The first book in this series showed some promise. The follow ups though suffer from uninteresting characters and plots. I couldn't care less what was going to happen to any of the characters. I stopped caring, and I stopped reading... ( )

  This review is written with a GPL 3.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. Crossposted at Bookstooge.booklikes.blogspot.wordpress.leafmarks.tumblr.com by express permission of this reviewer.  Title: A Forest of Stars  Series: Saga of the Seven Suns  Author: Kevin Anderson  Rating: 3 of 5 Stars  Genre: SF  Pages: 704     Synopsis: Stuff happens and the other ancient alien races appear. One for each element of Air, Water, Fire and Earth. This definitely deserves the title of "Saga", as it is huge in scope.   My Thoughts: I enjoyed the beginning, was bored in the middle and enjoyed the ending.   Most of my experience with Anderson has been with his Star Wars books and they never impressed me, not at all. This series, the writing is almost like he is enjoying what he is writing and he's trying to do a good job. And it shows.   My only problem is/was that this was just too big. Too much is happening and to force it all in, you get some really boring stretches. Overall, a solid read but not something I'll ever re-read or salivate for the next book, unlike Akira. " ( )

I started this with a degree of trepidation, almost out of a sense of duty, to continue my way through the series after not particularly enjoying book one. In fact I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it and found myself slightly disappointed that it ended when it did. This isn't soaring Sci-Fi of incredible insight, but is a perfectly good space-based tale with extra bits and pieces thrown in that make it an enjoyable read. I hoping now that book three is another step up, we might yet have a classic on our hands... ( )

Quite a saga. ( )

The plot got a little better compared to the first book in the series, but other than that it is still very repetitive and at times boring. It also manages to introduce even more loose ends. Anyway I'm dropping the series, I will just read the summary for the rest somewhere if I can find it. ( )