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I enjoyed this book and am looking forward to the next, but I do wish a little more had happened in it. I felt like it was all build-up, not enough action. The Zelenka & Lorne subplots were interesting, and I liked the new psychologist character. For the most part, the characterization was great.

esotericfaery's review

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4.0

Again, this was good, but not great. I liked how there was more Zelenka; he's my favourite and there should have been more of him on the show. I don't get what the purpose of the new psychiatrist is. She seems so random and doesn't add anything of value to the story.

linwearcamenel's review

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

elodie2711's review

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4.0

I would easily have given the book 5 stars, but a few things had bugged me while I was reading, and I think I'm just gonna list them here before talking about the great ones.

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First, the John/Teyla relationship. This is quite a personal issue, actually, depending on whether or not you like the ship in the show. As far as I'm concerned, I don't, not really; I prefer the John/Elizabeth ship, but this is the fangirl talking. Still, for me John and Teyla are just friends, so you could guess that I wasn't very pleased about the turn of events.
Secondly, I had found the way the Wraith culture and customs are handled in the book very... disturbing. I mean, calling a Wraith "Snowflake", or "Dust"? I remain very skeptical about this, let me tell you. We weren't given much hindsight about the Wraith in the show, their way of living and such, and I guess the authors just invented that part. Their names just don't reflect their characters, or the way they behave (eating humans and all), it just don't fit. I've tried to guess why they gave such names to beings known to be monsters, but to no avail...
Some characters were also weirdly portrayed, in my opinion anyway. I liked the character of Jennifer Keller in the show, while in the book I disliked her. I disliked her argument between her and Ronon in the cave, it felt kind of wrong, and Ronon was clearly not happy being with Jennifer, which I found a bit weird, too.

But on the whole, it was a very good book. The general plot is near excellent, and I found myself engulfed in the book without being able to put it down until I read it from cover to cover. I found the story with Dr Robinson quite refreshing, it added a fresh point of view to the events, from someone new to the city, and I liked it.

Long story short, the book is really worth reading, if you're not that bothered by little details that may seem strange.

annahlee's review

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adventurous slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

lilvincensi's review

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adventurous medium-paced

3.25

sarahpottenger's review

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4.0

I thought it was really good, and it had a GREAT line in it that Teyla says to John. It was quote book-worthy.

Unfortunately, my library doesn't have any of the rest of the books in this six-book series. *weep*

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