Review: Interesting, almost pointless
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 17, 2012
I give this author full marks in engaging me in the story. I went from beginning to end wanting to know more and more about Jay, Anita and CAIN as well as what was going on in the story. However when I got to the end and it seemed the three very characters that made the book interesting, well, were less for the story, I was disappointed.It is an excellent first book to build on a universe, and launch the series though. Well written, and as I said engaging. It conveyed the excitement of testing the first FTL drive of humanity well. Then first contact with aliens was as exciting as one might imagine. Full of hope, then everything goes south. While overall in the end the universe is better for it, the three people I investing interest in the story were in worse shape at the end than the beginning.I was unsurprised by the way the author went with the AI at the end, its the trend it seems. Technically Anita may have been better off, but this is not a feel good ending kind of story. Save for the state of the universe.The author writes well, and probably has some good stories coming up with the set up this book has been, but I don't think I'll be giving him another read through.Good points, the writing, the world building, the characters and even the battles are very well handled.The bad points, the ending. Normally I say that if I've really loved and book and didn't want it to end, this time its I arrived at the last page disappointed.It is not a feel good kind of ending, it is a good ending though. I hope that makes sense. Overall, try it, this might be the book for you.