The Evolutionary Void - Peter F. Hamilton (4.5🌟)

The Evolutionary Void is the third novel in The Void trilogy. You can find my thoughts on my previous two novels here: The Dreaming Void and The Temporal Void.

My conclusions after reading this book are:

• As with the other two books the quality of writing is excellent, the plot is addictive, and we get more scientific explanations as to the nature of the void and the technologies of ancient alien species (loved these bits!). 
• Inigo’s dreams end halfway through, something I appreciate as I thought these dreams were the weakest aspects of the novels. 
• The ending is brilliant! (Although at some points I sensed soap opera vibes.) And all the main plot lines are nicely closed. This doesn’t mean that the novel does not leave unanswered questions, because it does. 
• Although Hamilton takes his time explaining the science and technology behind some of the characters and ships abilities, I finished the trilogy still feeling I couldn’t grasp the FTL (Faster than light) technologies for both ship transportation and communications. I couldn’t really get how people could talk or sense each other even when they were thousands of light years away and even when one of them was inside the void and the other wasn’t! 
• Some of the decisions some characters make were questionable, at least for me. Can’t say exactly which because spoilers, but suffice to say there were more realistic options to pursue in most cases. 

Opinion: I can’t recommend it enough. The three books are chunky but the reading experience is unique.

My edition was published in 2014 by Pan Macmillan and it has 726 pages.