Review: Decent Military Sci-Fi
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 16, 2014
A good read, This Corner of the Universe was hard to put down and kept my attention. It tells the tale of an officer who was put in command of his first spaceship, and what happens when he is sent to a star system far away from his superiors.Although I liked the book, it has its share of problems that kept me from giving it 5-stars. The author's denial of Newtonian mechanics until it suited him to recognize them near the end of the book detracted from the story. Another weakness was how he dealt with enemy missiles that were encountered. Their explosive effect was illogical, and the author needs to revisit these two problems, which has moved this story into the space opera genre (i.e. not a compliment).I still look forward to reading the second book in the series.