@ChrisMayLA6@bookstodon that's my all-time favorite series! The authors did such a fabulous job creating such a complicated and interwoven story. I loved the characters. I loved everything about it! Did you also read the short stories? They provide a lot more background about some important side characters, especially the two children on Laconia and Filip. I think you can get a collection now with all of them.
@ChrisMayLA6@bookstodon let us know what you think! The story Strange Dogs was my favorite. Just FYI the audiobooks are also great. I love the books so much I bought the audiobooks too. Back when I commuted to work every day I enjoyed listening to them in the car. The narrator is fabulous.
Yes, the Expanse series is an incredible read - another example that video can never match book-mind-imagination magic. The novellas are excellent too.
The only multi book read with recurring characters to equal it that I have found is Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey - Maturin series. Totally different venue, but a superb series.
This is on my "read-list" having thoroughly enjoyed the TV adaptations (the final series seemed to run out of steam though). I tended to watch them when by myself - my better half couldn't get past the Secretary General of the United Nations saying "f**k" all the time...
@Henrysbridge@ChrisMayLA6@bookstodon she is also super sweary in the books but they eventually explain why. There's a reason, and I don't remember if they explained it in the TV show.
I think the person I'm most interested in seeing how they are portrayed is Amos, especially in the final segment.... (won't say more as a plot spoiler)
@ChrisMayLA6@Jennifer@Henrysbridge@bookstodon Not sure of another way of saying it but I feel that over the course of the whole series Amos suffers some character “drift”... Otherwise it's excellent.
@marcroberts@ChrisMayLA6@Henrysbridge@bookstodon the actor who plays Amos doesn't look anything like the character I see in my head when I read the books, but he's absolutely perfect. He totally gets Amos. Although the TV series doesn't do the last three books ☹️
@Jennifer@ChrisMayLA6@Henrysbridge@bookstodon Yeah he's a really great Amos, and I'd have to re-read and re-watch to put a finger on what I mean by "drift" I think, but it doesn't ruin him at all.
@ChrisMayLA6@bookstodon You've reminded me that I really need to read the final instalment. Which means re-reading the previous 8 because it's been a while!