Story: 4/5 
 1: Being Vague, rambling plot with no little believable storyline 
 5: Ripping yarn, clever, thought provoking 
 Book three of the Revelation Space story puts in a familiar place with our standard cast of characters fleeing the inhibitors and trying to find a solution to the impending annihilation of humankind. There are three main branches to this story in two different time zones and of all the three books this one was the lightest in hard SciFi as it focuses more on the ending of the story than explaining how interstellar space travel should work. There are some really interesting concepts on the use of technology and Reynolds starts to show us that living for 400 years or the impact of cryogenic sleep to skip years of ship time has on your body. 
 With about a quarter of the book left to go, I was wondering how Reynolds was going to package up the story in such a short space of time. I had to hop back onto Goodreads to see if there was book 4, but apparently no the books was going to end in another 150 pages. Those last pages had me completely enthralled. I felt the hundreds of pages previously read pressing down for a resolution to the inhibitors/wolves. When I got to the end I sat back and stared out the window. I still a couple of days later, do not know how to explain how I feel about the ending. I love how real it is, and so un-hollywood, but parts of me want an ending, but I understand that the story is bigger than just a trilogy and some things can't be ended in a nicely wrapped parcel, so actually, had there been a happy ending, a push of a button or a flu virus that saves humanity, I would have probably been disappointed. 
 I have many unanswered questions, who was really directing Skade, who was and what is the story with the Mademoiselle? When can we hear about the melding plague? 
 So where do I sit? In awe, in shock and in wanting more. 
 Characters: 5/5 
 1: Unrealistic/unbelievable. Feel nothing for these characters 
 5: Fully engaged with the characters, believable. Researched. 
 Book one had me thinking that the characters were pretty flat, I could see no character development really worth discussing and had no empathy for any of them. By the time this book came to an end, I had some characters that I already miss and want to read more about. I enjoyed Scorpio, Clavain, Annette Banks and I like how Vasko's character developed, it was obvious what that development would be, but it was done very well. And there is the love/hate relationship with Skade. Brilliant. Oh how I hated her. 
 Read Weight: Solid 
 Fluffy, Light, Solid, Heavy, Struggle 
 Book one I found a bit of a struggle with the hard scifi. Book three is a solid weighting. 
 Engagement: 4/5 
 1: Not fussed about finishing 
 5: Could stay up all night 
 The last half of the story was engagement city. I could not wait for the next page and I could not believe it was all about to end. 
 Recommend: 4/5 
 1: Would advise you to read something else 
 5: Go read it now. It is THAT good 
 I started off luke warm on Reynolds. I finished a fan. This is hard scifi. Make no mistake, Reynolds is an intelligent man who can completely turn your brain to mush with technical explanations. But what he does well, is build an epic without three hundred story branches. I would recommend this series to anyone who loved Peter F Hamilton but wants something more direct and a much tighter storyline.