adventurous reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ama_m's review against another edition

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adventurous informative fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
dark informative tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Dressed up as a deep, serious, Big Thoughts read, this was a standard thriller— thin characters, plot that you shouldn’t think too hard about, and OTT prose. Definitely an enjoyable read! But I think it may be pretending, or some folks may take it as, more than it is.

I enjoyed this book about a possible next world war between the USA and China.
It serves as a warning how things can go wrong, very wrong.

It's also an interesting thought exercise on how things could play out in such a war.
It's only a bit annoying that he had to "invent" some bizar tech to give the Chinese the upper hand. Although wars are won with new tech it feels still a bit fantastic.

I love these near-future stories as they open my mind to possibilities of a future. If you;re the same, go read it. If not, read someone else.
reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
medium-paced

Cartoonish characters, little insight into world politics (cartoonish there, too), but still a guilty read because of the formulaic writing. Was expecting more, maybe because world events have trumped this story.