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Eversion
Eversion | Alastair Reynolds
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Eversion is a superb, original Gothic SF novel. A small group of intrepid explorers are in search of a remote and mysterious artefact. It's a well-funded expedition, well organised, which is lucky as they're sailing north of Bergen on the schooner Demeter, searching for a narrow inlet which will lead them to a vast uncharted lake - and their goal --Until disaster strikes.Doctor Silas Coade wakes from disturbing dreams, on the steamship Demeter, in pursuit of an extraordinary find almost too incredible and too strange to believe, secreted within a lagoon in the icy inlets of Patagonia. But as they come in sight of their prize he and the crew see they are not the first to come so far: there is a wreck ahead, and whatever ruined it may threaten them as well--Shaking off his nightmares, Doctor Silas Coade joins his fellow exploders on the deck of the zeppelin Demeter and realises something has already gone dangerously wrong with their mission. If any of them are to survive, then he will have to take the exploration - and their lives - into his own hands . . .
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majkia
Eversion | Alastair Reynolds
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Very odd and surprising stand alone book that appears to be alt history but turns out as something quite different.

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catsuit_mango
Eversion | Alastair Reynolds
Mehso-so

I usually like Reynolds books but this one felt a bit too obvious, the loops (that were spoiled by the back cover blurb) and even the twist were all kind of seen before and the characters were a bit one dimensional. The end is nice though.

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catsuit_mango
Eversion | Alastair Reynolds
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Not much reading time this weekend but that should be good.

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Oblomov26
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Interesting read. A twisted Groundhog Day meets the holo doctor from Star Trek Voyager. A doctor relieves the experience of being a member Ivan expedition to investigate an alien structure from a sailor to a spaceman, each experience different but adding to the overall knowledge. A doctor needs empathy but what happens when it you feed it stories and it forgets it true nature.

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Soubhiville
Eversion | Alastair Reynolds
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Mehso-so

I read this recommendation from my friend Devon for #12challenge.

It‘s a bizarre scifi novel in which the main character is a doctor who seems to die repeatedly on different types of ships in different time periods. All of the ships are on a mission of discovery, all following the footsteps of a previous ship which never returned.

I wish I hadn‘t done the audio; the narrator is terrible at accents and did a lot of them.

A meh for me.

Soubhiville @TheAromaofBooks this was my #bookspin 🙂📚 2y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2y
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sept_scribbles
Eversion | Alastair Reynolds
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A mind-bending, makes-you-question-reality, unique novel featuring multi-dimensional characters and a fascinating storyline. The ending ties up the story nicely, and there's no worthless filler. Can be confusing at the very beginning, especially when the timelines are just introduced, but everything smooths out by halfway through the book.

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OutsmartYourShelf
Eversion | Alastair Reynolds
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What a read this is. Once I started it I was hooked! Events are relived over & over again but with some small changes, by the same characters, & the MC starts to remember snippets from the previous missions. It's a story that gradually builds as the reader begins to work out some of what may be happening & therefore a review cannot say too much in case the plot is revealed. 4🌟

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OutsmartYourShelf My thanks to NetGalley & publishers, Orion Publishing Group/Gollancz, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4744088294

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Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 3y
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