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  "textContent": "Finally pushed through to the end of _Absolution Gap_ by Alastair Reynolds after putting it down twice over the past decade. As a conclusion to the original _Revelation Space_ trilogy, it's an ... ending. Worth going through because the first 95% is standard RS-level fun (at least on Akarat). A solid 4/5 for the first 47/50 chapters.\n\nIf you want the ending to be satisfying—or the Epilogue to make sense—have _Inhibitor Phase_ on the ready to start right after (so I'm told). Also, the _Galactic North_ collection of short stories apparently has a lot of the missing bits/context that build out the world before this. Perhaps the proper reading order is: _Revelation Space, Redemption Ark, Galactic North, Absolution Gap, Inhibitor Phase._ With _Chasm City_ appropriate anywhere after _Revelation Space_ for the world-building of Yellowstone.\n\nSpoilers Between the dual stories that seem unrelated until the end brings them together, and the Scooby-Doo ending that resolves absolutely nothing other than killing nearly everyone off, I felt that if I just put the book down at chapter 45 and walked off for good this time I would have been in a better place. < /details >",
  "title": "Absolution Gap"
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