technicat@bookwyrm.social hat Caliban's War von James S. A. Corey besprochen (The Expanse, #2)
more characters, more humor, more Expanse
Continuing my reread of the series (or half series, as I just have the first three e-books that were on sale for a couple dollars each on bn.com), the best thing about this book is the introduction of new characters. I enjoyed the first book immensely, but I did feel on the second (or maybe this is the third) reading that the female characters were not that well developed, which wouldn't be a surprise from a book written by two men. Although you could say that about all the characters except Miller. In any case, this book introduces two women who could be the best two characters of the series, plus a nerdy Asian scientist, which actually has been underrepresented so far, and he is funnier than I remembered (I did read the book before watching the series but still I think seeing the actors has plastered their faces into …
Continuing my reread of the series (or half series, as I just have the first three e-books that were on sale for a couple dollars each on bn.com), the best thing about this book is the introduction of new characters. I enjoyed the first book immensely, but I did feel on the second (or maybe this is the third) reading that the female characters were not that well developed, which wouldn't be a surprise from a book written by two men. Although you could say that about all the characters except Miller. In any case, this book introduces two women who could be the best two characters of the series, plus a nerdy Asian scientist, which actually has been underrepresented so far, and he is funnier than I remembered (I did read the book before watching the series but still I think seeing the actors has plastered their faces into my reading visualization). In fact, overall this book has more humor than the first, so it feels like both the characters, in all their scoobygangedness, and the authors are hitting their stride.
