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I see a lot of mixed reactions to this book but fortunately, mine is all gung-ho. Why? Because I freaking love this book. Why? Because it has all the best features of the hardest of hard-SF, the fantastic world-building, the hard tech, the bloodthirsty craziness of uploaded and downloaded consciousn Leggi tutto

I'm a grown-up. And I've seen quite a lot. Also, I know quite a lot - no boasting here, just plain facts. So, for a guy in a mid of his 30ies, who's seen and knows a lot - I'm at a very big disadvantage here. Because all I can say after reading this book, is "I don't know". Here's a list of things r Leggi tutto

This was another good instalment in Richard Morgan's excellent Takeshi Kovacs series. I find Morgan's writing to be super engaging and the story itself delivers a good mix of action, humor, and mystery while still giving the reader plenty of thought-provoking themes to ponder. This third book took us Leggi tutto

Listen, in a couple of years I am going to reread this whole series...because, overall, it really is pretty good. I'm going to bet that my reread will end with a more convicted endorsement of this third volume. I really think it will. This time around, though, I have to say that I only just landed o Leggi tutto

Достоен завършек на страхотната научнофантастична трилогия на Ричард Морган! Според мен, „Разбудени фурии“ е най-силната и многопластова от трите книги, но и останалите са ми супер любими! Освен това, от тази част си личи, че Морган е почитател на творчеството на Мураками... Много ми хареса това, че Leggi tutto

Надявам се, един ден да се завърнем във вселената на Такеши Ковач - мисля, че има още много да научим от и за нея. Марсианската цивилизация създадена от автора много ме заинтересува! Макар и с леко отворен край, трилогията завършва удовлетворително за мен като читател. Неприятна е липсата на синхрон в Leggi tutto

Actual rating: 4.25 I heard once that in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai , the weather--so starkly and powerfully portrayed--is often considered a character in the movie as much as any of the actors. In exactly the same way, Woken Furies is less about the protagonist, Takeshi Kovacs, than it is about th Leggi tutto

I liked the world described and the themes sprinkled in the action-packed novel, but the plot of the book sometimes seemed difficult to follow and I couldn't relate to any character, not even Takeshi Kovacs.

3.5* The writing and the worldbuilding are still stunning. The plot though is spread too thin and suffers from uneven pacing and too many secondary characters/various groups. Isa, Segesvar, Murakami – people from the past that clearly mean a lot to Kovacs, but we don’t get enough backstory to really Leggi tutto