
This was an excellent book. You can tell it was very thoroughly researched. But it was not dry at all. The story kept building and made me want to keep reading it or actually listening to it because I did it as an audible book. The narrator was excellent and did the voices very well so that I knew right away who was speaking.
At first I didn't like the story. It was boring for the first few chapters. Lots of exposition. But by the middle of the first tale told I was hooked. There are a group of people brought together for a Shrike pilgrimage and to pass the time they tell a tale of why they are going to Hyperion. I think my favorite tale was the Scholar's and my least favorite was probably the Consul's which is the last one. It does end on a small cliffhanger though so now I just have to get the next one.
I thorough enjoyed this book as an audiobook. I started reading it as a paperbook but found that I enjoyed it being read to me more. The narration was excellent. I could really see the possibility of the stories possibly being partly real. The behind the scenes in a soap opera was really interesting and fun. The main character Kate was quite funny and made me feel like I would be friends with her.
I found this book very confusing. I know people who love it but I'm just not one of them. I almost gave up on it but I hate to do that. It seems to be about a group of people who don't understand language as we know it but it almost has to have two voices to speak it one for language one for feeling.
It was a slow start and found myself sort of starting to skim through it. Once Lisbeth came on the scene it became interesting and only got better from there. I particularly enjoyed the relationship between Lisbeth and Mikael. It was a relationship that Lisbeth needed and I think it helped heal her to a point. I was so sad at the way it ended though. I was hoping she could have a nice relationship.
It was good up until the end then it kinda of stopped. Maybe I was not paying attention enough but I'm not sure what happened at the end. I was really enjoying it until then. I think I'll reread the last few chapters and see what I missed. I'll update this after that.
Okay I've re-read the end and it makes more sense now. But it does wrap up rather quickly.
I was a bit put off in the beginning of the story. Griffin seemed like such a jerk. But it did get better. These books are a bit more erotica than story so I tend to skim it a bit to get to the story. It did get interesting in the last few chapters. I like that he didn't change her right off when she asked. He let her have a life and waited until she was really ready.