I got about a third of the way through and couldn’t read any more. The characters seemed one-dimensional and often behaved unrealistically. It just didn’t seem well-written to me, and I didn’t feel like wading through the rest of the book in hopes that it would get better. Maybe I’ll attempt it again one day, since it seems to be a popular book.

This book was entertaining, but it had way too many flaws for me to recommend it to anyone.

First of all, it had maybe four storylines, and the first third of the book shoved so many characters down my throat it was ridiculous. Most of them just ended up disappearing or turning up 500 pages later, after I had already forgotten them.

One storyline was the main one for the book, and the rest, looking back, didn’t seem to matter at all. Honestly, it seemed to me that the minor storylines were just there to give a Sci-Fi feeling to a book which would otherwise have been pure fantasy.

But my biggest annoyance with the author and this book is the fact that he doesn’t know how to make complete sentences. I’d estimate that there were about 2-3 gramatically incorrect sentences, per page, through the entire book. This isn’t a small book. There are also numerous spelling mistakes, and many examples of incorrect comma usage. I don’t often get annoyed with these things unless they interfere with my enjoyment of a book. If I had the time and inclination, I would read through the book again and make notes of every mistake, then send the list to his editor.

As it is, I think I’ll just avoid this author for a bit. I might get high blood pressure.

This is the first book I am reading that had been taken out with my brand new library card! It has been years since I had last rented a book.

I vaguely remember reading it years ago… doesn’t matter, it seemed new to me anyway. Good enough to read twice, I guess!

The cover says something like “the most terrifying aliens are in humanity’s image” so I thought it would be something more interesting than just a different culture on another world with a couple hidden differences.

For some reason, the book didn’t point out that this was an anthology, so for half the book I was waiting for the various “chapters” to come together and make sense.

I never thought that I would like this kind of book, but I did! The character development and detail make all the difference.

It was decent. I’m not a big fan of telepathy though.

Very neat concepts in this book. I love new ideas and imagining a world built around them.

I really liked this book. The characters were very lifelike, and the story was fastpaced and interesting. I am usually into Science Fiction, but I had this book given to me and was pleasantly surprised. It also had SF elements. I will definitely be reading more from this series and author.