Nemesis Games: Book Five of The Expanse
by James S.A. Corey
This didn't quite work for me, though I did like it better than book four. For the first time, the non-Holden members of the
Rocinante crew are point-of-view characters, which is nice, but the book often feels aimless. Both Amos and Alex go to check up on old acquaintances, easily resolve what's going on, and then get roped into a totally unrelated adventures, which feels like a weird structural choice.
Halfway through the book, something big and significant happens, but it's
so big it becomes abstract. But the book does pick up from that point and become the usually solid James Corey action thriller with an appropriate touch of character and thematic depth. So I look forward to seeing what future books do with this, but I feel like this middle trilogy is a bit of a slump.
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