I'd have limited the crazy traitor to one kid only (actually zero to remove the psychotic violent tendencies), otherwise the book would end like it did but with a less good ending. Then the second one I paid more attention to the 'boring' parts that gives a really good personality picture of the people in the ark, and how they sided against each other and that transferred into more factions. I thought Snow Crash was a hot mess, even though I love cyberpunk and it’s supposed to be a cyberpunk classic.Īfter the first run through I thought it was 'meh'. So is there some sort of plot twist that makes this book worth finishing, or should I just stop now? Everyone knows they are going to die in two years, but no one is burning, looting or murdering? And the world leaders have decided to work together, sacrifice themselves and their families, and no one is lobbing nukes to settle old grudges? Second, the author seems to have zero understanding of human nature.

Shoot a thousand kids and a hundred adults into space to live in orbit in the “cloud ark” for 5000 years with no chance of resupply? Please tell me there’s some secret gov’t plan involving underground bunkers or an interstellar ship parked on the other side of the planet. First, the plan to preserve humanity seems completely implausible at face value. Who thought the end of all human civilization could be so boring?īut my biggest issue is two part.

I like hard sci-fi, but this is like reading a manual on how to build a crappy space station. Anyone read this book? I struggled my way through part one, but want to know if it’s worth reading on (without giving any spoilers).

Seveneves book 2