Friday, February 8, 2013

Farseed (Seed #2) by Pamela Sargent

Centuries ago, the people of Earth sent Ship into space. Deep within its core, it carried the seed of humankind… 
More than twenty years have passed since Ship left its children on an uninhabited, earthlike planet. Zoheret and her companions have started settlements and had children of their own. But soon after their arrival, Zoheret’s old nemesis, Ho, struck out on his own. 
When Ho’s daughter, fifteen-year-old Nuy, spies three strangers headed toward their home, the hostility between the two groups of old shipmates begins anew. Can the divided settlers face the challenges of adapting to their new environment in spite of their conflicts?
This is the second in the Seed Trilogy. The first is Earthseed. We pick up this installment several years later and are following the second generation since they were "seeded" on the new planet, Home. We still have the characters from the second book. The main character, Zoheret, from the last book still plays a major part, but plays a secondary character to her daughter, Leila. And although I thought the secondary characters from the last book was too much undefined, that was not the case in this book.

I did have problems with the flow of this book. We begin with a prologue with a snippet of what happened last in "ship's" mind. The ship is still out there thinking of the kids it left behind. Next we are suddenly with a trio who are trying to find out what happened to the fringe group that separated from them. The reason this was a bit jarring is because you didn't realize that so much time had transpired so quickly from the first book. This isn't a big problem, but I found myself, with each section, trying to figure out what period in time this was happening. It only really jumped a little in time so we knew what happened while other things went on. Perhaps it was just me that had this particular problem, but the sections didn't quite flow to one another until the end.

I give this book 3 stars. It still has plenty of adventure and I have to say that I enjoyed the character of Nuy (the species they may transform into) quite interesting. We only get hints of where this might take us, but I'm curious to see what will happen in their future. The first book, Earthseed is slated by paramount to become a movie.
I received this book from torteen and no compensation for my review was given.

19 comments:

  1. I don't know that this series is for me but I do love that it is very unique :)

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    1. I am curious as to what happens next. I'm really curious about the new humanoid species.

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  2. Great review but alas probably not a book for me.

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  3. Hmmmm the timing issues in this one I think would cause me problems as well. Nothing disorients me more than not being able to figure out a timeline of events in my head, and then all I can focus on is the fact that I don't know how much time has passed since the last book/event/etc. Not sure this is the series for me, but fabulous review as always Melissa!

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    1. It's not horrible, but enough to pull me out of it a bit. I am still curious about that last book tho. :)

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  4. I love the cover but I have a big big problem with book/movie anything about space.

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    1. I also love the cover, but it doesn't really depict how they are described. Yea, if you aren't into sci-fi, this one may not be for you.

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  5. I'm sorry you struggled with the pacing, or rather the composition of this one, but overall the series sounds VERY intriguing. I love a good sci-fi more than anything.
    Great review!

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    1. It wasn't bad, but just enough to pull me out of it. I also enjoy a good scifi. :D

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  6. Nuey sounds fun even if there was flow issues.
    Happy reading,
    Brandi @ Blkosiner’s Book Blog

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  7. The premise sounds cool so I have to check out book 1

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  8. I just had a miserable experience with a book and pacing, it can totally kill a book, right?

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  9. This series sounds really good! At least the concept. But the jumping around has me a bit concerned. But the whole concept of it all sounds AWESOME so I may watch for the first book.

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  10. Hmmm, flow of the book is important to me. It I can't get into the groove of it, I just can't read it.

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  11. Well, now that we know about the flow, would that help us to understand it better? I reread your review of Earthseed and I'm kind of excited about the movie. It sounds a bit different and if they do it right it could be really good! The covers look old, they could probably re release these books with new covers and attract a new crowd. I'm not a sci-fi fan but these sound really interesting despite the flow.

    Great review!
    Heather

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  12. I was not interested in the first book, but now they are settled, I might like it a bit more. Makes me want to reread some Anne McCaffrey!

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  13. I think I would be annoyed by the flow of this book too, but I'm certainly intrigued, especially in light of the movie deal. I know this was a popular series before the reprint, and I do love a good space opera, so I'll probably give it a shot. Thanks for your honest review! :-)

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  14. Hmm, thanks for the review. And I love this cover. So cool to hear the first book is to be a movie too. :)

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