pjonsson's review against another edition
2.0
Unfortunately this book series by John Ringo didn’t improve with the second book in the series. The characters and the action are still written in the John Ringo style which of course is a good thing and it’s essentially what makes the book worthwhile to read.
The story however, is just so implausible that it drags down a lot of the book. The Higgs Boson nonsense continues of course but that would be expected since it’s pretty much the foundation for the “science” in the series. It’s still as much science as flying pigs though but since I knew what I could expect it wouldn’t have bothered me if that was the only issue.
However, in the last book, the humans where almost invaded and conquered, possibly on the brink of extinction. Yet, in this book, instead of starting a massive space program, the cobble together a spaceship from an obsolete navy submarine. Submarine in space? What the f…? They even built it in secret because the humans still seems to engage in petty politics and national secrets. This is just not believable. The science also continues to be nonsensical. For instance, in one place it is mentioned that it’s really cold in space so the heat collected should dissipate quickly when they stop to “chill”. Christ, there’s also vacuum in space. Heat does not dissipate quickly in vacuum.
Then there’s the issue of someone having censored the colorful language in the book by replacing the words with nonsensical terms. Normally not a big deal but it was really annoying in this book.
As I mentioned above, the characters and action is still in the John Ringo style. I’m also interested in knowing where the story goes in the end. There’s some loose ends, especially one concerning their “stardrive” that I’m quite keen on seeing what’s happening to so I’m going to read the series to the end but I definitely have liked the other works by John Ringo, that I’ve read, more.
The story however, is just so implausible that it drags down a lot of the book. The Higgs Boson nonsense continues of course but that would be expected since it’s pretty much the foundation for the “science” in the series. It’s still as much science as flying pigs though but since I knew what I could expect it wouldn’t have bothered me if that was the only issue.
However, in the last book, the humans where almost invaded and conquered, possibly on the brink of extinction. Yet, in this book, instead of starting a massive space program, the cobble together a spaceship from an obsolete navy submarine. Submarine in space? What the f…? They even built it in secret because the humans still seems to engage in petty politics and national secrets. This is just not believable. The science also continues to be nonsensical. For instance, in one place it is mentioned that it’s really cold in space so the heat collected should dissipate quickly when they stop to “chill”. Christ, there’s also vacuum in space. Heat does not dissipate quickly in vacuum.
Then there’s the issue of someone having censored the colorful language in the book by replacing the words with nonsensical terms. Normally not a big deal but it was really annoying in this book.
As I mentioned above, the characters and action is still in the John Ringo style. I’m also interested in knowing where the story goes in the end. There’s some loose ends, especially one concerning their “stardrive” that I’m quite keen on seeing what’s happening to so I’m going to read the series to the end but I definitely have liked the other works by John Ringo, that I’ve read, more.
shouperman's review against another edition
4.0
Quite enjoyable, but the middle dragged and dragged. Spent a bit too much time making the reader get the feel of the world he was creating. It was cool then it was old. Subtract out about 20% of the middle, and it's fantastic.
jmoses's review
4.0
Pretty much just read my review of [b:Into the Looking Glass|80955|Into the Looking Glass (Looking Glass, #1)|John Ringo|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388610379s/80955.jpg|2510775], and add in the word "more" a few places.
This is as interesting to me as the Troy series, for many of the same reasons. Also,.
Oh and the
This is as interesting to me as the Troy series, for many of the same reasons. Also,
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who doesn't love a submarine in spaceOh and the
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fucking _*space chincillas*_ made me put my head on the table and laugh uncontrollable for a while. Who thinks _up_ this shit??? <3leons1701's review
4.0
Crazy action in the Ringo style. And bizarre particle physics. What's not to like?
Well, there are Ringo's political views for one. And perhaps he goes a bit over the top here. OK, more than a bit. Giant surfing space hamsters? Really?
Well, there are Ringo's political views for one. And perhaps he goes a bit over the top here. OK, more than a bit. Giant surfing space hamsters? Really?
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