Iain Hawkes’s Reviews > Aurora's End > Status Update

Sempiternity final goodbyes manage to straddle the line between humour and tragedy, so that's neat as well.

Definitely getting Flood vibes from the ra'haam, and not for the first time. Anyway, it's still decent. Tyler making his way back to Aurora Academy gives the story a sense of coming fool circle. It's nice to get Magellan back, but his whole "we planned everything all along!" revelations really stretch credulity, even by the standards of the story/genre. The revelations with Kim and the crystals are well done.

Mixed thoughts, but they're mostly positive. While the time loop could have worn out its welcome (and might still do), it's managed to be somewhat funny, along with a sense of dread (e.g. the amount of time left for each loop is steadily decreasing). Calling it, Lae is Tyler's future/alternate timeline daughter. The stuff with Scarlet and de Seel is okay, bit gratuitous, KimxZee is a bit more restrained.

Nice thinking, Tyler.

Despite some of the gripes I've had with the novel thus far, this latest batch of writing has been solid. Kal's backstory, while established at this point, is conveyed effectively. There's also decent mindscrews with the time travel elements. So, one group of protags is in the future, another in the past, while Tyler seems to be the only one still in 2380. Writing flows well, stuff's hitting hard.

Too short a group of pages to really say much. The ra'haam have taken Earth, and now I'm getting Dead Space flashbacks. 0_0

Not that the Aurora Cycle is going to win points for scientific accuracy, but I'll say it again - dark matter and dark energy don't work like this! Gah! Well, anyway, the writing in of itself is fine.

I think this novel just conflated dark matter with dark energy 0_0. Wonky physics aside, it's fine, I guess. We've shifted from Groundhog Day to Mirror Universe-esque shannigans, though it's not a 1:1. Anyway, it's fine, I guess.

Wow, you couldn't go 50 pages without Tyler and Saedii humping the bunk. I mean, I can't say it's unexpected, I'd be fine shipping them, but Maker's sake, restraint! That aside, most of this is good. There's a sense of dread that pervades everything as the ra'haam's plans come to fruition, with every frozen conflict breaking out at the worst time. I also like how it handles language.