Abbandonato appena oltre la metà.
Scritto benissimo, l'abilità dell'autrice è palese e ha un modo di raccontare originale e coinvolgente ma... la storia no. Non mi prende, non mi convince e non mi fa venire voglia di perderci tempo.
E' ridondante in troppe sue parti, lentissimo in altre, ma cosi lento che dopo cento pagine la storia è proseguita di pochissimo.
E comunque non mi ha preso per nulla.
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This is a beloved re-read for me. I'd forgotten much of it, but then it's been 20 or so years since I read it last.

Best villain ever created in this series.

And what a great idea as to alien 'invasion' . Humor, suspense, complex plotting and great characters. ( )

I am re-reading May's Pliocene series, starting with this book. It spans decades, often skipping forward months and years at a time, to tell the story of how humans managed to raise themselves to metaphysical operancy, uniting enough minds to officially invite the wider galactic community to accept and help them. I don't think I've read this before, and I'm not sure I'll remember if I go to read it again in 10 years. The main narrative character, Rogatien Remillard, is likable, and his personal story reads as sadly believable as the human race adjusts to being able to read and manipulate minds, move things, and all that other magic-explained-by-technobabble stuff. It occasionally feels outdated, as the history of this Earth departs drastically from ours sometime in the early 80s. She does not have anything like the internet in the 2000s, for example, but there is a lot of SF out there that has been off by more than this.

All in all, not essential for enjoying the rest of the series, but a nice bit of background for it. As I'm starting "Jack the Bodyless" the characters feel more familiar, and Uncle Rogi starts as a very dependable narrator. Though "Intervention" is not very plot-driven, it's an interesting take on how humans might have gone from early 80s technology into the Galactic Milieu. And as per usual with May, the prose is at times hauntingly beautiful. She has scenes all over the world, and occasionally out of it, and every one of them comes to life with detail. She sells the idea of mind-to-mind communication and coercion, from intimately loving to monstrously invasive. If the story itself does not grab you (and again, it is not the most engaging of plots), the way she tells it will. ( )

A warm loving story about acceptance and family. ( )

I didn't particularly care for some of May's other works in these series, but this book in particular was a delight to read. The characterization far exceeded what I experienced in other stories, and the plot itself is intricate, detailed, and expertly executed. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for an absorbing read. ( )