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Book Review
Apr. 7th, 2023 06:45 pmStation Eternity
by Mur Lafferty
This is the first in a new sci-fi mystery series. It's set mostly on a sentient space station, Eternity, in a near-ish future in which first contact with aliens has occurred but initiated neither war nor rapid technological advancement. Mallory Viridian is a young woman around whom murders seem to happen with alarming frequency. She is also unusually good at solving those murders. She's one of only three humans on Eternity, and that's the way she likes it as it greatly lowers the chances that anyone will end up dead due to their proximity to her (whatever is attracting murders doesn't seem to apply to aliens). However, Eternity has changed her mind about allowing more humans aboard. Once the shuttle full of humans arrives, people start dying and Mallory must once again take up the role of detective.
Station Eternity is more of a regular sci-fi novel than a mystery. The story doesn't focus too much on the actual mystery until the last third. Most of the book dwells on worldbuilding and the characters' backstories. It was still a fun read, though. I liked Mallory a lot, and the secondary characters were all great. Their stories are all very interesting, and I love the idea of a future in which we finally encounter aliens and but it doesn't radically and quickly change everything. The mystery is a good one and works itself out in a satisfying manner.
by Mur Lafferty
This is the first in a new sci-fi mystery series. It's set mostly on a sentient space station, Eternity, in a near-ish future in which first contact with aliens has occurred but initiated neither war nor rapid technological advancement. Mallory Viridian is a young woman around whom murders seem to happen with alarming frequency. She is also unusually good at solving those murders. She's one of only three humans on Eternity, and that's the way she likes it as it greatly lowers the chances that anyone will end up dead due to their proximity to her (whatever is attracting murders doesn't seem to apply to aliens). However, Eternity has changed her mind about allowing more humans aboard. Once the shuttle full of humans arrives, people start dying and Mallory must once again take up the role of detective.
Station Eternity is more of a regular sci-fi novel than a mystery. The story doesn't focus too much on the actual mystery until the last third. Most of the book dwells on worldbuilding and the characters' backstories. It was still a fun read, though. I liked Mallory a lot, and the secondary characters were all great. Their stories are all very interesting, and I love the idea of a future in which we finally encounter aliens and but it doesn't radically and quickly change everything. The mystery is a good one and works itself out in a satisfying manner.
