Reviews

Darkship Renegades by Sarah A. Hoyt

itabar's review against another edition

1.0

This book had two *huge* problems.

1) I didn't like Thena. She was a spoiled brat with too much attitude, and quite frankly, she did a lot of dumb things, mostly to further the plot. One thing which boggled my mind was when she shook her wounded husband, who had been shot in the head and several other places and was bleeding profusely. It took her a while to figure out she had to stop the bleeding.

2) Logic and plot holes *galore*. It would be spoilerish to list them all.

Even though I had the audio set at double speed, I can't believe I finished it. It helped that I was doing cleaning and gardening to distract me.

wetdryvac's review against another edition

4.0

Three separate elements I completely couldn't stand, but well written, and nifty where I could put up with the tropes.

kellylynnthomas's review against another edition

3.0

A solid follow up to Hoyt's "Darkship Theives," though not QUITE as good. Hoyt's world continues to fascinate me, though--she comes up with some really interesting concepts and ideas. Even though the plot can get a bit predictable, the strength of the main character's voice and the freshness of the ideas make this book totally worth reading.

jmartindf's review against another edition

3.0

I had trouble reviewing Ms. Hoyt’s previous entry in this series, Darkship Thieves. At the time, I ended the review by saying “It felt very uneven and not all that ‘real’.” After reading this book, I have a better understanding of what I don’t like about this series.

Sarah Hoyt is a strong libertarian and an admirer of Robert Anson Heinlein. (She dedicated this book to her son, Robert Anson Hoyt.) I think these books are intended to be an imitation of, and homage to, Heinlein’s more openly political novels.

Hoyt has her characters sharing political asides with each other and also shares their inner monologues and thoughts. In these novels though, it doesn’t really work. Hoyt is not as good of a writer as Heinlein (but who is?) and isn’t able to pull off what he can pull off. The political insertions feel awkward and contrived rather than natural. It makes the story limp along and is, in my opinion, what drags this down from being a 4-star adventure story.

bookstuff's review against another edition

4.0

This picks up right where the first book stopped, and our heroes end up returning to earth. I liked this less than the first book, and the last bit of action was a mess, but it was still fun.

supatrey's review against another edition

3.0

I adored the first one in this series, but something was missing from this one. I'm not quite sure what it was.

jkh107's review

4.0

Ahhh...there were things about this plot and the underlying political philosophy that didn't make a whole lot of sense but it was so much fun to read I didn't notice until it was over.

3.5 stars.

On to book 3!