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cathepsut's review against another edition
2.0
I really wanted to like this book, but it wasn't working for me. It took me forever to get past the first few chapters and I only managed to finish with some very heavy skimming. I did not really enjoy reading this, but the plot was interesting enough for me wanting to find out how it ends.
I really disliked the religious undertones and the vaguely Roman setting with the silly outfits. The explanations of various SF concepts were too vague for me and I would have liked a more detailed world building.
The characters were not convincing. The female main character was supposed to be some secret super soldier, but with the exception of a few fight scenes she came across as an insecure girl to me. The bad guy was oddly boring. He had people killed left, right and center and had no reaction of any kind to it. ADIM, the android, was the only character that interested me. He didn't feel like a cardboard cutout.
On top of that I didn't like the way women were portrayed. They were either sex objects or too fugly to be considered worthy of notice. Yes, this is fiction, but it still annoyed me a lot.
And there was some strange Instalove going on between the two MCs, which I am never a great fan of.
Bottom line, this was very, very light space opera with unconvincing characters. I read some great reviews for this book and I don't get it. I doubt that I will pick up the next book. Sorry!
I received this free e-copy from the publisher/author via NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review, thank you!
I really disliked the religious undertones and the vaguely Roman setting with the silly outfits. The explanations of various SF concepts were too vague for me and I would have liked a more detailed world building.
The characters were not convincing. The female main character was supposed to be some secret super soldier, but with the exception of a few fight scenes she came across as an insecure girl to me. The bad guy was oddly boring. He had people killed left, right and center and had no reaction of any kind to it. ADIM, the android, was the only character that interested me. He didn't feel like a cardboard cutout.
On top of that I didn't like the way women were portrayed. They were either sex objects or too fugly to be considered worthy of notice. Yes, this is fiction, but it still annoyed me a lot.
And there was some strange Instalove going on between the two MCs, which I am never a great fan of.
Bottom line, this was very, very light space opera with unconvincing characters. I read some great reviews for this book and I don't get it. I doubt that I will pick up the next book. Sorry!
I received this free e-copy from the publisher/author via NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review, thank you!
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