Review: Space murder, new planet, and cool twist at the end
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 31, 2012
I picked this up as a free kindle book and wasn't sure what to make of it at first.I really liked how the story grabbed you right away with the murders and the suspense. Some explorers from earth head to a new planet and on arrival find the commanding officers are dead! When the remaining explorers landed on their designated planet they are surprised by what they find. (No spoiler for you^^) Something begins to go wrong with the ship. The AI seems to have come alive! Is it this sentience which has led to the mysterious events on board the ship and planet? Two of the explorers set off to explore an anomaly in the planet and discover... I won't spoil it but I will say that they have to make a life or death decision which leads to some interesting results.I thought it was a good short read and the poetry loving ship was cool^^ I would have liked it to be a little longer because I grew to like the characters. Who knows what may happen in the future? This story had some likeable characters and an interesting conclusion but fell short in telling a unique story. After being grabbed by the murders I kind of felt let down as the story progressed. It wasn't until the end that I felt like it began to move into a 4 star book. I feel like I would read a sequel if ever there was one but I would need the author to take it up a notch for me to buy it.How I review books in order of importance: Plot, Writing Sophistication Level, Character Depth, World Integrity, and Grammar/Spelling. See my profile for a more detailed explanation.