This book and Pandora’s Star were a bit odd and choppy, but overall good. This book I felt had some odd plot holes with regard to the Starflyer, but it kept me reading until the end, so there is that.

Awesome

I became lost into the commonwealth. At times I had to force myself to stop reading. Such an outstanding work Very pleased that Mr. Hamilton did not leave out a thought provoking ending. I’m off now to the void trilogy. See you in a month.

In the first book an astronomer uses FTL travel (via wormhole) to observe the same event twice. Then FTL ships get invented along with their travel speeds. In this book that is ignored when convenient. Ships making FTL jumps in battle don’t see the same events play out twice, and they travel slower than the speed of light, taking 30s to go under one light second. Also, every woman of note is hot, or at least very attractive except the porn star who is explicitly described as ugly. There seems to be a lot of wish fulfillment in this whole series.

Read Pandora’s Star First. A magnificent but flawed future civilization of 600 worlds connected by wormholes (and trains, what??) faces an existential threat. Threats, really, from within and without. Offers some mind-bogglingly fascinating technologies, aliens, and environments.

What a roller coaster ride through time, space and generations of humanity and aliens alike! Interesting, captivating and thought provoking. I loved the characters, each of whom was wonderfully flawed in their own way. The science and future technology was believable. Do not be put off by the length of this two part series. Dive in and enjoy the journey. It's definitely worth it!

Excellent science fiction with a high level of complexity. Multiple plots which converge into a larger story. Well done.

I'm not sure why Hamilton has critics agog at his books. A thousand plus pages is not bad unless you fill hundreds of those pages with describing the flora and fauna of a planet. This is the 4th Hamilton book I've read. He depends too heavily on the "dues ex machina" solution to his books. He is as bad as Steven King with dragging on a story until there is a miraculous resolution.

Great story. Bit to long but worth the time to read

Filled with a variety of complicated and deviant storylines that amazingly co-relate and correlate this is an amazing story to read.