Bedenke Phlebas

Alle 50 Seiten findet sich der Protagonist in einer neuen Herausforderung. Einmal ist er im Gefängnis, dann in einer Weltraumschlacht, dann auf einem Schiff, dass auf einen Eisberg fährt, dann auf einer Insel mit Kannibalen. Es ist ermüdend, wiederholend. Psychologische Herausforderungen gibt es nicht. Dabei hätte es interessante Konflikte innerhalb des Teams des Protagonisten geben können. Aber der Autor entschied sich auf Action zu setzen. Für Genre-Liebhaber.

Started reading this very cautiously because everyone says that this is not a representative book of the Culture setting and also not too good, but I did find it enjoyable. A bit sluggish at times, and sometimes it felt like a series of short stories instead of a cohesive novel, but I did like it. I am yet to start reading the player of games, and maybe I change my opinion about this one, but I was fairly entertained throughout the book.

This book had been on my list for a while and I was excited to read it.

The ‘universe’ building was great and it definitely inspires me to read more of the series. The plot of this book wasn’t quite what I expected and at times seemed to drift from the main thread to fill in the timeline. That said it comes together in the end.