Abaddon’s Gate (Expanse, #3)
by James S.A. Corey, Jefferson Mays (Narrator)
The Ring, finally! And the battle I was looking forward to. Good reminder. Red and Peaches are the most interesting characters in this for me. Bull had completely disappeared from my memory, replaced by TV Drummer.
First read October 2017:
I wonder if our writing team follows a how-to-list for their books, something like….
1. boy or girl disappears / is kidnapped / dies and introduced a main plotline for the book doing so,
2. Holden shows up and contemplates his life,
3. Several new, possibly major characters show up, never to be seen again in the next book
I liked Anna, Clarissa, Bull, Sam, Serge…. Corey is good at making characters come to life. But, OMG, did Corey take writing hints from GRR Martin?
I also liked the slightly time shifted chapters with alternating POVs, made it lively.
The plot was more straight forward than in the previous two books, which makes it simpler, but dragged me along much faster, too.
Very good, really liked this book, looking forward to the next installment!
On the comics front I decided to read Battle Angel Alita Vol. 1 (Gunnm, #1) next. Very good so far! Very nice artwork, great characters, good suspense…
Cathy's Reading Bonanza 