They had already been through so much though, that I experienced danger fatigue. It was like the author kept putting away the resolution and throwing more and more obstacles in our characters’ way. The story also started dragging towards the end. The characters other than our main trio are two-dimensional at best, and Benny was so devoid of redeeming qualities it was almost caricatural. I wish the author could have found other means of passing the information to the reader. The flashbacks, even though they serve a purpose of explaining Sean’s frame of mind, get annoying after a while. There is a lot to love about this book, but there are a few flaws as well. It reminded me a bit of the video game Dead Space, which I never could finish because I’m a chicken.
For creating them in the first place, for the horrors they were subjected to during that creation, and for abandoning them to die on this ship without a second thought. And now those monsters are angry with their creators. So vast, so dark and silent… and full of monsters that are very very hard to kill, because the scientists who created them were experimenting with immortality. The setting itself is the stuff nightmares are made of – a derelict ship left by a dying star. In the case of the Ministers, that meaning is very literal.
They have to collaborate to survive long enough to recover data that is vital for both their races survival. I also liked Tamara and Indigo and how we progressively got to know more of them and get glimpses of humanity from the emotionless Minister and the battle-hardened soldier. He has the moral strength to overcome that anger and see them for what they are – people. And once he is stuck on the ship full of monsters with two people who, in his eyes, are responsible for the Kystrom massacre, he doesn’t immediately classify them as enemies.
Or maybe because of it? He saw so many people die that now he tries to do everything in his power to help other in need, because he doesn’t want any more deaths. I was also impressed by the sheer capacity for compassion Sean has, even after everything he went through. It’s not a healthy relationship and clinging to it is slowly destroying both of them. I understand why he clings so desperately to Benny, even though they have absolutely nothing in common apart from that tragedy that defined their childhood. I mean, you can’t help but feel sorry for Sean, who survived the destruction of his whole city and saw his family and everyone he knew lying dead at the hands of the Ministers. Even though it’s monster horror in space, it made me care about the characters. Surprisingly, this book pulled at all of my heartstrings.
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