For what I've read so far not always the plot seemed to go in that direction. I probably stop reading to early to fully appreciate the developments of the female characters in the books. Naomi gets a lot more fleshed out in Book 5, and by the latter books, these three women, along with a few others like Michio Pa and Elvi Okoye completely dominate the narrative. I'm happy to know that with the continuing of the story the Belters can develop some agency and be treated as 'serious' even if no Earthers are guiding or leading them. I'm really not entirely sure I understand your criticism here, but Bobbie Draper is the most "badass" character in the entire series, and Chrisjen Avasarala is one of my favourite characters from any books. Like Naomi, that in the show is a badass character but in the books she seemed to function as Holden conscience. In the same 'spirit', I found women to be a bit of a caricature, there to move the plot forward but with no real agency. Your criticism about being "led by Earthers" is a criticism oft leveled by those of the militant OPA factions. Book 4 maybe gets away from this idea, and books 5 and 6 in particular will dispel the notion fully. Yea, maybe you just stopped reading too early. The only times in which the belters are represented to have real power or to be a serious threat i when they are lead by an earther, all the other times they are represented are 'less'. It seemed like without help from people from inner planets they could not be able to compete. Like every major Belter representative that has real power or agency is an Earther that decided to fight for the Belt. What I didn't like wasn't the fact that the were portrayed as exploited and with no real power, but that they are presented as being unable to be serious threat is an earther doesn't lead them. I proprably didn't do a job of explain my point of view I believe. That’s like one of the biggest driving factors of both the books and the shows. At least in the show I sensed her struggle and understand why she was doing what she was doing.īut I find it odd that you find the belters being portrayed as having no power and basically an exploited colony as odd. Regarding the Bobbie story arc in the books it seemed to farfetched the way in which she decided to come on board with the events.
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In the tv show Erringwright is a complex character while in the books is basically a caricature, a puppet.
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Honestly, while the main story is really similar between the books and the tv series I don't personally think that the character development is quite the same.įor example the story arcs of Erringwrigth and Bobbie come to mind. I'm also interested in listening to different opinions to understand better its popularity. Given how popular is the series how was curios to know if everyone else felt the same way reading it. Maybe this is the author's way to make a social critic, but I'm not sure. Maybe I'm reading to much into it but the way in which the belters are talked about and are represented makes me remember about colonialism. Thinking about it, others two things that bothered me a bit about the books were the way in which the women and belters are treated during the story. To try to put it a bit more into perspective, after stopping reading the books I resumed the show and I was very impressed by the depth of the characters and the way in which the plot developed more organically. At times the story seemed forced and it developed in 'unnatural' ways.
The characters started to seem a bit too shallow and mono-dimensional.
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The more I read the more I found the story full of overused tropes and cliches. After a couple of days I tried the third but I wasn't able to finish. My plan was to read the source material before resuming the show.Īfter devouring the first book I started the second, but page after page I realized my reading was slowing down. After watching the first season of the show I decided to take the books from Amazon and give them a try.
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