The Expanse novel series thread WARNING TV SPOILERS

I've just reread books 7 & 8 earlier this month so am good to go xps

There was one massive plot point I'd completely forgotten so glad i did:

I remembered Amos getting killed but had somehow completely forgotten the fact the protomolecule repair dog things bring him back

Out today!

Already reading it, definitely needed to reread the Expanse wiki summary of book 8 to remind myself where we were up to.

https://expanse.fandom.com/wiki/Tiamat%27s_Wrath#Plot

LEVIATHAN FALLS

I finished it. Some good stuff in there!

Jeez! When did you start reading??

Got about an hour in before work yesterday, long lunch, late evening. Then cheated and half-paid attention to a meeting today.

It’s a bit light on one of the main plot threads when it comes to the the reappearance of an antagonist, but imo it’s not really their story anymore so I’m willing to let that go

I'm not too far in but if anything bad happens to hero of book 8 Muskrat, I will completely lose it.

<3

Can confirm Muskrat survives unscathed, other than needing a steroid shot for a zero-gravity-induced sore hip at one point.

Two-third through and I keep expecting it to really reel me in, but it hasn't happened yet.

Sadly, it never did reel me in. Generalized impressions (but no plot details): it didn't have as much plot as the preceding books, and a lot (too much?) of the action was mostly focused on moving the characters into place for a climax that never really comes. The denouement was really dragged out too -- in fact, a lot of details throughout felt like they were at best there for flavor and didn't contribute much to the main story.

Very much agree with you.

I found book 6 and book 9 to be the weakest books in the series for kind of the same reason - not much plot, lots of flavor detail. In the concluding book, I want exactly the opposite! maybe they're just not that good at writing climaxes/endings. There's still a satisfaction in the story resolving but I felt let down. Liked the epilogue though

Ah hell, that blue block was supposed to be SPOILERS but I did keep it pretty vague. Sorry

New, presumably final story collection now out, collection all the previous stories/novellas, plus 1 new one which is about 50-something Filip stranded on a very thinly populated backwater planet after the gate system closes down.

2-1-5-3-4 so far - they remind me of reading a bunch of Bernard Cornwell novels, compulsive page turners even when they’re not exactly good and as soon as I finish one it’s like “well shit gotta find out what happens next.”

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ranking the novels