Tag: SciFi
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The Hunger Games Series (Books 1-3)
The books outshine the movies with deeper world-building, Katniss’ internal monologue and richer character development. Very solid YA dystopia. 7/10
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Mickey7 (Mickey 7 #1)
Mickey7 wastes a promising premise with derivative sci-fi, poor world-building, flat characters and major plot holes. Disappointing. 3/10
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Black Mirror
Black Mirror season 7 is a mixed bag with some standout grim tech tales but mostly forgettable. Not the show’s best, but not its worst. 5/10
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Forward Collection
The Forward Collection is one standout tale (Summer Frost) in a sea of underwhelming misses. All ambitious concepts, but most stall before liftoff. 4.5/10.
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The Bobiverse Series (Books 1-3)
The Bobiverse brims with clever ideas, uneven execution, and endless charm. Frustratingly shallow in parts, but still a lovable sci-fi standout. 9/10
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Morning Star (Red Rising Saga #3)
What should have been the high octane ending of an epic trilogy turns into the third entry of a much longer saga. The first half feels a bit more generic and drags on a bit too long and whilst the second half goes back to the highs of books 1 and 2, I still question…
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Golden Son (Red Rising Saga #2)
The sequel to arguably my favourite book of 2023 Red Rising, it stumbles a bit at the start but once it gets going it’s impossibly hard to put down. The story of Darrow’s rebellion against Gold is very different from the Hunger Games style story told in Red Rising but it loses nothing in thrill…
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System Collapse (Murderbot Diaries #7)
The Murderbot series is starting to show signs of degeneration as the series is getting longer still without a continuous story to tell. System Collapse is still enjoyable but it clearly suffers from being a full sized novel instead of a short story.
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Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
I’ll openly admit that I think I missed something here. Neuromancer’s writing style was so confusing to me that I struggled to follow what was happening and to understand the world events were taking place in. It feels very cyberpunk-y to an extreme degree but that is really the only aspect I could semi consistently…
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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga #1)
A surprising hit for me, Red Rising’s premise is heavily Hunger Games inspired but manages to detach itself from it and arguably perform better (at least if I compare this book to the HG movie). The greco-roman mythology twist is pure flavour but it works and the book is simply fun even if it tells…