Review: Exciting, interesting, fun
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2013
I've always found the noir mystery niche a bit cheesy. Probably because the character that comes most readily to mind for me is Guy Noir, but R.J. Johnson's Jim Meade made me feel differently. Meade is part PI and part cowboy. Girls love him almost as much as Trouble does.Johnson weaves his characters' personas masterfully and plops them down in a well developed galaxy were the frontier is once again a wild, rough-and-tumble, place to be. The science is mostly believable (some reviewers have expressed a few issues that many readers may not even notice) and he Johnson explains it well. The action is diverse; it's not all shoot outs. In one or two spots I felt a little bogged down, but cared enough about the characters to get through -- and I'm glad I did. Johnson could stand to do some editing for spelling and wording errors (in the edition I have), something which normally  drops a star for me, but the thing is -- it was so much fun I had to give it the full five. Do yourself a favor and pick Rosetta up today.