544 pages
Published July 6, 2008 by Orbit Books.
5 stars
(4 reviews)
murfman reviewed Matter by Iain M. Banks
Review of 'Matter' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
This one was full of contradictions for me. I thought of it kind of a mix between Inversions and something like Feersum Injun or Use of Weapons. I loved Anaplian's side of things, and really enjoyed the development of Ferbrin, her brother, and his slave/assistant/porter Holse. (These reminded me of other Culture SC novels like Use of Weapons.) However, I didn't really care for Oramen's tale, which is odd because I loved Inversions and this was the part most like that. Either way the story has two separate endings. The first is the typical Banks ending, maybe more so than most, it just stopped. No resolution, nothing. Then the book had glossaries, and appendixes, and after that the Epilouge. Thanks the Minds for the Epilouge! This ending was one of his best and shows the final resolution of the Hausk family, through inference of Holse. This ending was an absolutely …
This one was full of contradictions for me. I thought of it kind of a mix between Inversions and something like Feersum Injun or Use of Weapons. I loved Anaplian's side of things, and really enjoyed the development of Ferbrin, her brother, and his slave/assistant/porter Holse. (These reminded me of other Culture SC novels like Use of Weapons.) However, I didn't really care for Oramen's tale, which is odd because I loved Inversions and this was the part most like that. Either way the story has two separate endings. The first is the typical Banks ending, maybe more so than most, it just stopped. No resolution, nothing. Then the book had glossaries, and appendixes, and after that the Epilouge. Thanks the Minds for the Epilouge! This ending was one of his best and shows the final resolution of the Hausk family, through inference of Holse. This ending was an absolutely amazing ending and made the book all the better.
