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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
fast-paced
just getting into the book, but it jumps ahead quite a few years. I'm surprised by that, but so far, so good.
The book took a turn for the slower, but then picked up again. I'm really liking some of the more recent characters and seriously hope Papa O'Neal isn't dead. I'll move onto the next book. Still enjoying the series.
The book took a turn for the slower, but then picked up again. I'm really liking some of the more recent characters and seriously hope Papa O'Neal isn't dead. I'll move onto the next book. Still enjoying the series.
I am really enjoying this series. It is definitely "hard" military science fiction with detailed descriptions of weapons, tactics and battlefields. Within these settings, Ringo is able to introduce tons of characters and, even after just a few pages, make you care deeply about what happens to them (which is often some gruesome combat death).
This writer reads like he's a complete loon. If you turn your brain down a bunch of notches, it's fine, but it's so absurd that it's taking a guilty read to a whole new level. At least the first two books are available for free on kindle and the rest are pretty cheap, so that's my biggest excuse for continuing.
First 2 books of this series were excellent. This one was good and even great in parts but had too much padding with weapons descriptions, etc along with static scenes that were too elaborate in their descriptions where they could be considered as padded whilst the well built character plots from prior books moved forward at a snails pace. That said, IF you read books 1 and 2, then this is worth the read even as a bridging book to book 4...
Third book in the series, it does not end as cleanly as the previous two books.
It's hard to grasp that I'm only through #3 in Ringo's Posleen series. I feel as though I know his characters too well and been through too much with them.
If you like military sci-fi with (in my IGnorant opinion) a realistic view of life as a soldier...this is a series you don't want to miss. It blows my mind how Ringo's characters manage to win through each time. I know, I know, it's fiction...it's just so good!
If you like military sci-fi with (in my IGnorant opinion) a realistic view of life as a soldier...this is a series you don't want to miss. It blows my mind how Ringo's characters manage to win through each time. I know, I know, it's fiction...it's just so good!
Audible listen with spouse that we never finished for some reason.
This is actually a review of both When the Devil Dances and Hell’s Faire which really is how the author meant it to be. He meant to write one book but got writers block by the 9/11 event so it was released as two books. Indeed, Hell’s Faire picks up seamlessly where When the Devil Dances leaves of so once should really read them as one. Thus I review them as one.
This book series have improved greatly from the first book in the series. This one is pretty much a pure combat story with only a minimum amount of political nonsense. It is not only about Mighty Mike and his Marines but also a lot about some heavy armor and the crew. And I mean heavy! The crew of the big bad…thing…calls everything else “crunchies”…and that includes Abrams tanks.
As usual John Ringo’s combat descriptions are very enjoyable to read and as a whole this combined book was well worth its money.
The one gripe I have is that it ends without much of a conclusion. Sure the good guys both survive and win but only the battle…not the war. The ending is very “to be continued…” like but from what I understand there is not really a logical follow up written. The next book in the story has nothing to do with the Posleen War. There are a couple of more books that have something to do with the war but they are more side-stories about individual persons. I want to read about the Posleen being kicked back to their home planet and the Darhel getting their schemes and plot blown up into their faces but no such book seems to have been made.
This book series have improved greatly from the first book in the series. This one is pretty much a pure combat story with only a minimum amount of political nonsense. It is not only about Mighty Mike and his Marines but also a lot about some heavy armor and the crew. And I mean heavy! The crew of the big bad…thing…calls everything else “crunchies”…and that includes Abrams tanks.
As usual John Ringo’s combat descriptions are very enjoyable to read and as a whole this combined book was well worth its money.
The one gripe I have is that it ends without much of a conclusion. Sure the good guys both survive and win but only the battle…not the war. The ending is very “to be continued…” like but from what I understand there is not really a logical follow up written. The next book in the story has nothing to do with the Posleen War. There are a couple of more books that have something to do with the war but they are more side-stories about individual persons. I want to read about the Posleen being kicked back to their home planet and the Darhel getting their schemes and plot blown up into their faces but no such book seems to have been made.
These books get better the more of them you read. Intense military action with a delightful premise; the earth invaded and losing (mostly) the fight.