Expanse Leviathan Wakes, Book 1, (Paperback)

from alchemie

Whether or not Leviathan Wakes works for you depends on what you are looking for in a "good" sci fi book. It does many things well - interesting plot, well written suspenseful scenes, and some nicely developed characters. In many others, it doesn't really deliver: no fancy future tech, no alien c...

from eviljosh

This is a good pseudo-hard sci-fi book. It dodges some questions (how do those ship drives work, anyways?) but maintains a good deal of realism that many space operas ignore (acceleration is slow and painful, radiation is a constant threat, etc.).I love the paranoid feeling this book instills. Th...

from stefferoo

Great read, and nothing like I expected. The only negative for me is that it was a bit slow to take off, but the payoff is worth it. Like a roller coaster ride, the ramp up is long, but around the halfway point things really start to take off. After that, there are some ups and downs...but mostly...

from wishanem

I found it really refreshing to encounter a Sci-Fi story that felt so new. Taking place in a near-ish future, it has a plausible amount of cultural shift compared to the present. Mars has domed cities and the asteroid belt is a Wild West of small settlements, but in the world of Leviathan Wakes h...

from rrainer

I wanted to read this book for two reasons: because it's a Hugo nominee for best novel, and I'm reading my way through all the nominees I can, and because it's described as a space opera and I've been desperately craving a good space opera, of the sort I used to read years ago. Unfortunately, it ...