This review is in Hungarian:

„Palmer mestermunkát rakott le az asztalra: a Terra Ignota annyi szinten szórakoztat és gondolkodtat el, olyan mélységekben és magasságokban szövi a cselekményt és építi a világát, tartja fenn a figyelmet meglepő csavarokkal és ötletekkel, ami szinte páratlan, de az biztos, hogy utánozhatatlan a kortárs fantasztikumban. Egyszerre grandiózus és személyes, egyszerre ponyva és filozófiai esszé: összességében remek irodalom a jövőnkről és a jelenünkről.”

Perhaps The Stars completes the Terra Ignota tetralogy’s grand and meticulous design into its climatic battle for the future of utopia. Equal parts Ursula Le Guin and Homer, Ada Palmer’s final offering from the world of Romanova and Mycroft Canner explores the hardships of peacekeeping, difference, and upholding the standard of perfection for our imperfect species at a time when the real world faces these issues more directly than ever before. With a message of hope and possibility, Perhaps The Stars delivers a poetic chemical reaction of thrilling action and political philosophy that fans of its predecessors will be eager to discuss.

This was a STUNNING conclusion to a strong series. In this final volume, Palmer tied together a lot of loose ends, and it was such a joy to engage with her writing after all this time. In preparation for this review, I had to reread the first three books in the series (which I loved, but haven't revisited in forever!) I am so grateful I had the opportunity to read "Perhaps the Stars" after anticipating it for so long.

I LOVE returning to the unique world that Palmer has crafted. If you're interested in this book, it's because you enjoyed the first three enough to continue reading about this world and the characters who inhabit it. You are part of a very specific audience that is already knowledgeable about the premise, so I don't have to delve into it. I just want to say: This was so, incredibly worth the wait. It is a continuation of everything we adored about the first three Terra Ignotta books. So many layers. Philosophy. Poignant social commentary. I love the author's decision to include multiple perspectives (not just Mycroft's) as this added some depth to the other narrators. I don't want to spoil anything, but everyone should be excited about this release. I do recommend doing what I did (rereading the series before devouring Perhaps the Stars) for the most satisfying experience.

This novel cements the fact that the Terra Ignotta series is an inevitable sci-fi classic.

For a science fiction, the characters were very well written. After being riddled with potential plot twist throughout the book, I couldn't put this down!

Terra Ignota is very dear to me, and so whether my opinions of the series' conclusion were glowing or otherwise, they could never be impartial! I was so excited to receive a review copy - I've been anticipating it for a long time now, and had adored the previous three installments (I had been mid-way through a re-read before I found out I'd gotten an ARC of this one).
It's hard to discuss Perhaps the Stars without reflecting on Terra Ignota as a whole - and there is so much to say about the series! I'm on a mission to get more people to read it, so that I can talk about it endlessly, and hear other thoughts too.
This installment differed in some ways from the previous three - there was a lot more plot, and we were hearing voices other than Mycroft's far more frequently. I found seeing this universe unfold, suddenly not within Mycroft's head, to be quite jarring at first - but I became equally attached to other narrators in time.
I'm always more drawn to characters, rather than plot - but despite the novels occasional play-by-play of the actual warfare, and events therein, rather than the more personal slant Mycroft always gave, I absolutely adored this book. Just before the mid-way point, the narrative really started to kick in - plot points occurred which made me gasp, and I ended up staying up past my bedtime, on multiple occasions, for "just one more chapter". (The irony here being that some of the chapters are monoliths! Although I raced through it, this is not a quick book - I can't wait for my physical copy to arrive (I definitely haven’t cancelled my pre-order!) so I can see what a doorstopper it is.
As previously in Terra Ignota, however, this book isn't just gripping because of the plot - there was a philosophical discussion near the end which literally made me have to put the book down and have a little think. I love that this series has that effect - it achieves what the best of sci-fi does, encouraging you to think, to reflect on the present and dream of the possible future. Of all weeks, this one was a good one for me to have read Perhaps the Stars I think - I feel like I needed this, and the small burst of hope and inspiration it's given me.