hopkinsj100's review against another edition
4.0
Absurd Plot and a Lot of Fun
Like classic scifi, this book has little character development or subtlety. If I stopped and thought about the plot, I’d laugh out loud. But it’s a genuine page-turner and a good read in the space opera tradition. I’ll definitely read the next one.
Like classic scifi, this book has little character development or subtlety. If I stopped and thought about the plot, I’d laugh out loud. But it’s a genuine page-turner and a good read in the space opera tradition. I’ll definitely read the next one.
markazarnie's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting end, will have to see how the series goes
justaguy's review against another edition
3.0
Rocky start
I’m not saying this book is bad at all. It just felt like an inconvenient story plot to me. Some things seem like under-effect and other over-effect. More former than latter...I would admit that near the ending. It was a nice surprise but too little and too late.
I’m not saying this book is bad at all. It just felt like an inconvenient story plot to me. Some things seem like under-effect and other over-effect. More former than latter...I would admit that near the ending. It was a nice surprise but too little and too late.
jamie29's review against another edition
5.0
Really enjoyed this book. Took me 2 long because it's a mass market paperback.
steph2472's review against another edition
4.0
Liked it, was good and interesting enough to go find the others in the series now...
staatz's review against another edition
3.0
Should have read this back in high school when my brother recommended it. Still, the last 100 pages did go awfully quick.
lambda_pi's review against another edition
1.0
The book was bad writing objectified. I read some thirty pages and had to counter a sudden wave of nausea. The start of the novel was interesting enough. The revelation about aliens came as a bit of shock (NOT) but still I was willing to endure the book. Sadly, by the time the narrative shifted to contemporary period, the book had lost all its allure. The cumbersome way in which the characters conversed was enough to make me cringe and made me throw the book away. Okay, I didn't throw it away but I totally would've if it didn't reside inside the hard drive of my computer.
tuftymctavish's review
4.0
After a recommendation that this was enjoyable military-SF I thought I'd take a punt while it was on offer in a Kindle Daily Deal. And as it turns out I fair enjoyed this occasionally fast-paced action-adventure, set against a background of broadly familiar UFO mythology. In-between the action scenes are history dumps that link enough fact with the fantastical fiction to readily blur the lines between the two. I quite liked that.
Overall a light, easy read that entertained for a few hours - it reminded me of a wham-bam summer blockbuster action movie quite a few times - certainly enough that I carried straight onto book #2 in the series.
Overall a light, easy read that entertained for a few hours - it reminded me of a wham-bam summer blockbuster action movie quite a few times - certainly enough that I carried straight onto book #2 in the series.
janolen's review against another edition
5.0
2nd read through
I read 5 or 6 of the books years ago, always meanin to go back, I’m happy to find the series continued and this book is as good as I remembered
I read 5 or 6 of the books years ago, always meanin to go back, I’m happy to find the series continued and this book is as good as I remembered
justaguy's review against another edition
3.0
Rocky start
I’m not saying this book is bad at all. It just felt like an inconvenient story plot to me. Some things seem like under-effect and other over-effect. More former than latter...I would admit that near the ending. It was a nice surprise but too little and too late.
I’m not saying this book is bad at all. It just felt like an inconvenient story plot to me. Some things seem like under-effect and other over-effect. More former than latter...I would admit that near the ending. It was a nice surprise but too little and too late.