The Wrong Stars

4.5 Stars Tim Pratt’s The Wrong Stars seems to have found a sweet spot between John Scalzi’s acid-tongued space adventures and the interplanetary political maneuvering of The Expanse series. The story follows the crew of the salvage ship White Raven, and the mess they put themselves (and the human ra......more

4.0 Stars Spoiler-Free Trilogy Review Video: [URL not allowed] This was easily one of the best space opera series I have read in quite a while. Fans of Becky Chamber’s Wayfarer series will appreciate the well developed characters found within this cute diverse, ragtag crew. While not an own......more

A very good space opera. Amazing and imaginative plot (reminiscent of Arthur C. Clarke, Alastair Reynolds), awe inspiring world-building and prose, good characters and everything else anyone needs in a Space Opera/First Contact/Far Future Sci-Fi blast. The only caveat being the lack of essential 'Hard......more

For a space opera mash-up with Firefly and octopus-like aliens, The Wrong Stars is surprisingly tedious to read. What I thought would be a binge read took me a week and lost out to activities including scrubbing the toilet and getting dried cat snot out of the carpet. Granted, all sorts of crap was......more

I’m going to start this by saying this book was awesome and exactly what I’ve been wanting to read lately. It’s a space opera complete with space pirates, cyborgs, aliens, alien conspiracies and cover ups and futuristic weapons and tech and a colorful cast of characters. In general the book was just......more