In short, light weight and very entertaining. The time spent reading it certainly wasn't wasted.
The book gripped me from the beginning and kept me turning the pages even when I should have been sleeping.
Others have complained about the multiple points of view, to me this was a plus. It brought the book alive in a very tele-visual way.
The plot was fantastical. I don't doubt that this is based on a highly unlikely, even impossible conceit but as I was reading I just didn't care. It was fun and entertaining.
The characters were engaging. They weren't truly three-dimensional but the were well enough rounded that I cared for them.
The pacing was fast and fantastic. It was a real page turner.
Long. Very long. And should have been read immediately after [b:Pandora Star 45252 Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) Peter F. Hamilton http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170278188s/45252.jpg 987015] as it is essentially the second half of that book rather than a sequel. Having said all that the action, plot twists and pacing of the book more than made up for the fairly two dimensional characters. Would I recommend it to anyone? Sure, if you have the time and the energy to dive into a complex, sweeping SF novel that is engaging and has a fantastic world to live in for a considerable amount of time.
Got distracted by Terry Pratchett's Unseen Academicals. Never got the desire to go back to it.
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