Judas Unchained
Oct. 15th, 2018 09:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lavendersparkI finished it on Friday, I had to extend it from the library once, but got it back on time. This read much easier than the first one. I feel like I could've read a summary of the first one and been fine going into this one.
Though I do still have many questions that were not answered.
Like why did Morton kill his wife? I thought it would have some purpose behind it or something and he wasn't written as a bad person who would randomly plot against his wife. The way the murder itself took place made it seem like he'd been planning it for a long time not just because he wanted money. Just seemed like the author wanted Morton to go to jail/be a criminal but didn't put much thought into really making him a believable bad guy.
And what happened to Wilson as he was dying? The mention of something dark in the sky was very ominous, but never mentioned again.
Bradley clearly goes to the Dreaming Heavens/Gas Halo, but his transformation raises questions. Are Silfen and humans linked? Are they ancestors of some kind? How did he become the "adult" form of a Silfen?
And who is Cat? How did she survive? Is she still human? Everyone got extensive back stories in the first book, but she just appears and gets a "she did something so horrible, no one speaks of it" write off.
Is the Starflyer really dead? What about all the Primes? And the planet that was evacuated to time travel? Pretty sure they're going to be pissed they went fifteen years into the future onto a random planet for no reason.
I do like that the question of how to handle Oscar and Adam was discussed.
I also liked the world building in both books. Each planet is different and distinct. I loved that native life was important on each and not just erased to make way for humans.
The concept of wormhole travel was intriguing. The thought of just getting on a train and going to a completely different planet is amazing. Especially in just a few hours or days.
I'm not going to run out and find other books by Hamilton, but I may look into the others in this universe to see if they answer any of my questions and just to see if they're any good. Overall I liked this book better than the first one, but I think some of my problem with the first one was just adjusting to the way he writes.
Though I do still have many questions that were not answered.
Like why did Morton kill his wife? I thought it would have some purpose behind it or something and he wasn't written as a bad person who would randomly plot against his wife. The way the murder itself took place made it seem like he'd been planning it for a long time not just because he wanted money. Just seemed like the author wanted Morton to go to jail/be a criminal but didn't put much thought into really making him a believable bad guy.
And what happened to Wilson as he was dying? The mention of something dark in the sky was very ominous, but never mentioned again.
Bradley clearly goes to the Dreaming Heavens/Gas Halo, but his transformation raises questions. Are Silfen and humans linked? Are they ancestors of some kind? How did he become the "adult" form of a Silfen?
And who is Cat? How did she survive? Is she still human? Everyone got extensive back stories in the first book, but she just appears and gets a "she did something so horrible, no one speaks of it" write off.
Is the Starflyer really dead? What about all the Primes? And the planet that was evacuated to time travel? Pretty sure they're going to be pissed they went fifteen years into the future onto a random planet for no reason.
I do like that the question of how to handle Oscar and Adam was discussed.
I also liked the world building in both books. Each planet is different and distinct. I loved that native life was important on each and not just erased to make way for humans.
The concept of wormhole travel was intriguing. The thought of just getting on a train and going to a completely different planet is amazing. Especially in just a few hours or days.
I'm not going to run out and find other books by Hamilton, but I may look into the others in this universe to see if they answer any of my questions and just to see if they're any good. Overall I liked this book better than the first one, but I think some of my problem with the first one was just adjusting to the way he writes.