The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
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Book Reviews of The Prefect
Book 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.
Book Review: The Prefect makes good
Summary: 4 Stars
'The Prefect' is the first book I have read by this author. I like the Tech he conjours up and the characters are well presented in this far future entertainment. The excitement and plot are also up to par. I have read most of Iam Banks 'Culture' novels (which are incredible and in a class by themselves) and found Reynolds to have his own interesting universe created as well. I am looking forward to reading more of Reynolds novels in the future. Clever tech and science are a real plus.Book Review: The Prefect
Summary: 4 Stars
If you like Sci Fi and have read any other Alistair Reynolds (or not) you will love this one.Book Review: Contrived and boring
Summary: 1 Stars
I've read Alastair Reynolds other books in this series and each book is getting worse and worse. It felt like one third of the book was a boring account of trying to escape from serving robots that had been reprogrammed to attack. Help, help, the drinks robot is chasing me! Big deal!
And then, I hate it when supposedly professional people act like complete morons. In this book, the main character brings his main witness and asset back to base where he knows they won't be safe. Why?
Then the final sequence only occurs because of complete incompetence. A policing organisation that is supposedly advanced and professional, leaves their main, very dangerous criminal completely unguarded. Duh. Stupidity. As if they would do this. But without this stupidity the final sequence would not occur in the way it did. The writer decided what he wanted the final sequence to be and then contrived a sequence of unlikely events to ensure it happened.