Review: Nice continuation but could use a better structure
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 17, 2013
I want to say that I really enjoy the series and look forward to seeing what will happen to all the characters. I just wish the story flowed a little more coherently. I understand the need to see both the Kobani and what is happening within the Federation. I simply got annoyed that the author by trying to give us both at once (as well as the Krall POV) we were left with a story that felt much more patchy and it was hard to really get into the book without a character to really follow. (I also understand this i s a hall mark of many space-operas but it makes it hard for me to really enjoy a book when I get jumped around so much.)SpoliersSpoliersspoliersI was also surprised so little happened with the Federation. I mean in the almost 20 years it seemed that the main body of humans couldn't seem to get on a true war footing. I am also wondering where the veteran Krall are. I mean most of the invading force is their novice warriors, what are the veteran warriors doing during that time? Do they continue the inter-clan wars? I mean they have so much humanity to choose from I would think at least a few geniuses would help slow the Krall more than has happened. At the least given how dogs seem to react that adding them for reconnaissance makes sense to me.I was also surprised about the Krall throwbacks and how they are portrayed as inferior (aren't they the same breed who killed off the Olt'kitapi?). If they are truly different and held as a separate class and given how their species seems to be able to direct their evolution have they continued on a parallel evolutionary chain? It was hinted that the Krall took biological matter from Koban to try and help develop the superconductive nerves, is that all they really need or has there been any problems on their end? In the end the Krall are becoming a bit more cliche they don't seem to have the set backs and problems other than certain individual Krall that make them seem fully fleshed out.The evolution of the SG's and TG's I really enjoyed. The question I keep coming to is if the new Kobani strain of humanity, does it taste any better to the Krall now that so much of their muscles have been modified. I am also surprised now that some of the new TG's are 18 that none seem to be pregnant and giving birth to the wholly born TG generation. (Have the SG's been able to breed with the humanity standard? can the sg'd have true TG's in-vitro at this point?) I think the Frilling issue is a bit of a dues ex machina but the use of it for interrogation had me grinning. I would have expected that trying to Frill an alien mind could be hard or have consequences for a human reader. As with the Krall I wish we saw some more struggle even if in 20 yrs they could have overcome any number.gallandro