This is a spaceship-based story. The characters are somewhat interesting and the main conflict was engaging enough that I read the whole thing. There is a huge post-modern flavor that gets to be taxing and heavy-handed and the ending wasn't all that revealing or interesting. It could be condensed into about a third of the length without losing anything.
This is a hard book to rate. I really enjoyed many of the concepts in the book, the characters were believeable and easy to empathize with. It just took forever to get to the point. I felt like the first 750 pages were background for the last 30. I may read the second book, just to see if the story finally picks up.
I really, really wanted to like this book. Combining vampires and cyberspace, what a great concept. Unfortunately, the writing is horrible. I put it down once, but forced myself to go back to it hoping it would get better, but it never did.
I wasn't impressed with this book until the ending, which was great.
Well written, with a few plot twists. I didn't enjoy reading this book, it wasn't bad, it was just bland.
This book was slow and difficult to get into. I kept hoping it would pick up, but it never did.
This book reads like an episode of CSI. Solid story, well produced, and enjoyable, but not fantastic. The protagonist was likeable, but not one hundred percent believeable. Worth buying in paperback or as an ebook, or picking it up at your library.
Hawke is a superman: rich, intelligent, strong, handsome, fast, and completely unbelievable
