Review: OK, I guess
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 11, 2011
I bought this because the 3 reviews available were all 5 star.  I suspect they were all friends of the author.  Don't get me wrong, the book wasn't terrible, but 5 stars?  Seriously?  I thought about giving it 2 stars, but in the end I decided on 3 as an encouragement to the author to keep trying.The major plot wasn't bad.  Patrol boat finds derelict ship inhabited by 2 alien species, one determined to wipe out the crew, one harmless.  On board battles, space battle, a little of everything in the space opera genre.  What's not to like, right?The writing and some of the plot were pretty simplistic. It looks like it was written for teenagers or even preteen.  And several of the sub-plots were down right stupid and annoying.  One, having to do with a kid stowaway (seriously, on a military ship?) who saves the day at the end and seemed to take up 25% of the story almost had me stop reading the book.  Another, involving a deranged crewman who somehow manages to create a whole new type of weapon (with nobody on board finding out) and fire it at the alien ship to start the battle was just silly.Still the major plot line has some interesting possibilities.  Looks like future battles with the aliens in the series.  I'll probably buy the second book in the series and hope the author ditches the kid and adds some complexity to the story.  If not, there's just too much other good stuff to read out there, even at $2.99.