Review: Action Sci-Fi With A Strong Female Protagonist/Narrator
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2014
This story was heck of a fun read. In fact it is now one of my favorite sci-fi stories, and I don't throw that term around loosely.The Good:-Hannah, the narrator and protagonist. Have you ever read a story with a strong female lead where the author just tries too hard to convince you she is such a badass that the character ends up seeming fake? Its difficult to write a tough female lead and make her convincing without going over the top. Its a fine line to walk and this author does it perfectly. Hannah is a tough, resourceful, sarcastic, cigarette-smoking member of the Empire's Death Squad, yet she also gives the reader slight glimpses that she is also vulnerable. For being a self described "monster" she is actually quite likable (in a bit of an anti-hero sort of way.) The story is good, but a lot of its strength comes from the fact that at its core it has an interesting and well-developed protagonist.-The plot. It has a little bit of everything. There are scenes in space, scenes with aerial fighting jets and scenes of assassination on the African continent. There are robot prosthesis, mech suits, an IKEA gun and a mysterious algae from Saturn's moon that seems to produce heat and oxygen... at a price. There are explosions. There are scenes of action interspersed with scene of introspection. The story has pretty good pacing, it slowly builds momentum and by the end you are hooked. And the ending was good (no spoilers.)The Bad:-The editing. I didn't find too many errors initially, but as I read on there seemed to be more and more. Several times "threw" was used in place of "through." I found a couple cases where someone was armed with a "riffle." Stuff like that. Somewhat common with kindle stories, I found this especially annoying with story because the underlying story is so good it deserves to be properly edited. Lucky for the author by the time the errors started showing up in greater numbers I was already hooked and was determined to see the story threw. With better editing I would have awarded this 5 stars.Highly Recommended, especially for fans of action and/or sci-fi.