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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
John Perry with the dry humour, signs up to be a soldier out there in the dangerous universe, where one can only expect the unexpected. I can appreciate the non-sugarcoated action.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Violence, War
adventurous
hopeful
informative
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:
Yes
John Perry at 75 has lived a good life but that life is now coming to an end ten years ago he and his wife had signed up to become CDF soldiers when they both become 75 but she died before that happened and now John has to go and complete his obligation and enlist on his birthday.
Not knowing how they turn the old into soldiers since the people who man the CDF recruitment offices aren't soldiers they just recruit people and only have what they need to know. Some recruits summise they replace organs but in reality they get new everything including body.
John knows he has either two years service or the whole ten years but as he fights the aliens they come across he discovers he is good at what he does and he has to fight so he can live out the rest of his days as a colonist.
Not knowing how they turn the old into soldiers since the people who man the CDF recruitment offices aren't soldiers they just recruit people and only have what they need to know. Some recruits summise they replace organs but in reality they get new everything including body.
John knows he has either two years service or the whole ten years but as he fights the aliens they come across he discovers he is good at what he does and he has to fight so he can live out the rest of his days as a colonist.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Racism, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny, light hearted, breezy, interesting, gross, heavy, heart rending, bittersweet, 5 stars
A military sci-fi that is fun and interesting enough. Not brilliant; not mediocre. It's kind of like a summer popcorn flick. Turn off the brain in parts.
It has a nice wry humor to it. As well as a decent dose of introspection. And there are also those parts where it's just fighting aliens. There's the occasional bit of future tech, magical hand-waving but that's kept to a couple instances.
Edit: On further thought, there was more than a smidgen of male Mary Sue to the main character.
It has a nice wry humor to it. As well as a decent dose of introspection. And there are also those parts where it's just fighting aliens. There's the occasional bit of future tech, magical hand-waving but that's kept to a couple instances.
Edit: On further thought, there was more than a smidgen of male Mary Sue to the main character.
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes