Mobius: The End of Everything (A Far-Future Space Opera)

This book at times reads like a very young adult novel, I am sure the style is deliberate by the author but it is very naive and rather childish.The science and technology is amazing and the author obviously has some fantastic ideas and that is what kept me reading but universe spanning scenes and mind boggling ideas does not a good book make. There is no depth to the characters, no feeling, the dialogue is poor and apart from throwing in a few swear words every now and then to try and appear the 'stars' are actually feeling anything we just drift along waiting to get to the big finale. I'm sorry I cant be more positive but you have to build stories so a reader feels something for the characters not just keep throwing in more and more fantastic ideas. If you want to read really expansive totally mind-numbing cosmos spanning thoughts and story-lines then read some Iain M Banks.

A rather over-ambitious tale broad in scope but shallow in depth. Somewhat inspired, I suspect, by the classic epic tales of Gilgamesh and Ovid, this tale fails to maintain a necessary rationale for the ceaseless progression of illogical events which regale the main character and his companions in their quest to overthrow an evil demi-god who is hell-bent on universal assimilation. The pace is admittedly fast and the story becomes, bizarrely, quite compulsive; but solely for the reason that almost every paragraph is a minor cliff-hanger which demands resolution before one can put the book down! About eight-hours reading in all, it kept me amused prior to sleeping during a week or so: but I really expect more than just 'amusement' from a novel, and given the grandiose theme of this one, some grandeur could have been more forthcoming!

Really enjoyed this book. However too many of the enemies machinations and supposed plans felt far too convenient for the sake of the plot, but that was easy to ignore. My biggest gripe is why everyone speaks like they're from a jane austin novel? This irritated me throughout the book, and it jarred horribly with some awkward, very current use of swearing. Maybe 900 years in the future everyone has mandatory elocution lessons forced on them ;) don't let that put you off though, as this was one of the better, more unique, and incredibly imaginative science fiction stories I have read in sometime :)

Bit of a shame really. There appears to be little or no real science involved with the book. Basically its a kid's look at parallel universes and evil baddies. Goodies are clean cut beauties, baddies are ugly outsiders. Not for grown ups with any love of good science or science fiction.

I like the concept and the universe in which this story is set. However, I am stopping reading at 33% because the main character makes me so uncomfortable. The way he thinks about, speaks of, and behaves towards women carries such a distinctly unsettling creepy/rapey/niceguy/neckbeard vibe that I am A) half cringe-waiting for him to utter "m'lady" and B) disturbed enough by him that I really don't want to see what he does for the rest of the story.

Some good ideas here but poorly executed, I managed around 60% before giving up. The dialog is stilted and doesn’t flow well (it causes you to lose immersion on almost every page. A Victorian would probably enjoy it but the modern reader, not so much). It’s very clumsy (this happened and then thappened and then he said this and then she did that). I found myself mentally rewriting it as I read it to make it sound more natural, but that eventually got annoying. The plot itself was too linear (kind of what you’d expect for a book written in the 50’s) and the good ideas seemed poorly realised.If you’re reading this Vincent, take some creative writing courses bro. I’m sure you’ve got a good book in you, but this isn’t it..

The storyline itself is interesting - unique, even - which kept me reading to the end. The problem is the characterisations were very shallow - I didn't feel any empathy with any of the characters and couldn't relate to them, and passages that were meant to be romantic or passionate came over as rather clumsy.

Well what can I say.... Totally unexpected read, I have to become engrossed in a book and this one did the job and then some. I found it difficult to put down and enjoyed the imagery portrayed by the author. Lots of guesswork from me didn't produce the right answers so a surprise ending. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys a good read and for those who love Sci-Fi in my opinion this is a must read.