Ethan's Reviews > Woken Furies

Fine for fans of the Takeshi Kovacs series, but the distinctive noir/steampunk vibe of the first book, Altered Carbon, is unfortunately gone, replaced by the less interesting sci-fi/action vibe of the second, Broken Angels. Morgan overindulges in several formerly latent affectations, primarily the withholding of information from the reader for long periods - it can take literally hundreds of pages to learn the context of critical events, making it difficult to care about the characters and their scenarios. There are also uncharacteristic stylistic tics.

Altered Carbon is brilliantly conceived and superbly crafted, but I think the well is running dry with Woken Furies.