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| Title | : | The Naked God (Night's Dawn #3) |
| Author | : | Peter F. Hamilton |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 1174 pages |
| Published | : | 1999 by Macmillan |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Space. Space Opera. Fiction |
Peter F. Hamilton
Paperback | Pages: 1174 pages Rating: 4.21 | 17016 Users | 409 Reviews
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The Confederation is starting to collapse politically and economically, allowing the 'possessed' to infiltrate more worlds. Quinn Dexter is loose on Earth, destroying the giant arcologies one at a time. As Louise Kavanagh tries to track him down, she manages to acquire some strange and powerful allies whose goal doesn't quite match her own. The campaign to liberate Mortonridge from the possessed degenerates into a horrendous land battle, the kind which hasn't been seen by humankind for six hundred years; then some of the protagonists escape in a very unexpected direction.Joshua Calvert and Syrinx fly their starships on a mission to find the Sleeping God - which an alien race believes holds the key to overthrowing the possessed.Particularize Books Supposing The Naked God (Night's Dawn #3)
| Original Title: | The Naked God |
| ISBN: | 0333725034 (ISBN13: 9780333725030) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Night's Dawn #3, Confederation Universe |
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Ratings: 4.21 From 17016 Users | 409 ReviewsJudgment Containing Books The Naked God (Night's Dawn #3)
I want to start my review by saying I am a little upset about this book at the moment:HULK SMASH!!! Sorry I got carried away. Anyhow all the signs were there; it is my fault I failed to recognize them. The end of otherwise excellent second book failed to make me as excited as what was going on before despite the cliffhanger. This was the sign of things to come - and boy did they came! I mentioned that the previous installment managed to avoid dreadful Second Book of a Trilogy syndrome. Here itFINALLY. The first half of the end of this trilogy flew by quickly. Then the second half spun its wheels in what seemed like an attempt to fill enough pages to match the size of the other two volumes. Luckily, once the conclusion started (approximately 75-100 pages from the end) everything started to fall into place very quickly. I found the end very satisfying - not always an easy feat in a long-running story.
Ultimately I only finished this series because I have a hard time not finishing a series I've started unless it is really bad. The Night's Dawn trilogy never quite strayed into "really bad" territory. There were a handful of compelling characters. The writing style is adequate and many of the scenes well written. My main problems with this trilogy were that it was too long, it followed too many protagonists, the main conflict was entirely unsatisfying and it ended poorly.Each of the three books
Finally. Man, I've really rediscovered how bad Hamilton is at pacing. At about 250 pages left (a whole small novel's worth), he had to start tying off the loose ends. Which just made that part just a huge slog - time and again, he would build to a climax, but then cut to some other part of the story that also needed to have its climax. And of course I almost got diabetes from the contrived and saccharine way everything is put right in the end.It's been said that Hamilton is a great setup artist
Well, it's over. This final book attempted to conclude all the stories begun in the other two, but then seemed to get sidetracked introducing new aliens and their worlds. It reminded me of episodes of the original Star Trek, boldly going...etc. The conclusion seemed a bit unbelievable. Still like Peter F. Hamilton, tho and will read more of his books.
I almost want to give this book a five star rating. Really my only qualm with giving it a higher rating is the end. I don't want to go into the exact details, but lets suffice it to say it wasn't quite how I was thinking the trilogy would end. Its not a bad ending, not at all; and as I think about other space opera series I've read its ending isn't that unusual. So I'm going to say it fell a little short of where I was hoping it would end, but was probably right where I should have known it
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