Probability Sun

(4.5 Stars) I got the progression I wanted from this book, things got complicated, and things got better. I am astounded at how beautifully Kress can weave together so many fascinating ideas, I think she has at least three or four that could be novels by themselves. But instead, we get this deep thought-provoking trilogy that makes you think about all sorts of different things. Politics, physics, probability, culture, origins of civilizations, and military obligation. I could go on and on. I had a great time with this one and even think it took a step up from the first book. It adds more characters and ideas, but I never felt overloaded because you had enough knowledge from reading the first book to prop it up. I felt slightly more interested in the military and physics side of things than the events that occurred on World, but I feel like that is a bit of a nitpick if anything. I was fascinated with Marbet, who is thus far my favorite character of the series. The whole idea of a sensitive would be a great idea for a novel (and probably already is) I wish it could be touched on more in-depth, and maybe if I'm lucky it will be in the last book in the trilogy.

Kress has impressed me enough with these books that I will be checking out more of her work in the future. She might be a bit too smart for me, but reading is for stretching your brain anyway. You don't make progress in anything by being complacent. I think she's already left me many minutes of thinking in the two novels I've pushed through so far, bravo I say.