Lisa R. (lisareinke) reviewed on 1/3/2008 + 123 more book reviews

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C.J. Cherryh uses a clever approach to write a story about "otherness". She places her lead character in a situation in which he has no control, and no knowledge of events. He is kidnapped early in the novel and remains a hostage to circumstance through the entire story. Interesting, but also irritating as hell. There is no protagonist, no antagonist - just a lot of action to people who can do very little to affect their environment except experience it with flair. This method helped emphasize the alien and the human, and was an interesting way to reveal a story.

(In truth, I found it a bit boring.)

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