Review: Good story, poor writing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 28, 2013
I really wish I could rate this story higher. The story itself is very cool being a mishmash of standard sci-fi tropes rearranged in a very unique way. There was a lot right with this book, but there was more wrong than I could stand and it pissed me off. The characters are interesting although many are not very fleshed out. The protagonist is irritating. Stubborn, foolish, irrational, illogical, and at times dumb as a bag of hammers. The biggest problem with the writing is endlessly talking about nothing that matters, to pages of talking about doing something and then doing something else. For all the planning going on you would think the reader would have a clue whats was going to happen. Nope, its a secret, a surprise, and its irritatingly stupid. The Captains Log and references to movies was over done and and thankfully reduced or gone from the 2nd book.Ok, by now you may have the impression I hatted this book, I didn't, but it did piss me off. It could have been soooo much better. For a buck it's a good value, but it will test your metal to get through it. The story plot is great stuff, the witting gets in its way though.I did buy and read the sequel. It's better but still has issues. Incremental improvement I guess.