Too short!!!

As always, this author builds a great story with great characters and leaves you yearning for more, this time managing this even better than in the first book of the series. I seriously wish that the sequel woul have been longer. It's like when you are really really thirsty and only get a sip of cold water to drink. If the book lacks anything beyond additional chapters, then I dare suggest that the ending was too abrupt, that those issues that were solved (dropped story-lines) were solved too quick, perfect almost magicly. The new issues (story-lines) add great potential for a longer book series, but at the time they seem too removed from the immidiate development and not absolutely necessary. Since there is no word as to what's happening at End, one would at least expect to read about how the Interdependency prepares to face the challenge, but that is almost forgotten until the very end. Cleaning house can be considered as such, but given that society starts breaking apart already, the story seems rushed to me. Even the survival of the people in the isolated system is only brushed upon. So I don't get it why the author chose to miss out on all the drama, suffering and/or triumph of the more ordinary people.

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Wann kommt das nächste Buch?

Super, mir hat das Buch sehr gut gefallen. Jetzt warte ich gespannt auf den dritten Teil.

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Sorry I can't give six stars to While Wheaton

Great story and plausible characters. Also an incredible narrator While Wheaton. Absolutely enjoyable audio book.

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Masterpiece

This is not just another audio book, this is art! Will Wheaton is fantastic, the story is very good and Scalzi's writing style is amazing. Wheaton brings the characters to live like no one else.
It's interesting how Scalzi improves his writing from one book to the next.

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Extremly well read by Wil Wheaton - amazing story

I am very surprised to have found such a jem!!!
I am sure will download a lot of John Scalzi and Wil Wheaton.

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Space opera at its finest

Let me begin this review in an unusual manner by stating that I read philosophical works about the future of AI, popular science explanations of astrophysics, biographies of mathematicians, actors, and politicians, and other material not related to my core expertise (autonomous systems, that is) that I find interesting. In short, I like to think of myself as someone with some degree of intellectual sophistication.

That being said, when I reach out for entertainment, I want to be entertained. For instance, somewhere in the third volume, I gave up on Game of Thrones, since George R. R. Martin manages to put the good guys through a never-ending succession of misery and cruelty without any reasonable reprieve. I for my part don't feel entertained by works of fiction that remind me of how unjust and cruel life can be, and often is.

In The Consuming Fire, John Scalzi creates several potential George R. R. Martin moments, but unlike Martin, Scalzi raises the tension in his story arc without breaking it. He knows his reader's critical moments where a reprieve must be offered, and he perfectly masters the delicate balance between the suspense that keeps one clinging to his words, and giving his readers the entertainment they're seeking by escaping into his worlds of fiction.

In other words, where Martin fails, Scalzi delivers outstanding entertainment.

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If you heard/read book 1, nothing more to say

Then you know that this is a great series, and that the second book is at least as good as the first, maybe even surpasses it. If you didn't read/listen to book 1, do it now. 5/5 would recommend both.

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Scalzi at it‘s best

I loved the old men‘s war series and was sceptical at first, when I read about his new trilogy. Especially about the whole empire setting. What I love about Scalzis books are the reasonable characters, which are a rare treat in scifi. Of course Scalzis figures also make mistakes and get in trouble. But not because of their own obvious stupidity or the lag of planing or good processes. I was worried that a royalty-empire setting could compromise this. But quite the opposite! The characters are awesome and I have listened to many scenes, especially with dialogues multiple times because they are just so much fun. Wil Wheaton also is just perfect for Scalzis Characters! I didn’t know before that he speaks audiobooks and now I am specifically looking for books, spoken by him. I seldom give 5 stars for anything, but this book absolutely deserve them. Absolute recommendation!

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Game of Thrones but in Space

This book ist entertaining from start to finish. there are no mayor plot holes an the characters are well build.

in my opinion this is the best of scalzis books.

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Amazing

Amazing performance by Wil Wheaton.
And the plot is so compelling, I listened to it in three days and now I need more...

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