Justin's Reviews > The Engineer

I enjoyed this one better than The Captain. I suspect maybe Wight is one of those authors that has lots and lots of interesting stuff to get to but needs a weaker opening book(s) to really get things flowing. Indeed, it took me a couple books to really get into Cradle and something like half the series before I felt like there was a five star book.

And, speaking of Cradle, I like how different this series is in that nobody's looking to get stronger here, everyone's already a "fleet level threat" or whatever. At the same time I wonder a little bit if I'm going to get bored of a story where there is character growth but not necessarily ability growth? At least all the characters are very distinct and realized and have compelling personalities. So I am interested to see where the series progresses now that the whole crew is together and there are hints of a larger something going on. This was a great book for having on my phone to read in between the cracks of other things where I could be interrupted and not care and where I wasn't compelled to sit down and read as quickly as possible.

On to the Knight so I can discuss these with my son without risking spoilers from him.