u/Various_Baker_585

Livesuit blew my mind

I’m very new to audiobooks/books in general so I only have Dune and the Expanse series as comparison, but I’m shocked after finishing livesuit.

Not even how it adds to captives war, but the way they told and set up the story in general. I just keep thinking of all the little nuances.

For example, Mina turning against the military later on in her life. The scientist discovering something horrible the government is doing. When I first heard it, I was like hmmm interesting additions to the story but not sure of their relevance at all. Especially knowing from mercy of gods how brutal the Carryx actually are. I easily shared idea that “this war has to be fought obviously??” The same way Kirin was thinking.

Then jeez to just leave it at the very end where he picks up Piotr, I’m still sitting there thinking “why didn’t Piotr seem to respond to being lifted up??” And then yup, the absolute horror to find out the scan is showing basically all black.

Now I’m left with so many thoughts and revisiting parts of the story. Who else isn’t even alive anymore? Who else already knows this while still being alive? Just honestly wtffff???

Im sure my exact thought pattern is exactly what the authors were going for, but since I’m new to books/story telling this was my first time being so shocked. Even compared to all the expanse novels and novellas, this truly just blew my fucking mind lol

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u/Various_Baker_585 — 6 days ago

Just finished all the audiobooks

Binged every single novel and novella. Wow.
Before this I did the dune series, dune got boring for me like 4 books in. The expanse? I was hooked the entire time. First time experiencing Jefferson mays as well.

I honestly don’t think I want to watch the tv series though. I watched a couple episodes and I do see it supposedly get better, but I don’t see how it could possibly ever come close to the depth the books gave me. Plus I’m not a fan of how Naomi’s hair is short in the tv series when there’s such an emphasis on her hiding behind her long curly hair throughout the entire series.

I went ahead and started the mercy of gods though. I just love the style of the two authors. I’m worried I’ll never find another author able to write in that style to my particular liking. If you have suggestions please let me know because I assume I’ll be finished with the available captives war books sooner than later.

***edit*** I’ll give the show a good chance after reading the comments, hoping for the best 🤞🤞

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u/Various_Baker_585 — 16 days ago