The Deaths of Tao was only a slight let down after The Lives of Tao, though not by much, and really only because of my own biases. I tend to enjoy the first of a series more than the rest. There's something about experiencing all the newness, all the clever ideas and magics, for the first time that really sells me. Couple that with a training montage type book and it's hard to beat.
Sometimes I think cliches are only for me. Everyone else on the internet hates them. :)
When you think too hard, it's barely science fiction, which is amazing that I still enjoyed it as much as I did. It's not like the aliens do all that much to enhance the host other than impart millennia of knowledge.
Anyway, Deaths of Tao was on the same level as Lives - tons of action, great dialogue, and non-stop pace. I'm looking forward to more in this series (The Rebirths of Tao and a just -announced new trilogy) and the other thing Chu's got cooking.
4 out of 5 Stars (highly recommended)
2 comments:
I'm hoping to get to this one soon. I read the first one last year and really enjoyed it. I wanted to put some time between it and this one to try to avoid some of the let down you talk about if the book was a lot of more of the same.
Great review. I'll check it out myself!
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