The Galaxy Game

author: Karen Lord

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.06

book published: 2015

rating: 3

read at: 2015/04/12

date added: 2015/04/12

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'The Galaxy Game' by Karen Lord is a follow up set in the same universe as her novel 'The Best Of All Possible Worlds.' I liked that other novel a bit more than this one and found this one a bit confusing to get in to.



The main character this time around is Rafi Delarua who has psionic powers. He is being watched by his planet's government, so he escapes to the planet Punartam. Which is lucky because they have his favorite sport there, wallrunning. He soon learns that this society has weird rules of negotiation and gifts may not be without strings. He finds a patron of sorts to help him in his wallrunning career, and before too long there is a sudden shift in the story as a conflict between planets changes the direction of the story.



I like the way Karen Lord writes characters, and I remember really liking 'The Best of All Possible Worlds,' but this time around, I struggled. It seemed like there were multiple story directions that happened and none were fully dealt with. Also, in the middle of chapters, there would be a section of first person narrative suddenly, and it took me a while to figure out what that was about. I felt like I wanted to like it more, but I had a hard time hooking in to the story. It felt a bit too vague for me. It's an interesting universe, but I couldn't figure out what kind of book it wanted to be. It felt YA at times, but then there was the planetary conflict, and also the overtones of the loss of the planet Sadiri. I liked it, but not as much as I was hoping to.



I received a review copy of this ebook from Random House Publishing Group - Del Rey Spectra and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.





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