To put us in the mindset of our characters, having everything turn upside down all at once. Then, combine that with the HUGE time jump of 30-ish years for our crew, and I felt like I was reading an entirely different series.Īnd maybe that was part of the point of this book. So to have the Laconians come in and seemingly break all of those rules made this installment of the Expanse radically different for me. No fancy space lasers, but more conventional weapons like PDCs, torpedoes, and railgun rounds (plus ingenious weapons like just throwing rocks at high speeds at planets).
No shields to make space travel less dangerous, so everyone’s ships are actually super fragile. No inertial dampeners to provide gravity, so ships are built more like skyscrapers to provide thrust gravity. The Expanse to me has always been about the adventures of the Rocinante and its crew, zipping around in a mostly state of the art MCRN corvette, and dealing with sci fi and space travel in a way that Star Trek, Star Wars, and other major Space franchises didn’t – without a lot of fancy tech. Unpopular opinion incoming: this book might have been my least favorite in The Expanse series, and I’m a little afraid it’s going to set the tone going forward for the rest of the series. Talking abstractly and poignantly about a situation staring you in the face is really entertaining. Seriously, I could just listen to him talk all day. If you’re more loyal to who you ought to be or who you really are.” You have to decide whether you care more about being your best self or your real one. “There’s this thing when you get older where you have to make a choice. Hearing him wax poetic, and talk about things indirectly? His probing of Rittenaur here was oh so fun. We’re just a couple guys talking history.” I loved seeing his interactions, both with Rittenaur and his assistant.Įrich: Does the new sheriff in town take a bribe or a bullet? Hell of a slogan.Įrich: What? Jesus, no. I had forgotten all about Erich! Took me a hot second to recognize that he was the same character from Nemesis Games, Amos’s old buddy.
Big difference is that Rittenaur tries to work within the framework of where he is, and knows the limitations of Laconian power vs Singh just tried to strongarm his way through. They both draw from the same well of inexperience, and are both trying to become good leaders for their assigned stations. I hated Governor Singh, and I feel like Governor Rittenaur’s story in this novella was written to draw sharp contrast to him. I got to learn about some more relatable Laconian characters. I do not like depressing books I came to read to escape, not to feel bad!īut I really enjoyed this novella, like a lot. And then Tiamat’s Wrath came out and well, some small wins, but ultimately, I felt like humanity was pretty fucked. What a refreshing novella! I have to admit, I didn’t Persepolis Rising very much, in part because our protagonists just kept getting their teeth kicked in. Whitnie on Step by Step Instructions: How…Įnsignlee on Step by Step Instructions: How…Ĭartik Seshan on Step by Step Instructions: How… Xandie King Groves on Step by Step Instructions: How…
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