Review: A very, very good book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2014
Ark Royal is the first book by Christopher Nuttall that I have read.  I have to say that it’s a very, very well written book.  I finished it in 2 sittings.  It’s a smooth, very easy, relaxing yet exciting, fast paced read.  It’s almost as if having a conversation with your best friend.  If you’re familiar with the Battlestar Galactica series, this has elements which will remind you of that.  I believe what I enjoyed the most is the resurrection of the flawed main character into the person for which everyone could cheer, how he rises to be the best and elevates others with him.  To be sure, at this book’s end, the reader is left with many lingering and unanswered questions which screams for a sequel (I don’t know if one is planned but certainly hope so).  Regardless, this book explores a great “storyline”, well executed with lots of action, inscrutable “aliens”, exciting space-based battle scenarios and characters for whom to root.  If you’re a fan of the military space opera genre, you won’t be disappointed.