periods during which naomi, jim, bobbi, et al are actively fighting, is molasses in my soul, but they're not wrong about it.

i rate the expanse at 3's typically bc they don't feel like, revelatory, or almost holy, the way some sci fi does. and in fairness to the series, i'm getting older, i've read more and seen more, and it's harder to break through and surprise me. but a 3 is solid. i really enjoyed each and every book in the series and i'm excited to finish it up with tiamat's wrath!

i'm finally going back to the expanse to finish it. i started ages ago, got caught up, bought babylon's ashes new, then took forever to read it and stalled again. but now i've finished persepolis and am on the last one. whoo!

persepolis was good. exciting. nerve wracking. annoying in where they left off. but i'm into tiamat's wrath already so i'll get whatever closure they provide at the end of the series soon enough. probably sad closure. oh well lol

her name is Snake and there's an offputting sexy picture of Snake, with a snake, wrapped around her naked body, as the cover page for this ebook copy i'm reading. and it's weird. but i won't hold it against the book lol. i'm excited to read this

brilliant take on colonialism, on change, on damage. it's really sad and frightening all the way through and it feels like a mudslide in that, once it's started, you know it won't stop. like, bad things will keep happening. there's no real happy ending.

but every word was worth reading.