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carmelaannaimprota2023's review
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
pjonsson's review against another edition
3.0
I generally like books by Ian Douglas, or I should perhaps write William H. Keith Jr. since this is the authors real name, but I have to say that this one never really caught my interest.
The book is as well written as other books from this author. The story is not bad, it holds together throughout the book. Unfortunately it kind of feels like the story is just an excuse for stringing a load of detailed medical interventions, even lectures, together. I have to admit that I am out if my expertise here. As a science fiction fan, computer engineer and physics interested person working at CERN (the real CERN, not the one in Dan Brown’s fantasies) I generally have a pretty good idea of the physical science part of the books I read. When it comes to medical stuff…not so much.
Maybe this is why I felt somewhat detached when reading this book. It is really detailed in the medical area and I am not hyper interested in that area of science and I can, obviously, not judge whether the detailed descriptions of the various medical facts and interventions made sense or not. Given the authors previous works I am fairly sure that he did not invent things out of the blue though.
It is a good book. If you like medical adventures in science fiction land then this is probably a great book for you. I am afraid that it is a wee bit outside my area of interest.
The book is as well written as other books from this author. The story is not bad, it holds together throughout the book. Unfortunately it kind of feels like the story is just an excuse for stringing a load of detailed medical interventions, even lectures, together. I have to admit that I am out if my expertise here. As a science fiction fan, computer engineer and physics interested person working at CERN (the real CERN, not the one in Dan Brown’s fantasies) I generally have a pretty good idea of the physical science part of the books I read. When it comes to medical stuff…not so much.
Maybe this is why I felt somewhat detached when reading this book. It is really detailed in the medical area and I am not hyper interested in that area of science and I can, obviously, not judge whether the detailed descriptions of the various medical facts and interventions made sense or not. Given the authors previous works I am fairly sure that he did not invent things out of the blue though.
It is a good book. If you like medical adventures in science fiction land then this is probably a great book for you. I am afraid that it is a wee bit outside my area of interest.
tomwklose's review against another edition
4.0
I hate to find fault in the author's work, however, this book had too much medical information (like filler). That is all!
yonnyan's review
DNF @ 15%
This is a good book and I was enjoying it very much, at least what little that I read of it thus far. I simply fell into a reading slump this past weekend due to some life BS that's going on. I plan on picking this up and finishing it one day because, as I've said, I was genuinely enjoying it, and I also love military SF. Just a case of the slumps, unfortunately.
This is a good book and I was enjoying it very much, at least what little that I read of it thus far. I simply fell into a reading slump this past weekend due to some life BS that's going on. I plan on picking this up and finishing it one day because, as I've said, I was genuinely enjoying it, and I also love military SF. Just a case of the slumps, unfortunately.
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