A Fire Upon the Deep

Executive Summary: This book started out pretty strong for me, but lost steam as I went on. I liked it, but not as much as I hoped.

Full Review
My reading of this book was pretty uneven. I read about 25% on a plane, then several days with no reading. Then I read another 25% on a plane and several more days with no reading. After that it was a chapter or two here or there stretching the whole thing out over 2+ weeks. It's not a short book, but it was obvious to me as I went on that I was losing steam.

This book is largely space opera, which is generally my wheelhouse when it comes to Science Fiction. There is also a computer element with the Usenet like service that used by the entire galaxy to communicate.

I really enjoyed the Tines. They were probably the most interesting part as they were unlike anything else I've read/watched before.

I struggled with the start a bit, because I didn't really know what was going on, but that got better as the book went on. I still never felt like I had a complete understanding of certain aspects of the story. I mostly found by the end I didn't care. I was able to follow the story fine if I didn't let myself get too caught up in little details of the world Mr. Vinge created.

By the end though, I was more interested in finishing to see how things worked out rather than being excited to learn what happens next. I'm glad I read it, but I didn't love it as much as I hoped.