daisy222de's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
thetainaship's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
sarahd3's review against another edition
3.0
Really felt like this was a set up book for the next one.
pjonsson's review against another edition
4.0
Time to kick some lanky ass. Or at least that was what I thought. No spoilers but it didn’t go exactly as I hoped. A little bit disappointing actually. Still a good book though.
It felt a bit like a slow start, that has to be said. Quite a bit of dialogue and of course a lot of preparations for the pending festivities.
Once the good parts starts things gets going though. It starts off with some quite good space action followed by the invasion of Mars. From then on it is time for the ground pounders to take over the action.
The author, as he has proven in previous books in the series, are quite good at writing combat action, both in space and on the ground. Add to this that his characters and the story is usually quite good as well and we have a pretty good book. Sure, I have the same gripe as before, which is how a space-faring race can go about behaving like dumb animals as soon as they hit the ground. Okay, they seem to have evolved a bit in this book but still…
Unfortunately the story took a somewhat unexpected turn which, to me at least, was a bit of a disappointment. I obviously cannot give any details without spoiling the story but the feeling I had at the end was like we where back at square one, that after all that fighting we had gotten absolutely nowhere.
Still, it was a good book though with plenty of action.
It felt a bit like a slow start, that has to be said. Quite a bit of dialogue and of course a lot of preparations for the pending festivities.
Once the good parts starts things gets going though. It starts off with some quite good space action followed by the invasion of Mars. From then on it is time for the ground pounders to take over the action.
The author, as he has proven in previous books in the series, are quite good at writing combat action, both in space and on the ground. Add to this that his characters and the story is usually quite good as well and we have a pretty good book. Sure, I have the same gripe as before, which is how a space-faring race can go about behaving like dumb animals as soon as they hit the ground. Okay, they seem to have evolved a bit in this book but still…
Unfortunately the story took a somewhat unexpected turn which, to me at least, was a bit of a disappointment. I obviously cannot give any details without spoiling the story but the feeling I had at the end was like we where back at square one, that after all that fighting we had gotten absolutely nowhere.
Still, it was a good book though with plenty of action.
titusfortner's review against another edition
2.0
This is probably my least favorite book of the series. If you're just in it for the action, this book is what you're looking for. I was annoyed by the treatment of the family gathering at the beginning of the book. The shoot-em-up placeholder plot of the book after the early mis-fire left me very cold on this book. 2.5 stars, rounding down, but looking forward to the conclusion of the story in the next book.
Spoiler
There is so much that can be mined here about class privilege, and more interestingly, civilian privilege. The author decided to just make caricatures of legitimate arguments rather than actually trying to provide a nuanced view of alternate views here.jwortman93's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
minkslaughter's review against another edition
3.0
The battle book
This is a solid performer in the series, very battle scene heavy. I'd like a few more mysteries about the lankies start to get revealed. So far, they're about as complex as Godzilla.
This is a solid performer in the series, very battle scene heavy. I'd like a few more mysteries about the lankies start to get revealed. So far, they're about as complex as Godzilla.
nedjem's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
kerttuli's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
hastati1989's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25