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katyanaish's review
4.0
This series is excellent.
The politics still make me angry, but they are supposed to. I hate that Torin just has to suck it up.
And I hate that reporter. Torin should have drop-kicked her down a shaft. Or left her behind when she insisted she wasn't going down the crate. People like that are TSTL, and should be kicked to the curb before they kill everyone.
But I loved the book, loved the characters, loved the story.
The politics still make me angry, but they are supposed to. I hate that Torin just has to suck it up.
And I hate that reporter. Torin should have drop-kicked her down a shaft. Or left her behind when she insisted she wasn't going down the crate. People like that are TSTL, and should be kicked to the curb before they kill everyone.
But I loved the book, loved the characters, loved the story.
mary_soon_lee's review
3.0
This is the second in a military science fiction series with marine Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr as the heroine. I read it immediately on the heels of the previous book, "Valor's Choice." The setting is vintage science fiction: humans have joined a Confederation of dozens of alien species, a Confederation at war with the Others.
Book three is waiting on my desk and I will be starting it soon. Recommended.
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This particular installment features both a mysterious alien ship and a civilian salvage pilot in the mold of Han Solo. I found it a quick, pleasing read. Torin Kerr is an impressive, thoroughly likable heroine; the prose is dryly humorous; the action scenes are intelligent and compelling. I was disappointed that none of the secondary characters I'd liked in "Valor's Choice" had more than a walk-on part in this installment, and indeed I didn't find the secondary characters in this book as engaging as those in the first book. I'm hoping that as the series continues, there will be recurring likable characters to stand alongside the recurring, but decidedly unlikable, General Morris.Book three is waiting on my desk and I will be starting it soon. Recommended.
halt_bullfrog's review against another edition
3.5
mamap's review
3.0
a real adventure as torin heads out to investigate an alien ship - with the corps finest. more fun than good - with a little of orson scott cards hive queen thrown in. good people die and we hope they died for a good cause.
tessisreading2's review
4.0
This is one of those locked-spaceship mysteries where Our Heroes end up In Mysterious Peril on a Spaceship Of Mysterious Origin. Thankfully unlike Rendezvous with Rama (1) it is only one book and (2) it does not descend into some weird, weird reproductive dynamics as the human race attempts to survive with only three people in the gene pool. The secondary characters are great, as always, although Ryder frankly felt somewhat superfluous - the “(human) rogue with a heart of gold” is such a generic character that I never got why we should care about him.
blodeuedd's review against another edition
2.0
Torin continues to kick ass in this book, though kick ass is not the right thing to say. She is a marine, she does her duty, the follows orders (tries too), she takes care of those serving with her.
The old gang is not in this book as she has to work with new people and a idiot who is hungry for media attention. Yeah, one of those idiots who gets his squad killed and manages to come out looking like a hero.
It was more space ship action here, and I do tend to enjoy it more when they are on...land or what I should call it. But it would sure make a cool action movie.
Action, danger, and a strange space ship stranded in space. Death and destruction promised.
The old gang is not in this book as she has to work with new people and a idiot who is hungry for media attention. Yeah, one of those idiots who gets his squad killed and manages to come out looking like a hero.
It was more space ship action here, and I do tend to enjoy it more when they are on...land or what I should call it. But it would sure make a cool action movie.
Action, danger, and a strange space ship stranded in space. Death and destruction promised.
kerstincullen's review
5.0
New scenery, some new characters, and great fun! I enjoyed this one as much as the first book. It might be silly but is perfect for what it is.
aiight's review
3.0
I don't know how this book managed to wring 3 stars out of me, but it did. Coming from the never-should-have-been-published first book, I was not open minded. Sure enough, it starts off overflowing with the same military action cliches and cheesy enlisted fan fiction. The dialogue reads like a recruitment ad turned action movie. The 'sci' part of this sci-fi is mostly made-up gadget acronyms, the rest relying on the reader's imagination to fill in the holes (unexplained sensors and thrusters and comms galore). The author has to joke at least once per page about what the Krai will eat and what the di'Taykan will have sex with. And yet. Somehow, the author manages to develop the plot lines into something intriguing, with some moral dilemmas, some actual character development, some sacrifice, and non-cringeworthy moments. Having been burned, though, I'm still hesitant about the rest of the series...
seeinghowitgoes's review
3.0
On punishment or reward duty, Kerr is sent off with a ragtag group, Marines individually plucked from different corps, reporters, a civilian and a handful of scientists. The mission, infiltrate a ship discovered, Big Yellow as she is nicknamed. It turns deadly when the ship turns out to be sentient and Bugs are on their trail.
It's more intense action, Kerr kicking ass and excelling at what she does generally with incompetent higher ups as always. Also refreshing to see Kerr in charge of her sexuality, no worries about tying her down to a hero too quickly that's for sure. An ambiguous ending, but I'm getting somewhat battle worn out.
It's more intense action, Kerr kicking ass and excelling at what she does generally with incompetent higher ups as always. Also refreshing to see Kerr in charge of her sexuality, no worries about tying her down to a hero too quickly that's for sure. An ambiguous ending, but I'm getting somewhat battle worn out.