Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse #1) by James S.A. Corey
My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
The Expanse is…big.
I’ve only read the first book, but I can tell–there’s a lot of story to be told. I can see why so many love this series.
Leviathan Wakes worked really well for me. It introduced the world, peeled the layers from the complicated characters, told a great story, and–blessedly–ended without a cliffhanger.
In some distant future, humanity ran out of room on Earth and began populating the other planets, moons, and even asteroids in our solar system. Deep space is still out of reach. Still haven’t met E.T.
While we may have escaped Earth, turns out we will never escape politics. Or terrorists.
Good guys + bad guys + space ships = awesome space ship fights.
I’m relieved at the no cliffhanger part because I’m feeling pretty ScyFy’d out at the moment, and I’m glad I don’t feel an urgency to read the next installment. I’m sure the series continues to be great, and I’m certain I’ll get to it. I just need to go read something fluffy first.
Grown up language throughout, so keep this one away from your ScyFy-loving young people.
Happy reading!
One Man Book Club 
8 responses to “#LeviathanWakes (The Expanse #1): The Expanse is…Big.”
So glad to hear you enjoyed it!
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Me too. I’m intrigued enough to keep going, but I do need a break from scyfy for a while. I’ll get back to it before long. Have you watched the TV series?
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Ya, I’ve watched both seasons of the TV series. It’s very well done and is faithful to the books.
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Well, that’s refreshing. I’ll have to check it out.
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Oh man, love this book and series. I forget, in book one, do you get to meet Avasarala yet? She’s great, talk about “Grown up language throughout…” LOL!
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Yes, I was great! Nope, I understand she doesn’t show up until the 2nd book.
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Nothing makes me so happy as when I see a fellow book lover falling head over heels for this series! It’s amazingly well written and keeps improving, book after book. Happy reading! 🙂
PS: on the subject of language, watch out for Avasarala in the next one… 😀
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Agreed Maddalena, connecting with book friends is what’s great about a book blog! Thanks for the heads up about Avasarala’s potty mouth.
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