phantomlimb's review
2.0
This series started out pretty good. But the more and more I read the more and more I realize that the father or this Marc individual is manipulating his daughter. Using hormone therapy on her without her knowledge to keep her in a sexually underdeveloped state. Going so far as to say that he and the AI computer are going to regulate her hormones till she is 25. Basically he is making his daughter asexual until she's 25 and quote can handle the experience better. By this same vehicle he can also control who she is attracted to. "But he would never" you say, "he already is" I say. He is keeping her "daddy's" little girl. Sicko.
I couldn't understand why any girl / young lady continues to call her mother "Mommy" and her father "Daddy." She hasn't developed normally because her hormones are turned off I assume. I don't know if the author intended this intentionally but that is the way it's coming through. It's a little disturbing and I'm actually considering quit reading this book or this series because of the manipulation of the father. In reality when this daughter finds out how manipulative her father is she should separate herself from him. The problem is that would be very hard to do because he can manipulate her so easily through her nanites, in her best interest of course. She really has enough intelligence to go into business for herself. She knows all that he knows and is far more innovative.
I also actually feel that it's kind of ironic because the way the author preaches about population control, birth control, etc. but on the other hand finds it completely acceptable to give the 13-year-old daughter alcohol. Alcohol it is featured quite predominantly throughout this book series. It seems the aliens have got a cure for everything but alcoholism. That's all we need, drunk drivers in space. I guess it worked for "Space Balls".
I couldn't understand why any girl / young lady continues to call her mother "Mommy" and her father "Daddy." She hasn't developed normally because her hormones are turned off I assume. I don't know if the author intended this intentionally but that is the way it's coming through. It's a little disturbing and I'm actually considering quit reading this book or this series because of the manipulation of the father. In reality when this daughter finds out how manipulative her father is she should separate herself from him. The problem is that would be very hard to do because he can manipulate her so easily through her nanites, in her best interest of course. She really has enough intelligence to go into business for herself. She knows all that he knows and is far more innovative.
I also actually feel that it's kind of ironic because the way the author preaches about population control, birth control, etc. but on the other hand finds it completely acceptable to give the 13-year-old daughter alcohol. Alcohol it is featured quite predominantly throughout this book series. It seems the aliens have got a cure for everything but alcoholism. That's all we need, drunk drivers in space. I guess it worked for "Space Balls".
tome15's review
4.0
Blanton, Bob. Delphi Alliance. Delphi in Space No. 5. Kindle, 2019.
The fledgling South Pacific nation of Delphi is working hard to clean up the world environment and make humanity a true space-faring species when it is alerted to a Ceres-sized asteroid just about to enter the solar system. It could collide with the Earth or it could be hiding an alien invasion fleet. So the Delphi folks have to organize and international effort to ramp up their space-born resources to meet the threat. Catie, now almost 15, has some ideas. Of course she does. The strengths and weaknesses of this series have been very consistent from novel to novel. Three and a half stars.
The fledgling South Pacific nation of Delphi is working hard to clean up the world environment and make humanity a true space-faring species when it is alerted to a Ceres-sized asteroid just about to enter the solar system. It could collide with the Earth or it could be hiding an alien invasion fleet. So the Delphi folks have to organize and international effort to ramp up their space-born resources to meet the threat. Catie, now almost 15, has some ideas. Of course she does. The strengths and weaknesses of this series have been very consistent from novel to novel. Three and a half stars.
pcushman's review
5.0
Fun sci-fi
Fun good hearted sci-fi. Fast paced good guy wins. It's just the kind of series to take you away from everything. It's the cheap vacation your mind has been looking for.
Fun good hearted sci-fi. Fast paced good guy wins. It's just the kind of series to take you away from everything. It's the cheap vacation your mind has been looking for.
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