Errant Dreams reviews Ragamuffin

August 29th 2007 at 2:17 pm

Errant Dreams was completely drawn in by Ragamuffin, saying that she kept reading it instead of something else she had planned. That’s a good reaction! Snip:

Once again, where do I start? Tobias Buckell has created a grand and fascinating universe within the pages of Ragamuffin. He clearly excels at universe-building and character creation; everything he details positively comes alive, whether it’s a dying space habitat, a distant alien Satrap, or the sheer chaos of facing a copy of one’s self and having a chat.

Surprises and revelations flow naturally and aren’t used to artificially ratchet up the tension or bolster the pace. This means that if you figure something out in advance, it doesn’t cause an anticlimax or rob the story of its momentum. The story is fast-paced and intriguing, and I had difficulty putting it down once I started (in fact I first picked it up during a lull in something else, and ended up putting that first activity aside because the book was too engrossing).

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