The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
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Book Summary Author: Alastair Reynolds Edition: Hardcover Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2008-06-03 ISBN: 0441015913 Number of pages: 416 Publisher: Ace Hardcover |
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Book Reviews of the The Prefect
Customer Review: Great story, unsatisfying end
Summary: 4 Stars
I read this book after completing "Pushing Ice" and "Century Rain", and it was very nice to return to the Revelation Space universe. The setting for this book is the Glitter Band orbiting Yellowstone, pre-melding plague. Reynolds could mine the Chasm City/Glitter Band (pre and post plague) setting for many books to come if he wanted. It's THAT rich with possibilities.
This was a good detective novel with Reynold's trademark ambition. But with the ambition comes Reynold's usual "jump the shark" moments such as Thalia Ng's escape which pushes the limits credibility. The ending reminds me of the totally unsatisfying ending of "Absolution Gap". I am not one who needs everything tied up in a neat little bow by the end, but both books introduce too many variables to just be simply dropped on the last page.
Despite these failings, the books strength is it's characters, something Reynolds always does well.