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reading (Cyteen)
Jun. 23rd, 2011 05:56 pmI finished "Cyteen" earlier this week. Where to start? Well, this book is long. My edition ran over 800 pages. I don't really know what to make of this book. It reads like a YA novel, but the length and some of the content doesn't lend itself to that classification. Even I, with my liberal assessment of what young adults can handle, can't recommend this book for young readers.
At different points the book relies on pages of fourth wall shattering exposition that make Star Trek log entries look subtle. The pace is inconsistent. Resolution is non-existent, but not the non-existent of Samuel R. Delany's or Roger Zelanzy's plotless efforts. This has a plot with an end, it just doesn't end well. There are many critical bits left unresolved. The significant moral points are handled unsubtly, which is what makes me think this was originally slanted toward young adults.
What I did like about the book was the complexity of the universe. There are some interesting aspects to the overall picture that Cherryh paints.
Caution: this book may be triggering for those who have been victims of sexual or psychological abuse.
23. C. J. Cherryh "Cyteen"
At different points the book relies on pages of fourth wall shattering exposition that make Star Trek log entries look subtle. The pace is inconsistent. Resolution is non-existent, but not the non-existent of Samuel R. Delany's or Roger Zelanzy's plotless efforts. This has a plot with an end, it just doesn't end well. There are many critical bits left unresolved. The significant moral points are handled unsubtly, which is what makes me think this was originally slanted toward young adults.
What I did like about the book was the complexity of the universe. There are some interesting aspects to the overall picture that Cherryh paints.
Caution: this book may be triggering for those who have been victims of sexual or psychological abuse.
23. C. J. Cherryh "Cyteen"
