Reviews

Designated Targets by John Birmingham

beingshort's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

immie_reads11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

bleepnik's review against another edition

3.0

I really liked [b:Weapons of Choice|72989|Weapons of Choice (The Axis of Time Trilogy, #1)|John Birmingham|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170826475s/72989.jpg|70652], but found parts of [b:Designated Targets|977145|Designated Targets (The Axis of Time Trilogy, #2)|John Birmingham|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179952409s/977145.jpg|962041] a little boring. Looking forward to Final Impact, though; I'm kind of ready for this series to be over.

yeats_2019's review

2.0

Just didn't thrill me

leons1701's review

3.0

Decent continuation of the series started with Weapons of Choice. More focus on the difficulty of upgrading 1940's tech to 21st century standards. More importantly, the difficulty of integrating the Americans of the 1940's and their descendants. Not great stuff, but some decent mind fodder here.

jaycatt7's review

3.0

Entertaining enough that I'll read the third volume. Maybe it's that several characters were already introduced, but this feels like a smoother read than the first volume. More thought to it, too, matching the bigotry of the '40s with the savagery of the '10s.