Rating: 
Summary: a true epic
Review: Never mind complaints of the ending by others, I liked it. I guess one way to think about it that Joshua's choices wouldn't necessarily have been the same as mine. But really, I think most readers just didn't want it to end (as mentioned by someone else). The typos and errors were terrible and only challenged by Dune's House Harkonnen (a 5th of TNG's size and as many errors). The storyline was absolutely amazing and the narrative tight for the most part. The characters, the alien species, the universe were done beautifully. I hope that there are more stories to come out of this universe in the future. A solid finish and recommended read. Go Hamilton, you good thing go!
(If you're reading this can you bring back Ione in another book? She is such a babe ;)
Rating:
Summary: Stupendous....but sometimes also a little exhausting
Review: This is the first trilogy of over 3000 pages I've ever read, and yet I must say that at the end I'm more than satisfied!
A truly great read overall, I bought the first book second hand, and was so captivated that I bought the next two,
new in paperback, so I wouldn't have to stop. That says a great deal on it's own, who could possibly run out of time with over 2000 pages to go!? Sure, there are some slow sections, and occasionally the in-depth descriptions of trolling around in "mud and slop"
on a couple of planets wears a little thin, (Sci-Fi??..find out! ;-) but that is a minor critisism really. The "Nights Dawn Trilogy" would have to be one of the greatest feats of imagination in a detailed, believable universe,
I've ever come across. Full of characters you can truly love, hate, laugh at or sneer at, and identify with as well.
All combined with huge and slightly bent scientific and philosophical concepts,
and lets not forget some fantastic weapons!! I admit, now that it's over I miss that Universe already, and I already have "Second Chance at Eden" so I can return,
if only for a brief moment. Truly unforgettable, a huge feast for the imagination and for the enjoyment of any Science Fiction fanatic.
Rating: 
Summary: Stumbles a bit, but still an important piece of the story
Review: Peter Hamilton is wordy. No one questions that. And his 'Reality Dysfunction' series is extremely long, very detailed, and populated with more characters than other series ever even attempt. As an overall story, it's a great series, telling a very compelling saga of mankind's confrontation of the afterlife, and the actions they take to understand and survive the encounter. As part of the overall story, this book is very important. However, as in most things, this book could have been significantly shorter. I found myself reading this book and enjoying the story, but thinking at the same time how much of it could have been deleted without damaging the story. It just seemed like Mr. Hamilton was so interested in this universe that he's created that he wants to take as much time as he can, and explore every nook and cranny of it before he moves for the finale. Don't get me wrong. It takes a lot for a book (especially a series of this length) to maintain my interest, and this one did. However, it's obvious in parts that the story is being dragged out longer than necessary. The scenes are interesting, the dialog compelling, but it could have certainly done with a bit of trimming.
Rating: 
Summary: It's Not Worth It
Review: Volume 5 of a six volume series. See series review on the Reality Dysfunction: Emergence page.
Rating:
Summary: The next one better deliver!
Review: In finishing "Flight," the first part of "The Naked God," Peter Hamilton has given himself a huge challenge: completing the Night's Dawn series in a manner that reconciles his far-flung sub-plots, makes sense of the somewhat incomprehensible "reality dysfunction" his heroes are trying to divert--and doing so without the condescension he's proven remarkably good at avoiding so far. Arguably the most entertaining installment yet, "Flight" introduces the enigma posed by the alien Kiint and Tyrathca races, whose wanderings through the galaxy may hold the clue to humanity's survival. Al Capone's interstellar mafia features big in "Flight" (a little too big, in this reviewer's opinion), and the quest of satanist bad-guy Quinn Dexter finally comes into its own, plot-wise. Ironically, Dexter's character is one of the weaker links in Hamilton's epic. For a transdimensional messiah bent on destroying the universe, Dexter comes across as little more than a screwed-up teenager who's listened to too much Marilyn Manson. Shortcomings are possibly inevitable for a work of this length (and yes, it's possibly a little too long, although I won't complain). But for every failing, Hamilton is able to dish up some hugely entertaining (and often thought-provoking) scenarios. The storming of the derelict Tyrathca arkship in the book's later chapters is especially well-crafted, as are Louise and Genevieve's exploits on an environmentally devastated future Earth. Consistently impressive in scope and plot, "Flight" is a good read that promises big rewards.
Rating: 
Summary: A mediocre story lost in long-winded tedium
Review: Two Stars - Two complaints:
1) The book (and its successor) could do with some SERIOUS editing; they are way too long. I'm surprised that SO many words can say SO little. 2) The sub-title should be Part 5 - that is what it felt like from start to middle. (It doesn't have an end - the words just sort of stop.) The book cannot stand on its own. Hopeful for closure to those dangling sub-plots (inventive and nicely interwoven), I pressed on through "FAITH" to be rewarded with a hasty Sunday-school, comic-book wrap-up. I guess Hamilton got as tired of typing the fluff as I did of skimming it. OK, maybe that is three complaints. I wish I'd got my hands on the "Condensed" version.
Rating: 
Summary: The Beginning of the End
Review: This is the first half of the final book of "The Night's Dawn," a novel of about 4,200 pages. It really needs to be read in order, starting with "The Reality Dysfunction" and continuing with "The Neutronium Alchemist" or much will be lost. The Mortonridge story drags, but don't give up; the best is yet to come!
Rating:
Summary: Echoing the sentiments of the other reviewers
Review: Yes, amazingly enough, this book managed to keep me fascinated for 1242 pages. _Naked God_ has the same wonderful eye for detail as the earlier books in this series. The characters are sketched with care and verisimilitude and I found myself making time in an already too-busy day so that I could read just a little more. Unfortunately, also 'yes' to the reviewers who found the solution to the problem of the possessed just a little bit too easy. I got the feeling that he'd either painted himself into a corner or he just was having so much fun writing it that he couldn't think about the ending until the book was due at the publisher. I re-read the ending several times, trying to find a way that I liked it, but it just really deflated the reading experience. Sorry, PH!
Rating:
Summary: Fine finale for fabulous feat
Review: Hamilton has created a vast space opera! This is a worthy conclusion to it.
Rating:
Summary: adictive I tell you! These books are adictive!!
Review: I read this book in a week! ONE WEEK! I can't remember the last time I read 777 pages in a week without being on an all Mountain Dew diet! This book is an incredible set up for the second and final book. It simply got more and more incredible. Hamilton throws in twists and turns that make this book impossible to put down. My life while reading this book: wake up, shower, eat, read, work, read, eat, read, work out, read, eat, read, sleep. Prepare to put your life on hold.
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