Ringworld

I had mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand, it started off really well and I was intrigued from the first couple of chapters. The characters and plot seemed promising. Then towards the middle, things started to slow down and drag on. I'm not sure what it was, but I was just not motivated to read the book, and it took me a really long time to pass that midpoint. Things started picking up again during the last hundred pages, and then Niven leaves you with a cliffhanger ending, which was a bit frustrating.

I thought the concepts and ideas presented in Ringworld were very interesting, and I have to admit that I'm curious to know more about the Engineers and to see what happens to Speaker, Louis, and Nessus once they return from the expedition (I felt like Teela's story came to a close here, but I looked it up and she seems to be featured in the next installment).

I don't know if I'm curious enough to pick up the next book, but overall I though the novel was good, just not good enough. I probably won't recommend this to most people–only those who are interested in classic sci-fi. I guess I was just expecting more from Ringworld, so... three out of five stars from me.