To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)
Christopher Paolini
Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds. Now she's awakened a nightmare. During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact isn't at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human. While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. Now, Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope...
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I liked this but not in a oh my goodness new book to add to the favorite pile kinda way. More in a this was pretty good and I enjoyed it.
I thought the sense of scale was really good and the passage of time was done well. The immensity of the universe was very clear and beautiful.
There are some very memorable quotes and things I noted. I particularly like “the universe was so beautiful it hurt...and yet...so full of ugliness” and “suffering was inescapable, but to care for another and be cared for in turn—that was the closest any person might come to heaven”
There was clear character growth. I really liked how the jelly’s language was conveyed.
However it was lacking that special something that pushed it further. Sometimes it felt like the unanswered questions were getting in the way.
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