Some Bits: Nelson's books
The cover of Babylon’s Ashes

Babylon’s Ashes

★★★★★Read Oct 9, 2017

The books seem to have settled in to a comfortable rhythm. The stories and characters just sort of unwind in a pleasant and well told way. That's not a bad thing, but it is perhaps a bit too comfortable. Maybe a bit too TV screenplay too, although perhaps that's unfair of me.

This book had way too many POV characters. Also the action of the plot was weirdly structured. It didn't quite come together. I particularly don't like Marco Inaros as a villain character, he's just too mustache-twirlingly evil.

Goodreads readers give it 4.26★, from 105,357 ratings. I gave it 3★, −1.3, where I'm usually −0.9: I rated it like most.
Readers call it Science Fiction, Space Opera, Space, Fantasy, Adventure, Speculative Fiction.
Won Dragon Award 2017.
Also nominated for Locus Award 2017, Goodreads Choice Award 2017.