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Bezig met laden... Inversions (Culture) (origineel 1998; editie 2007)door Iain M. Banks
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Good. The sci fi elements are very limited, which makes a nice change of pace. The fact it's a Culture book is vaguely a spoiler but it's impossible to avoid so whatever. You kind of need to have read at least one other Culture book to understand what's going on, I think. The plot is good and builds up to a great climax - a major twist but not something that totally ruins the development that's gone before. I liked it in general. Touches on moral questions raised by the Culture without going too in depth (ending spoiler) There's some violence against women in the book and discussion about rape, I think it's handled reasonably - although I'm quite likely wrong and it's hard to judge - and apart from one section when a character is discussing their experience it's not explicit. The viewpoint character for half the chapters sometimes acts a little creepily but I think it's intended and not condoned as he's what I assume to be a teen. I dunno v minor ending spoiler I tacked a three star rating on this one, but that's only a pro tem kinda thing. I need to read it again. I just don't think I got everything out if this I should have. There are hints of greatness here. The question is am I being clueless, or did the authour just miss his usual very high standard. Oh, and it's a Banks novel. Quit reading reviews before somebody messes it up on you. Just read it yourself and then tell me what you think. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Iain M. Banks, the international bestselling author of "The Player of Games" and "Consider Phlebas, " is a true original, a literary visionary whose brilliant speculative fiction has transported us into worlds of unbounded imagination. Now, in his acclaimed new novel, Banks presents an engrossing portrait of an alien world, and of two very different people bound by a startling and mysterious secret. On a backward world with six moons, an alert spy reports on the doings of one Dr. Vosill, who has mysteriously become the personal physician to the king despite being a foreigner and, even more unthinkably, a woman. Vosill has more enemies than she first realizes. But then she also has more remedies in hand than those who wish her ill can ever guess. Elsewhere, in another palace across the mountains, a man named DeWar serves as chief bodyguard to the Protector General of Tassasen, a profession he describes as the business of "assassinating assassins." DeWar, too, has his enemies, but his foes strike more swiftly, and his means of combating them are more direct. No one trusts the doctor, and the bodyguard trusts no one, but is there a hidden commonality linking their disparate histories? Spiraling around a central core of mystery, deceit, love, and betrayal. "Inversions" is a dazzling work of science fiction from a versatile and imaginative author writing at the height of his remarkable powers. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I struggled to find the meta-meaning of why Banks authored this novel in the context of the broader Culture series. Perhaps it’s to remind us of the ‘inverse’ of the Culture – an unjust, misogynistic, and at times brutal world. Maybe the reflections of power/powerless, men/women, sickness/healing, and love/hate. It caught me off guard, I was prepared for another dazzling technology story depicting a far distant future. But as I settled in, I certainly appreciated the taut intertwining of multiple story lines, distinct characters, and a rich plot. I’ve always been fascinated by stories where the downtrodden and powerless find ways to affect the rich and powerful. As in most feudal tales, there is nothing noble about noblemen and given enough time, even the subjugated will find revenge/justice/reprisal.
Four stone stars for this well-written medieval tale of contrasting themes, exposed by fascinating characters and plot. ( )