> The only real difference is that the API is based around chaining function calls rather than expressing what is needed as a string The query in RethinkDB is

> The only real difference is that the API is based around chaining function calls rather than expressing what is needed as a string The query in RethinkDB is very much an expression. In the JavaScript driver you build this expression with function calls. There are other drivers which let you build the expression in a much more declarative way (like my Haskell driver).