Cibola Burn by James S.A. CoreyMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I'm in the process of catching this series up. This book seems to be the real turning point when we settle into a long running franchise.
The book takes a long time to find its stride. Setting up the immigration/colonization situation and the natural disaster component takes several hundred pages. But once it gets going the main characters settle into their familiar, explicitly explained roles and the action gets going.
The authors are putting forward a basically positive view of humanity, with the crew of the Rocinante making the best of the situation through their faith that most everyone will, given enough chances, do the right thing. Not everyone does, but enough to save the situation.
As noted, the main characters are predictably themselves. The side characters are somewhat weak--Elvi and Basia are facets of the main characters. Havelock is sort of interesting in that he is a reflection of who he's following, and he knows it, but again, this is explicitly stated. The series is a reflection of its main character. James Holden is known as a man without subtexts, and so is this series. I'm still enjoying it, though.
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