Marcus K. reviewed Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Review of 'Seveneves' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Not nearly as good as I hoped. I really liked the premise, and it started off so strong, but the book struggled finding it's own identity.
Is it a political story about creating a society from scratch? Is it a survival story about logistics and planning? Or is it a science book about orbital physics—really, do we need so much on orbital physics?
Stephenson couldn't decide what kind of book it was supposed to be, so included all three and didn't do much justice to any of them. The Martian by Andy Weir did a great job focusing on just one aspect survival, whereas in Seveneves it tries to cover it, but doesn't go deep enough to be the core of the story, and just raises more questions than explanations.
It could've used more focus, pick the main focus and gloss over the others, you don't need all the details …
Not nearly as good as I hoped. I really liked the premise, and it started off so strong, but the book struggled finding it's own identity.
Is it a political story about creating a society from scratch? Is it a survival story about logistics and planning? Or is it a science book about orbital physics—really, do we need so much on orbital physics?
Stephenson couldn't decide what kind of book it was supposed to be, so included all three and didn't do much justice to any of them. The Martian by Andy Weir did a great job focusing on just one aspect survival, whereas in Seveneves it tries to cover it, but doesn't go deep enough to be the core of the story, and just raises more questions than explanations.
It could've used more focus, pick the main focus and gloss over the others, you don't need all the details since it wouldn't be the main premise of the book.
Also, it really seems like it should've been two books. I'm not sure why the second half was included in the same book, seems like the perfect spot to end and start a book two.
