Icarus
Oh, how to describe this book. What even to compare it to?
Well, it took me only 20 pages to get absolutely enamored by the world building, and just 40 for it to fry my brain. I desperately needed to shake the nearest person by the shoulders and beg them to talk with me about this book. Luckily, I was at home.
Now, normally, I see "war orphan" in a book blurb and my brain wants to push it far away. I'm very glad I didn't, and yet again it's thanks to Jacob Geller's spectacular taste. (Please check out his video essays on YouTube.)
This is a great book for fans of intense sci-fi world building. (I thought the science in Peter Watt's Blindsight was a lot. That now pales in comparison to Exordia.) However, war and genocide and ethics are at the heart of this story, and they demand attention. But godDAMN this man did so much freaking research on militaries and pathology and math and so many countries' histories, and... everything. It feels like everything. There is so much packed into this book. And he says this was a project he took on for fun. Istg.
Even being so science-heavy, the characters were so well rounded and explored that is rare to see in a book of this scope.
Truly, my bones to pick with this book are minimal. Someone please talk to me about the seven passions.
Oh, how to describe this book. What even to compare it to?
Well, it took me only 20 pages to get absolutely enamored by the world building, and just 40 for it to fry my brain. I desperately needed to shake the nearest person by the shoulders and beg them to talk with me about this book. Luckily, I was at home.
Now, normally, I see "war orphan" in a book blurb and my brain wants to push it far away. I'm very glad I didn't, and yet again it's thanks to Jacob Geller's spectacular taste. (Please check out his video essays on YouTube.)
This is a great book for fans of intense sci-fi world building. (I thought the science in Peter Watt's Blindsight was a lot. That now pales in comparison to Exordia.) However, war and genocide and ethics are at the heart of this story, and they demand attention. But godDAMN this man did so much freaking research on militaries and pathology and math and so many countries' histories, and... everything. It feels like everything. There is so much packed into this book. And he says this was a project he took on for fun. Istg.
Even being so science-heavy, the characters were so well rounded and explored that is rare to see in a book of this scope.
Truly, my bones to pick with this book are minimal. Someone please talk to me about the seven passions.