Review: Where the stars are closer than you think
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2014
First of all, let me say that I am thoroughly enjoying this series. Most of the premise is decent and I am apparently one of the few that like the fact that it is so easy for the humans along the way. I'm a little tired of series where each book starts off by folks getting into an impossible situation and ends with them somehow miraculously finding a way out of their predicament to save the day. I like just kicking butt technologically all the way through a story no matter what gets in the way. I know that's not feasible, but I enjoy it anyway. This is kind of like Stargate meets Starship Troopers. A lot of borrowed concepts that didn't detract from the overall story.Now for the bad news. I don't mind weird aliens, but some of these aliens are a little on the "silly" side. So much so that it makes it a bit hard to go along with at times.And the style of writing for this series takes some getting used to. It's written as if a detective was giving a report of a crime. He did this. She did that. They watched the sunset. The got up. They went into the house. It's like the opposite of most stories. Most are written as if you are a fly on the wall listening to conversations with the author occasionally throwing in an explanation along the way for something that needs additional information. This story is all additional information with only short pieces of conversations thrown in - almost as an afterthought. There is no character development. All the characters have the exact same personality, if you can get any personality clues at all out of the very little bit of conversations you are privy to. Those little bits of conversation could have been said by anyone else in the story because they all sound the same. "Yes, Captain, we will do our very best to complete the mission". I found this to be annoying at most and just treated it as if I was watching an episode of Law and Order without the drama. It's not enough that I will not purchase any additional books in this series. I'm still waiting eagerly for the next episode.