Leviathan Falls

, #9

Paperback, 514 pages

English language

Published Feb. 7, 2023 by Orbit.

ISBN:
978-0-316-33294-1
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4 stars (4 reviews)

Leviathan Falls is a science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey, the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, and the ninth and final book of the series The Expanse. The title and cover art were announced by the authors at a virtual fan announcement on September 16, 2020 and the book was released November 30, 2021.

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3 stars

Awwww. I was heavily emotionally invested in this and overall enjoyed the read but it all fell a bit flat for me.

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Having just come off the back of reading some of Le Guin’s Earthsea cycle, a series that purposefully avoids the deeply limited and flawed rubric of killing the bad guy to save the day, the way the whole collective consciousness thing is over from killing Duerte was highly disappointing. Like surely it should be harder than that, and what kind of plot is that!

The existential threat of the unknown aggressors never really felt powerful enough. I mean what they can do is powerful but I never really felt it, the fear, the crisis.

The sphere/ring space/gates drawing power from from another universe had been hinted at already and rang true but again, the actual idea that the gates were doing active harm to other sentient forces …

Subjects

  • Science Fiction
  • Space
  • Space Opera
  • Fiction

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