The Long Earth is a wonderfully imaginative read built around the fascinating concept of countless parallel Earths. It offers a captivating sense of exploration and possibility, even if the ending feels comparatively downbeat.
The Long Earth was a wonderfully imaginative and fantastical read, built around a concept that kept finding new ways to surprise me. The idea of countless parallel Earths is fascinating in itself, but what really worked was the sense of exploration and possibility as the story kept pushing further into the unknown. It felt expansive without becoming overwhelming, and I was thoroughly absorbed for almost the entire journey.
The ending was the one part that didn’t quite land for me. After such a fantastical and adventurous book, it felt comparatively downbeat and slightly deflating. That aside, this was an excellent read and an easy 9/10. I am definitely interested in continuing the series, although when I’ll return to it is yet to be determined.
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1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh grass. Where has the blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone? 2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive scientist - when she finds a curious gadget - a box containing some wiring, a three-way switch and a... potato. 1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong, and the wind in the leaves in the trees. Where has the mud, blood and blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone? 2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive - some said mad, others dangerous - scientist - when she finds a curious gadget - a box containing some wiring, a three-way switch and a...potato. It is the prototype of an invention that will change the way Mankind views his world for ever. And that's an understatement if ever there was one..."The Long Earth" is the first in an exciting new collaboration between the creator of "Discworld" Terry Pratchett and the acclaimed SF writer Stephen Baxter.
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