Mike (the Paladin)'s Reviews > Master Sergeant

Just had to correct a couple of typos.


Okay...first I love military sci/fi. There are 3 series that I snap up as quickly as a new sequel is released. I got these (I checked out #1 and #2, oops) from the library (thankfully rather than buying them). I got them because I was/am in the mood for some good space opera/military science fiction/fantasy. The synopsis looked good, so I downloaded the 2 books from the Hoopla audio files our library has.

Okay the first almost 3 hours were info-dumps about the world, the universe and the alien races. We got introduced to the main character (Master Sergeant Frank Sage) and also the alien enemy leading character. I was frankly so bored I wanted to lay the book aside much earlier than this.

I am now 3.5 hours in and we've gone the other way. The last half hour have been one long running battle against...well against the planet sort of. Enemy troops and giant spiders are ripping into the Terran soldiers.

Now, there are also Human natives and humans who work for the (seemingly) requisite "evil corporations"...they're called "corps". I've seen the evil corporation trope so often in the last 60 years it does seem to be almost a requirement. Anyway...I haven't rated it yet, I'm trying to "hang in" but I've almost decided to lay (and if it were a real physical book fling) it aside...

To be continued soon.


**Update**
Yes I laid it aside and thus went with a 1 star rating. I know some will like these better and I'm sorry to go with the lowest rating but I just didn't care enough to finish the book. Too bad as I really wanted to like it and was looking for a good military science fiction/space opera.