Review: Forgetable!!!! Only thing I liked was the title
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 21, 2010
Sometimes I download Kindle books from my computer without bothering to turn on the Whispernet because the battery charge lasts longer with it off. So the other day I was going through my Kindle archives to see if there were any books there I needed to upload to my home page. I love the title of this book because it sounds so intriguing, and thought it must have been one I missed. After uploading it I noticed it opened near the end of the book--that was my first clue that not all was well. But I went to the beginning and started reading. The opening is so much like scenes of one of the Alien movies, the one with the marines, that I found it irritating and quickly read to try to find where the plot began. After awhile I started to recognize a few of the characters and realized I had tried to read this book before and gave up. That is why it opened near the end--I had skipped to the end before to see if the story was worth reading. AND IT ISN'T! No wonder I had forgotten the book--it has nothing memorable about it. Macho space marines-Aliens, space settlers on a mining colony revolting against the owners-Total Recall, endless dry discussion of futuristic military equipment-any Tom Clancy book, but add No Plot and it is just words. It is all just "been there, done that" and no reason to save the memories.