It's really hard to review this one without spoiling it, but I'll give it a shot...
Rolling Thunder is a strong third novel in the Thunder and Lightning series, with a wonderful, powerful protagonist in the narrator Podkayne. She's resourceful, energetic, and capable of doing what needs to be done.
The plot devices in the latter half of the book, though, are a bit much. The grand threat the human race faces is unlikely in the extreme (though that's not necessarily a bad thing in science fiction), but the way our heroes deal with it is ultimately unsatisfying.
Extremely unsatisfying.
Days later, I'm glad I read this book---it was good---but those plot resolutions really drag the whole effort down. I almost wonder if Varley had written himself into a corner and just didn't have a good way out.
4 of 5 stars.
Rolling Thunder is a strong third novel in the Thunder and Lightning series, with a wonderful, powerful protagonist in the narrator Podkayne. She's resourceful, energetic, and capable of doing what needs to be done.
The plot devices in the latter half of the book, though, are a bit much. The grand threat the human race faces is unlikely in the extreme (though that's not necessarily a bad thing in science fiction), but the way our heroes deal with it is ultimately unsatisfying.
Extremely unsatisfying.
Days later, I'm glad I read this book---it was good---but those plot resolutions really drag the whole effort down. I almost wonder if Varley had written himself into a corner and just didn't have a good way out.
4 of 5 stars.
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