Estelar (Escuadrón 2)

Escrito por Brandon Sanderson

Narrado por Paula Iwasaki

La continuación de Escuadrón, la saga épica de Brandon Sanderson.

Este es el segundo libro de una serie épica sobre una chica que guarda un secreto en un peligroso mundo en guerra por el futuro de la humanidad. En él continúan las aventuras de Spensa Nightshade, la joven piloto que ha conseguido un puesto en el escuadrón de defensa de la humanidad contra los ataques alienígenas.

En realidad, ella siempre quiso ser piloto: poder probar que es una heroína, como su padre. Y aunque llegó a lo más alto, los secretos que desenmascaró sobre su padre fueron aplastantes.

Los rumores sobre su cobardía resultaron ciertos. Abandonó su vuelo durante la batalla contra los Krell. Peor aún... se volvió contra su equipo y los atacó. Sin embargo, Spensa está segura de que hay aún más por descubrir en esa historia. Y, si es necesario, viajará hasta el fin de la galaxia para salvar a la humanidad.

Sobre Estelar:
«Un poco de Perdidos en el espacio, un poco de Halo, un poco de The Expanse y mucho de Sanderson. Una novela que nos deja con muchas preguntas.»
Alexelcapo, @EvilAFM

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Penguin Random House Audio
• Traductor: Manuel Viciano Delibano
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 22 oct 2020
• ISBN: 9788418037078

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. He lives in Utah with his wife and children and teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. His bestsellers have sold 50 million copies worldwide and include the Mistborn saga; the Stormlight Archive novels; and other novels, including Tress of the Emerald Sea, The Rithmatist, Steelheart, and Skyward. He won a Hugo Award for 'The Emperor's Soul', a novella set in the world of his acclaimed first novel, Elantris. Additionally, he completed Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time®. Visit his website for behind-the-scenes information on all his books.

Comentarios para Estelar (Escuadrón 2)

[alspachc · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

separated into four 'books' or parts. The first is horrid romancy ya bleh, but I honestly enjoyed the rest. Not heavy by any means, but some novel ideas for aliens and good subversion of tropes and expectations.

[aarondesk · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

What a great book! The first book in the series was good but this was a step up and beyond. I loved the direction it went, and it really kept me on the edge of my seat.

[bramboomen · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

I enjoyed Skyward a lot but this sequel felt a bit off...
First off, the pacing was slightly strange. It takes just a few pages for our hero to be thrown into an entirely new world, then things slow down for the majority of the book. Finally, Sanderson just throws all of his plot twists and climax of the story into the last 20 pages or so.
The story suffers from a similar problem. Sanderson obviously thought long and hard about many of the aspects of social interaction with aliens, and some of the twists and turns are very unexpected as a result. But most of the "alien" interaction felt too easy. I got the impression that every alien species was essentially human with one or two aspects changed.
This gave me the impression that there were a lot of cool ideas behind the book, but that the rest was very hurriedly thrown together.

[tatoosh-3 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

off-note and comes to a disappointing ending. Sandwiched between those disappointments, Spensa becomes a spy and trains a multi-species crew of recruits to become fighter pilots. In the process, she learns their mission will be to destroy her home planet.

In Skyward, Spensa is an outcast facing almost insurmountable offs. Immediately. Her devotion to clearing her family name, work ethic, and endearing rebellion against authority are critical elements that make readers root for her. In chapter one of Starsight, Spensa’s self-indulgence, insensitivity, and dishonesty engendered a sense of disgust. Fortunately, Sanderson quickly redeems Spensa, and off she goes to spy on the Superiority, the deadly enemy determined to destroy her home planet.

Spensa finds herself in an air corps ostensibly assembled to train fighter pilots to defend the Superiority against Delvers, a mysterious galactic force threatening to destroy all life in the universe. Following the pattern, Spensa quickly demonstrates her superior pilot and trains her flight in battle tactics. When the Delver attacks, Spensa is the last fighter in the way of annihilation.

My rating of Starsight would have been a point higher if the story had ended there. Unfortunately, Sanderson appends a 23-page epilogue that nullifies Spensa’s efforts and leaves her fleeing for her life. This crass cash grab, intended to force readers to buy the next novel, undercut my enjoyment of the book. I will read the third (and, I hope, final) novel in the Skyward series, but I am most certainly not biting on additional Sanderson novels.

[yonitdm · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

I really enjoyed how this book continued Spensa's story from the first. It had a great adventure, great stories, and good character growth. Some of the deaths were dealt with very blase unlike the first book. Also, it ends at a cliffhanger, there better be another book! Hhhhhh!

[madcurrin_1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

The location shift is crafty, enabling a repeat of the first book's arc without it feeling repetitive. A textbook sequel then? It takes a while to adjust to the new line up of alien characters and some of the M-Bot banter is a bit cringe, but it's never enough to detract from the overall good time if you just go with it.

[belana-990668 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

A great sequel to Skyward. Things take a quite dramatic turn, and I can't wait for the next book.

[andy_dimartino · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

I didn't read Skyward but found I didn't need to. Really enjoyed this story once it got rolling, good concepts throughout. Just good Sanderson as always. Makes me want to dive into The Stormlight Archives next!!!

[reading_fox · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Continuing Brandon's YA SF story. Quite long for a YA tale, but has that feel of somewhat lighter touch without any great peril for our heroine. Covers a lot of ground quite quickly with lots of useful coincidences thrown in to keep things moving.

