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thatgirlinblack's review
1.0
Searching for a fellow scientist who took off into Europa's icy, cavernous interior thrusts Vonnie, boyfriend Ben, and friend Ashley into an exciting, intense journey of survival in the sunfish-laden world. Interacting with the creatures and staying alive are two very important and often simultaneous tasks. This is where the good part ends. Then we're back to insufferable Vonnie and Ben ranting about the moronic humans.
So in this book things come to a head between sunfish and humans. China is secretly digging and trying to reach something in the Great Ocean deep inside Europa, and all others are considered in the way. Among all the chaos Vonnie helps her sunfish and her friends help her. She uncharacteristically wants to fire on Chinese spaceships but her diplomatic boss wants to hold back; then when the Chinese bombs rip everyone to pieces Vonnie's the only one who gets off a shot and becomes a hero. Telling you, this girl can do no wrong.
There's lots about how cool the universe is but how greedy and mean and stupid and brutish humans are Remember that. It's only what this whole series is about. Space, science, insubordination, sex, filthy language, sunfish, Vonnie = cool and good. Humans, morality, religion, anything Vonnie disagrees with = dumb and bad.
And the evolution. So much evolutionist bunk. Going on and on about how everything evolved from simple to complex, when that's never been observed. Things evolve, yes, but from complex to simple. They lose information. It's called microevolution. That's what was observed with the fictional sunfish losing capabilities. There's absolutely no reason something would be in its natural environment, decide to change, and get everything needed to do so exactly right the first time--that's even what evolutionists say because they need millions of years for something to evolve into something else. So once it started changing and inevitably found that change uncomfortable, awkward, or weird (because this change admittedly took ages to fully carry though), natural selection itself would select AGAINST that change or mutation. Attributing all the different things in the world to mutations and random chance is at best extremely naive and at worst malicious lying to avoid any mention of the Creator.
And they take God's name in vain a lot for considering Him a mythological being, and they mysteriously never use any other deity's name like "Oh my Allah" or "by Odin," despite having the same disdain for all religions. Or maybe it's just Christianity they hate. Hmm.
It ends on a cliffhanger with some huge unknown thing transmitting from inside the ocean. Supposed to make you wait on pins and needles for the last book, which I will not be because I'm fed up with this insufferable series.
So in this book things come to a head between sunfish and humans. China is secretly digging and trying to reach something in the Great Ocean deep inside Europa, and all others are considered in the way. Among all the chaos Vonnie helps her sunfish and her friends help her. She uncharacteristically wants to fire on Chinese spaceships but her diplomatic boss wants to hold back; then when the Chinese bombs rip everyone to pieces Vonnie's the only one who gets off a shot and becomes a hero. Telling you, this girl can do no wrong.
There's lots about how cool the universe is but how greedy and mean and stupid and brutish humans are Remember that. It's only what this whole series is about. Space, science, insubordination, sex, filthy language, sunfish, Vonnie = cool and good. Humans, morality, religion, anything Vonnie disagrees with = dumb and bad.
And the evolution. So much evolutionist bunk. Going on and on about how everything evolved from simple to complex, when that's never been observed. Things evolve, yes, but from complex to simple. They lose information. It's called microevolution. That's what was observed with the fictional sunfish losing capabilities. There's absolutely no reason something would be in its natural environment, decide to change, and get everything needed to do so exactly right the first time--that's even what evolutionists say because they need millions of years for something to evolve into something else. So once it started changing and inevitably found that change uncomfortable, awkward, or weird (because this change admittedly took ages to fully carry though), natural selection itself would select AGAINST that change or mutation. Attributing all the different things in the world to mutations and random chance is at best extremely naive and at worst malicious lying to avoid any mention of the Creator.
And they take God's name in vain a lot for considering Him a mythological being, and they mysteriously never use any other deity's name like "Oh my Allah" or "by Odin," despite having the same disdain for all religions. Or maybe it's just Christianity they hate. Hmm.
It ends on a cliffhanger with some huge unknown thing transmitting from inside the ocean. Supposed to make you wait on pins and needles for the last book, which I will not be because I'm fed up with this insufferable series.
alexctelander's review
4.0
With Jupiter being a hot topic item in the news these days, it’s time for a riveting science fiction thriller set on one of Jupiter’s moons. Cue bestselling author Jeff Carlson’s latest novel, the third installment in the Frozen Sky universe.
Like the previous novellas, Carlson throws the reader right in the middle of some intense action, with Vonnie dealing with the Sunfish and things being pushed to the limit. In Blindsided readers learn more about the complexities of the Sunfish and the fact that they’re a lot more intelligent and developed than anyone really thinks, except perhaps Vonnie. Carlson cuts back and forth between Vonnie working with the sunfish and the interactions of the people in the European Space Agency, giving an insight into what life is like living in a small space many millions of miles from Earth.
Meanwhile, tensions are increasing with the Brazilians and the Chinese, as well as a new “competitor” entering the ring, just as the sunfish are getting all haywire because of a creature deep below the ice that is having a strong effect on them, but the big deal is it isn’t a sunfish.
Originally written on August 11, 2016 ©Alex C. Telander.
For more reviews, check out the BookBanter site.
Like the previous novellas, Carlson throws the reader right in the middle of some intense action, with Vonnie dealing with the Sunfish and things being pushed to the limit. In Blindsided readers learn more about the complexities of the Sunfish and the fact that they’re a lot more intelligent and developed than anyone really thinks, except perhaps Vonnie. Carlson cuts back and forth between Vonnie working with the sunfish and the interactions of the people in the European Space Agency, giving an insight into what life is like living in a small space many millions of miles from Earth.
Meanwhile, tensions are increasing with the Brazilians and the Chinese, as well as a new “competitor” entering the ring, just as the sunfish are getting all haywire because of a creature deep below the ice that is having a strong effect on them, but the big deal is it isn’t a sunfish.
Originally written on August 11, 2016 ©Alex C. Telander.
For more reviews, check out the BookBanter site.
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