Caliban’s War. That’s what’s taking top of the deck space on my nook. I loved Leviathan’s Wake. Read the shit out of it. This one…it’s good. A page turner. But….

Lots of people like Caliban’s War better, judging by Goodreads reviews, but not I. The first 2/3 of the novel rocks along, lots of tension, lots of surprises. Then, all of a sudden, things get very easy for all of the characters. All of a sudden, coincidences abound and everything gets tied together with an over-neat little bow. A vivid, breathtakingly paced book folds down into a vanilla, cardboardy novel by the end. A bit sad, really, because of how well the first book of the series was written.

There’s something for me to learn here. Don’t let the characters off easy…even when the end of the novel/story/etc. is coming up.

Easy is boring.