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A Closed and Common Orbit
- Wayfarers, Book 2
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- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
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Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in a new body following a total system shutdown and reboot, she has to start over in a synthetic body, in a world where her kind are illegal. She's never felt so alone. But she's not alone, not really.
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- Andrés Pérez Camarasa
- 03-18-24
Even Wholesomer than the first!
At the beggining I wasn't sure about the change of scope and characters. I really like the Wayfarer's crew.
Now, I think this book is brilliant.
The complex interactions between characters, Peppers backstory, the implications with sentience and AI (as relevant as ever).
Now I don't mind the smaller scope, is a beautiful story lovely written and I'm a bigger fan now, eager to continue with the third one!
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- Tallulah
- 04-02-21
This narrator takes the cake
The narrator really made this book come alive. I absolutely adored her performance and it made me love the book even more. I don't know if I would have enjoyed the book as much as I did if it hadn't been for her.
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- Mim
- 09-11-17
Galactic Commons, interesting place
Enjoyed this story even more than the first one. I enjoyed the alternating P.O.V. along with the depth of description and world building. The interactions are well described and the planets and space-ship life are fascinating, even after all the years I have been reading this genre.
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- Emily von Euw
- 08-27-20
INCREDIBLE
The narrator was phenomenal. The writing was superb. The story was beautiful. Cannot recommend this book enough. The whole serious is excellent, too.
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- BeijInga
- 04-29-21
Recommended
I liked this book even more than the first book in the series. Great characters. Important topics.
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- Alex
- 01-01-19
Not compelling - plot lacks a reason to care
Where book one was successful at creating a broad universe and set of characters, book two failed at drilling down into the back story and day-to-day lives of a few, previously minor, characters.
What's disappointing is that there are some interesting sci-fi / AI ideas scattered in book two, so the failure wasn't on the sci-fi side, but just that the overall plot failed provide me with a reason to invest in the characters. I'm three quarters of the way through and going to return the book. I don't care about the fate of the characters, and I'm struggling to pay attention.
Also the repetition of the word 'real', becomes real tedious, real fast. I know there was a purpose to it, but I'm pretty sure everyone knew who Jane was upon our first introduction to her.
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- Michaela
- 07-03-20
Not a great continuation of the series
The characters are interesting but not enough so for me to get invested in them. As a result, the book drags on forever. It doesn't help that whatever little plot there is is easily predictable and just not so interesting to begin with.
It is not a terrible book but as someone looking for a good sequel to a great first book, this was just so much less compelling.
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