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Title | : | The Naked God (Night's Dawn #3) |
Author | : | Peter F. Hamilton |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 1174 pages |
Published | : | 1999 by Macmillan |
Categories | : | Science Fiction. Space. Space Opera. Fiction |
Peter F. Hamilton
Paperback | Pages: 1174 pages Rating: 4.21 | 17016 Users | 409 Reviews
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The Confederation is starting to collapse politically and economically, allowing the 'possessed' to infiltrate more worlds. Quinn Dexter is loose on Earth, destroying the giant arcologies one at a time. As Louise Kavanagh tries to track him down, she manages to acquire some strange and powerful allies whose goal doesn't quite match her own. The campaign to liberate Mortonridge from the possessed degenerates into a horrendous land battle, the kind which hasn't been seen by humankind for six hundred years; then some of the protagonists escape in a very unexpected direction.Joshua Calvert and Syrinx fly their starships on a mission to find the Sleeping God - which an alien race believes holds the key to overthrowing the possessed.Present Books Conducive To The Naked God (Night's Dawn #3)
Original Title: | The Naked God |
ISBN: | 0333725034 (ISBN13: 9780333725030) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Night's Dawn #3, Confederation Universe |
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Ratings: 4.21 From 17016 Users | 409 ReviewsCrit Regarding Books The Naked God (Night's Dawn #3)
Deus ex machina.What should an author do when his story has run amok, subdividing into dozens of storylines of dimishing value to the overall plot that would require another 3500 pages to resolve individually? Yeah, but at least it is over. I am grateful I did not tackle this before enjoying Hamilton's good works; after eating this rotten elephant, I would not have been able to bring myself to risk another.I did enjoy myself from time to time, so maybe it is just me. But don't say I didn't warnFINALLY. The first half of the end of this trilogy flew by quickly. Then the second half spun its wheels in what seemed like an attempt to fill enough pages to match the size of the other two volumes. Luckily, once the conclusion started (approximately 75-100 pages from the end) everything started to fall into place very quickly. I found the end very satisfying - not always an easy feat in a long-running story.
Well, it's over. This final book attempted to conclude all the stories begun in the other two, but then seemed to get sidetracked introducing new aliens and their worlds. It reminded me of episodes of the original Star Trek, boldly going...etc. The conclusion seemed a bit unbelievable. Still like Peter F. Hamilton, tho and will read more of his books.
The Night's Dawn Trilogy is my second experience with Hamilton's writing. A couple of years ago, I read Pandora's Star, and immediately decided to own that book. Now, understand that as an employee of a public library, book purchases don't happen frequently, so. . . but I digress.The Reality Dysfunction was my least favorite of the three. It takes a while to get into the actual meat of the story, and a lot of it is honestly kind of smutty. By the end of the book though, I was completely hooked.
tl;dr: This is literally the worst book I have ever read. It ought to be called "Nudus Deus Ex Machina."I read it because I wanted to know what happened. Waste of time. The author spent thousands of pages setting up a totally unsolvable problem, and then solved it with a wave of his hand. This book asks the question, "What if an uppermiddle class white dude in the future (view spoiler)[was given godlike powers (hide spoiler)]?"The author would have done well to take a page from Brandon
Without a doubt, one of the most entertaining,expansive, and satisfying trilogies I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Fun, smart, and fully realized, I can't remember the last time I had so much fun reading!
Ultimately I only finished this series because I have a hard time not finishing a series I've started unless it is really bad. The Night's Dawn trilogy never quite strayed into "really bad" territory. There were a handful of compelling characters. The writing style is adequate and many of the scenes well written. My main problems with this trilogy were that it was too long, it followed too many protagonists, the main conflict was entirely unsatisfying and it ended poorly.Each of the three books
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