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vinayvasan's review against another edition
3.0
That ended a bit differently than I expected given the nature and the atmosphere that the author had built up. The book is fantastic for 90% and then there is a feeling of a bait and switch. It works sometimes and this is one of the occasions where I feel it doesnt work.
As always, the action is fantastic, the pace is riveting and the conflicts are intensely personal and yet far reaching. The wonderfully cynical tone continues and the layers of mistrust and deception keep on building as our lead character wrestles with the after effects of his decision from the previous book even as he finds himself with a new team.
The character interactions are fascinating even as politics and power raise their ugly head. If only, the ending had been something different... Sigh...
As always, the action is fantastic, the pace is riveting and the conflicts are intensely personal and yet far reaching. The wonderfully cynical tone continues and the layers of mistrust and deception keep on building as our lead character wrestles with the after effects of his decision from the previous book even as he finds himself with a new team.
The character interactions are fascinating even as politics and power raise their ugly head. If only, the ending had been something different... Sigh...
hisham's review against another edition
4.0
I found Going Dark to be enjoyable enough. The story felt a little like it was wandering at points though.
I felt like The Trials (book 2) would have made a more exciting ending - but Going Dark does address and ask questions about trust, belief and over reliance upon technology in greater detail than the first 2 books.
If you read the first 2 books in The Red series and really, really want to see what the characters get up (and into) next, definitely check this out.
I felt like The Trials (book 2) would have made a more exciting ending - but Going Dark does address and ask questions about trust, belief and over reliance upon technology in greater detail than the first 2 books.
If you read the first 2 books in The Red series and really, really want to see what the characters get up (and into) next, definitely check this out.
tundragirl's review against another edition
4.0
I'd be happy to read many more books in this series.
tomasthanes's review against another edition
5.0
"I wanted to be the good guy, to do the right thing. ... That's the soldier's dilemma."
An excellent trilogy on near future warfare with soldiers enhanced with skullnets, dead sisters, squads of soldiers linked together, and drones overhead.
Highly recommended.
An excellent trilogy on near future warfare with soldiers enhanced with skullnets, dead sisters, squads of soldiers linked together, and drones overhead.
Highly recommended.
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