Leviathan Wakes (Expanse, #1)

by James S. A. Corey

[sarahjay]

According to Goodreads, the two star rating means "it was ok" and that is about all I can summon up to feel about this. Like, I love the setting, and the idea of the entire thing, but... wow. The characters are just. Not good. I hated Holden. What a tool. Which sucks, because I remember liking him in the show?? (I have seen the first two seasons and that is the main reason why I am interested in reading this at all.) (In my mind I refer to show!Holden as "hot Jay Baruchel.") And oh my god do not even get me started on how much cooler and more interesting and badass the female characters are in the TV show than they are in the book. This is 98% of the reason I can only muster up two stars for this. Good lord. Naomi deserves so much better. All the male characters are idiots and I disliked them all except Alex, whom I inexplicably love.

I do love a good politically driven space opera, so I am hopeful that things will improve, and I am excited to see characters in book 2 that were in the show from the beginning - but man. If it wasn't for the show, I would not want to continue this series after this first book. Die hards: do not under any circumstances @ me about this.