As the attacks against Detritus keep increasing Spensa meets another cytonics pilot who lands on the surface only slightly injured. This new alien had been enrolled as part of the aliens new space force, and Spensa realises the opportunity for a cunning plan - using her AI's hologram abilities she could impersonate this new aliens species, travel to the Starsight base, and learn the technologies of the hyperdrive allowing her humans to escape the prison they've been trapped in for centuries. It's a very flimsy plan and relies on some remarkably contrived circumstances, especially the absence of hologram technology within the alien Superiority. Apparently the eyes and voices that Spensa can hear when she's using cytonics, belong to a race of powerful super-beings called Delvers 'retired' or something to null-space for peace and quiet. When roused they destroy everything around them before fading away. Spensa learns that part of the reason humans are locked away, apart from their aggression, is that they tried to weaponise the delvers, calling them in and sending them away from the human planets, until it all went wrong. On Starsight spensa learns that the aliens aren't just evil repressors of humanity but a diverse range of species all individuals and people like her. She bonds with a few of her fellow pilots as they learn to navigate the structures that Delvers bring into space with them. However the aliens also have politics of their own, and while she tries to remain disguised, she realises the human threat is being manipulated to serve other ends.

I'm not sure Spensa on her own is the most compelling story telling, but circumstances require her to leave the learning to be a person, M-Bot behind. Without such foils it all becomes one thing happening after an other, and the belivability often falters. It is Sanderson though, so the inventiveness quotient remains very hight and the fast pace keeps it fun throughout, but I think his earlier books were better.

[wyvernfriend · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Spensa gets a chance to get outside the rings and find the truth of the technology that allows travel across the galaxy and has to deal with the complications of the world that she's now in. Fun read but I want to know what's going to happen next and if things can go well for everyone.

[rakerman_1 · Calificación: 2 de 5 estrellas]

This sequel just didn't work for me at all.

[guide2_1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Second YA novel in the series. Same main character, but the setting changed significantly right at the beginning. A bit simplistic, but to be excepted given the target audience.

[herenya_1 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

This was fun and satisfying, but at first, reading it took some effort. I like the characters but I’m not super invested, I like the setting but I don’t want so much detail, and the training/battle sequences go on too long. But I pushed through because I knew that the plot developments and twists would make it worthwhile.

I’ve been reading Sanderson’s novels for years now, and usually I care more about his characters and the worlds they inhabit. Part of that may be that fantasy worlds often appeal to me more than dystopian sci-fi ones, so I’m interested in a greater level of detail when reading about those, but I also suspect Sanderson’s Cosmere stories allow him to play more to his strengths as a writer.

(I discovered Sanderson via The Wheel of Time, I certainly don’t have objections to doorstopper books so long as their contents interest me.)

“You know the worst part about being in charge, Spin?”
“No, sir.”
“Perspective. When you’re young, you can assume that everyone older than you has life figured out. Once you get command yourself, you realize we’re all just the same kids wearing older bodies.”

[quondame · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

Spensa's story continues to rely on wild co-incidence and improbable character actions and Sanderson refuses for deliver the compactness which is one of the best features of YA fiction, without really adding more to the plot, just more elaborations.

[sennebec · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

If you're going to write books in series, you need to pay attention to ending each one in a way that hooks the reader and makes them willing to wait months for the next book. While I enjoyed much of this one and wasn't at all bothered by the pronouns, the ending was too abrupt and has me ambivalent about the next one.

[narilka · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Spena's dream of becoming a fighter pilot has come true, though it meant learning some hard truths about her father and herself. Confident in her flying and ability to defend her people and planet, Starsight picks up not long after Skyward left off. Giving any more of a synopsis is near impossible without spoilers as the story quickly takes a big turn into unexpected and surprising territory that had me alternately worrying and cheering for Spensa, M-Bot and Doomslug. Scud, it made for an exhilarating read!

So what can I say about the book? It's a great big universe out there. The additional world building (galaxy building?) is amazing. The variety of alien species and cultures Sanderson created is impressive. It added a wonderful dimension and depth to what we already knew and created a great "fish out of water" experience for Spensa. I loved discovering right along with her just how much of what Spensa thought she knew was wrong and how she adjusted to it/learned from it. She finds new strengths she never knew she had and grows so much throughout the course of the story. It's a great character arc.

We're introduced to a whole host of new side characters. They come in all shapes and sizes and really great personalities. It did make me miss some of our old Skyward flight crew as they took the backseat for most of this story. I have every confidence we'll be seeing them again in the second half of the series and can't wait for them all to meet.

If you enjoyed the space fights of the first book, never fear! There's plenty of that in Starsight too.

Fair warning, this book ends on a cliffhanger. Weirdly it's one of the most satisfying cliffhangers I've ever read as most of the plot threads started in this book are resolved. It's just that last bit at the very end, which is obviously our set up for the next book and has me pulling my hair out. Of course now I'm craving book 3 like crazy and wishing his Cosmere writing wasn't getting in the way even though I'm looking forward to that publishing too. Ahh, the life of a Sanderson fan :)

[kinwolf · Calificación: 2 de 5 estrellas]

The more I read YA books, the more I believe that tag is to justify "weak, predictive plot, lazy execution". This series is not bad, but it's far from being good too. There are sooo many things that happens "just in time", it's horrible. So that is why it is down to 3 stars max.

So why 2 stars in the end? "They". Is this what books will look like now? Using "they" instead of gender? "They" is plural, using it to refer to a single entity is simply stupid, bad grammar, unreadable.

Stopping this series here, I don't care how many more books are belched out int his series(and "belched" is the right term), I won't read anymore. Hopefully, this lazy writing won't make it into the main Sotrmlight series.