Review: Too overpriced
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 23, 2012
Just like the first book in the series I picked this up at the same time based on the positive reviews I saw. While I like the theme of humans being the supermen of the galaxy I think this author needs to spend more time trying to flesh out his ideas.The series to date isn't really all that bad but its not what I thought it would or could be based on the reviews. Alien Assassin is exactly as stated and while the author has expanded the plot to help tie together his series. I couldn't help but be disappointed that I never came across that twist or event that would make this a 5 star book in my mind. The story is fairly predictable and the characters are one dimensional and flimsy. The world building is almost non-existent with everything seeming to be cheap and uninteresting. Despite being primitives the only tech we seem to be missing is the ability to manipulate gravity and the testing thing that allows humans to know what is safe to eat and drink. I'm sorry but a lot of the little things in this story don't make sense and I find little to no passion to relate to the characters.The author even tries to bring in some soul searching by the main character about adultery and his ease of killing aliens but both of these are resolved within a paragraph or two. Its too simplistic and the stories lack the depth that can pull me in and make me forget about anything else. I would have pegged these as books for young adult readers for grades 6 and 7, in fact I might have found them more enjoyable that way. I grabbed these books on impulse and to try an up and coming author. I doubt I'll finish this series unless the author learns to do more than use broad strokes to paint a world.gallandro