Review: Sub par plot but great technical writing. Engaging
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2013
This story is as good as any that Mr Thomas has written as far as keeping the reader engaged. I read the entire book in an afternoon and evening so it is a bit short but it was wrapped up at a good point.My main beef with this book and the series in general is that the author is dragging out the plot development exceptionally slowly. The entire book was just a few hours long in the universe's time. No more than a day and a half passed during the main portion of the novel. While I like detailed battle scenes as much as the next military sci-fi junky, I am less than pleased with the extreme lengths the author has gone to in the last couple of books. The plot line isn't developing at all except in the times between the novels. This gives the series a jerky cut up feeling that leaves me unlikely to purchase another book. It feels like the author is dragging it out to make money instead of finishing a great series in a timely manner then moving on to another project.Again, I have no complaints about the actual story that was told. It was engaging and I liked it quite a bit. Overall, I can't recommend this series to anyone due to the lack of internal plot development within the series. Having you plot develop by jumping forward a few months between books then showing a day or two of action in a novel is a no go for me to purchase another book.