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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Long and descriptive. Not fast paced enough for me. Recommended for 14 and up.
Utter dreck. In many ways, even worse than the first in the series. Like the first one, repetitive ad nauseum. One dimensional characters who all speak in the same voice. Egregious hyperbole (just how many MOST devastatingly horrible/vicious/evil/dangerous creatures in existence can there be in any one universe, anyway?). Ridiculously long monologues and soliloquies with no point to them. What compounds all these faults is that rather than learning from past mistakes, the author repeats them and and then surpasses them by contradicting himself over and over and over again. Sometimes the contradiction would come a chapter or two after a statement was made, sometimes after a few pages, and some even within the same paragraph. I couldn't finish the thing; was proud for enduring through 400 pages of the monstrosity. It's rare that I feel cheated for paying for a book; but this time I don't simply want compensatory remuneration, I want punitive damages from both the author and the publisher.
medium-paced
An amazing sequel to Deathstalker.
As always, Green has a way of giving characters god like powers, while still leaving them flawed, and making an interesting world. Seeing how the Madness Maze continues to influence the actions of Owen, Hazel, Jack, & Ruby while they face overcoming odds is something else.
I'm glad I decided to finally give this series a try. My only complaint is that he focuses too much on the characters and not enough on his world building. To me, Greens best work is when he's building a world, and using the character stories to flesh it out. See the Nightside series as a great example.
As always, Green has a way of giving characters god like powers, while still leaving them flawed, and making an interesting world. Seeing how the Madness Maze continues to influence the actions of Owen, Hazel, Jack, & Ruby while they face overcoming odds is something else.
I'm glad I decided to finally give this series a try. My only complaint is that he focuses too much on the characters and not enough on his world building. To me, Greens best work is when he's building a world, and using the character stories to flesh it out. See the Nightside series as a great example.
This was an engaging military space opera which gave insights into many characters points of view. Though the series is about Owen Deathstalker, he is more in the background in this book. More prominent characters include Captain Jack Silence who will defend the Empire even if it's not perfect and the rebel Jack Random who is one of the few who was altered by an alien maze.
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Im not going to rate this one . I enjoyed the concepts however thats about it the rest of this left me with too many questions .
Here's my review of the first novel in this series (I insert it here because it says exactly what I want to say about this one too):
This first novel in the Deathstalker series started out as a pure 5-star read. Lots of good pulpy space opera fun and action right off the bat. But then it devolved into a myriad of characters and a few too many over-the-top sub plots. The author threw in everything plus the kitchen sink.
Still, it kept me interested and overall I guess I "liked" it. But I think the novel would have been much better if it had been cut by ~150 pages and come in as a leaner story. I am hopeful that the many side characters (those that weren't slaughtered) will play significant roles in future installments.
Owen Deathstalker is supposed to be the leader of the rebellion but he gets very little screen time in this second novel. I would estimate less than 25% is devoted to what he is doing and even when he is part of the plot, he doesn't seem to play a very big role. Instead, those honors go to Jack Random whose comeback from being the once-great rebel leader is coming back full circle. Most of the book is devoted to what all of the other characters are doing. I guess that's OK, and I still did enjoy reading this volume, but I feel like it could easily have been edited down by at least a third and been a much better novel. At least my hopes from book one about the side characters assuming large roles has come to fruition.
I get the feeling the author is just writing by the seat of his pants and is as surprised as we readers are at what comes next. Again, that can be fine, but it all seems a little haphazard to me. I'll see what the next book brings when I get around to it.
This first novel in the Deathstalker series started out as a pure 5-star read. Lots of good pulpy space opera fun and action right off the bat. But then it devolved into a myriad of characters and a few too many over-the-top sub plots. The author threw in everything plus the kitchen sink.
Still, it kept me interested and overall I guess I "liked" it. But I think the novel would have been much better if it had been cut by ~150 pages and come in as a leaner story. I am hopeful that the many side characters (those that weren't slaughtered) will play significant roles in future installments.
Owen Deathstalker is supposed to be the leader of the rebellion but he gets very little screen time in this second novel. I would estimate less than 25% is devoted to what he is doing and even when he is part of the plot, he doesn't seem to play a very big role. Instead, those honors go to Jack Random whose comeback from being the once-great rebel leader is coming back full circle. Most of the book is devoted to what all of the other characters are doing. I guess that's OK, and I still did enjoy reading this volume, but I feel like it could easily have been edited down by at least a third and been a much better novel. At least my hopes from book one about the side characters assuming large roles has come to fruition.
I get the feeling the author is just writing by the seat of his pants and is as surprised as we readers are at what comes next. Again, that can be fine, but it all seems a little haphazard to me. I'll see what the next book brings when I get around to it.
Una agradable sorpresa despues de muchos libros genéricos de ciencia ficcion, violenta, sangrienta, cinica y sin miedo a burlarse de si misma. Una refrescante opera espacial.