Review: NYC Invasion
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2012
This story was enjoyable up to a point, but then it began going off on different tangents. Though the author has a nice writing style, he seemed, a times, more interested in lecturing the reader on how different groups of people would react (e.g., religious orders) to an alien probe, rather than entertaining. The story was also dragged out.The premise of an alien probe was quite good. I liked it. But the reaction of people around the world, especially in New York City, didn't ring true. In fact, it was just the opposite.Now all Great Powers eventually come to an end--as will America. That's a given from history. But America's demise as the world's preeminent military power is NOT going to happen in the near future. And since this story was set in the present (or very near future), it was totally unbelievable to have the French, under the UN umbrella, invading NYC. At that point, I felt like not finishing the book, but I forced myself to go ahead and complete it. If not for the UN invasion, I'd have given the book 3 stars instead of 2.