Saga of the Seven Suns by Kevin J Anderson
So yeah, this series of books is all wrapped up now. It was fun, had some neat ideas, and was thoroughly enjoyable, but there’s just something about it that doesn’t make it stand out in my mind.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s quite worth reading, unlike, say, certain books written with Brian Herbert. I think the biggest hindrance to the story hanging with me is it all felt a bit too much like television. I can’t really find the right way to describe it. I suppose one of the biggest similarities is that it really seemed like we could have wrapped some of these points up well before we did, know what I mean?
The Ildirans kept whining about how stagnant they were, then someone would throw out something at least a little innovative, but it would either go nowhere or they’d die, horribly. The Roamers were like MacGuyver clones, and never ever failed. It all just came off as a bit too static.
Anyway. Onward.