rknitss's review
3.0
Finally got my hands on the first of the Dinochrome Bolo books (I think...). Not going to lie, after reading Honor of the Regiment and being absolutely charmed by about 90% of the stories in that, I was severely disappointed by the first two stories in this little book.
But once I got past them, finally, the Bolos get a chance to shine. It lost two starts for the stories that took me three times as long to slog through than they should have but if I could stomach using and exacto to cut those bits out it would be a solid 5.
Be prepared for the reoccurring theme of "We built a big scary and loyal machine to be big, scary and loyal but now we're afraid the big scary machine is going to stop being loyal and kill us all" (three pages later) "actually the big scary machine was just as loyal as we designed it to be. Who could have known?" Which I personally found to be more funny than irritating (I do love laughing at incompetent's military leaders when it's fictional), but Your Mileage May Vary.
But once I got past them, finally, the Bolos get a chance to shine. It lost two starts for the stories that took me three times as long to slog through than they should have but if I could stomach using and exacto to cut those bits out it would be a solid 5.
Be prepared for the reoccurring theme of "We built a big scary and loyal machine to be big, scary and loyal but now we're afraid the big scary machine is going to stop being loyal and kill us all" (three pages later) "actually the big scary machine was just as loyal as we designed it to be. Who could have known?" Which I personally found to be more funny than irritating (I do love laughing at incompetent's military leaders when it's fictional), but Your Mileage May Vary.
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