It’s interesting how every book in Gateway series feel like it should belong to a completely different sci-fi genre. While the first novel mostly concentrated on the protagonist and analyzing his mental state, and the second was some weird xenophobia mystery, the third installment is a space opera that offers the grandest of scales but is somehow the least exciting.
Well, at least I know what one of the main inspirations of Mass Effect was.
| Positive: | Negative: |
| Fascinating setting |
Feels very incomplete, as if it just stops instead of delivering an ending
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| Large intergalactic scale | The answers to the Heechee mysteries turn out pretty underwhelming |
| Relatively interesting, likable characters | Despite the scale, the least memorable of Gateway books |
| Engrossing plot with a couple of cool twists |
Visual novel & other stuff impressions 