Official Review: Solar Winds: Providence Ends
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Sci-fi novels typically fall into one of two categories - serious, heavy, hard-to-follow sci-fi with names that are impossible to pronounce and countless pages setting the stage for the rest of the book or sci-fi that could really be any genre but loosely uses a futuristic setting to make it unique. Luckily, Providence Ends by Bryan Shewmaker falls right in the middle; it's light enough that anyone can read it and enjoy it, yet it expertly builds its world and explores its technology naturally throughout the book bits and pieces at a time. It's like learning a new language a few words at a time instead of being thrown into a conversation with someone who speaks the language!
It's hard to achieve a balance between these "extreme" and "loose" classes of sci-fi while managing several subplots. Although I'm not a fan of the genre, I recognize this feat takes talent and makes for a good read.
The chapter distribution seems confusing to me, but I guess it makes sense once you get into the story.
I'll skip this one but thank you for the enthusiastic review.
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