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2.0 AVERAGE
2.0 AVERAGE
"So You've Decided to Read Battletech: Dark Age" - Review 15
An acceptable followup to Scorpion Jar and a summing up of all of the DA novels to this point.
DA Callbacks
Tara, Jasek (who is irresistible to women?), Eric and Aaron Sandoval, the Paladins (most prominently, Gareth), Exarch Jonah, Raul Ortega (briefly), Daoshen Lao, and other minor references
Review:
This book tries to draw all the threads together and set a course for the series. It introduces a number of characters that seem like they will play major roles in future plot developments and plants the seeds for some major shakeups. It shifts through a wide variety of perspectives which keeps things fresh but also feels a bit disjointed at times. Overall, it's fine. Parts of it were great and parts of it dragged.
Assessment:
I couldn't decide between 2 or 3 stars and when I'm undecided, I always round down. So here we are. On the tier list, I rank it above many books that received 3 stars. I think this is due to my over saturation in the series. I'm starting to notice in myself a certain amount of, "Been there, read that." If I were to go back and re-read those previous books, a lot more of them would be 2-stars.
Lasting Impressions
In this section, I return long after reading to give my remembered impressions. Did this book stand the test of time?
Not really. I mostly remember this as the book between Scorpion Jar and Fortress Republic. I recall the murder of Prince Davion by Crazy Caleb, but that's really it.
DarkAge Tier List
from favorite to least favorite
Scorpion Jar
Service For the Dead
A Silence in the Heavens
Flight of the Falcon
Sword of Sedition
Target of Opportunity
Blood of the Isle
Fortress of Lies
By Temptations and By War
A Call to Arms
Truth and Shadows
Ghost War
The Ruins of Power
In a special list all its own for being the absolute worst:
Hunters of the Deep
An acceptable followup to Scorpion Jar and a summing up of all of the DA novels to this point.
DA Callbacks
Tara, Jasek (who is irresistible to women?), Eric and Aaron Sandoval, the Paladins (most prominently, Gareth), Exarch Jonah, Raul Ortega (briefly), Daoshen Lao, and other minor references
Review:
This book tries to draw all the threads together and set a course for the series. It introduces a number of characters that seem like they will play major roles in future plot developments and plants the seeds for some major shakeups. It shifts through a wide variety of perspectives which keeps things fresh but also feels a bit disjointed at times. Overall, it's fine. Parts of it were great and parts of it dragged.
Assessment:
I couldn't decide between 2 or 3 stars and when I'm undecided, I always round down. So here we are. On the tier list, I rank it above many books that received 3 stars. I think this is due to my over saturation in the series. I'm starting to notice in myself a certain amount of, "Been there, read that." If I were to go back and re-read those previous books, a lot more of them would be 2-stars.
Lasting Impressions
In this section, I return long after reading to give my remembered impressions. Did this book stand the test of time?
Not really. I mostly remember this as the book between Scorpion Jar and Fortress Republic. I recall the murder of Prince Davion by Crazy Caleb, but that's really it.
DarkAge Tier List
from favorite to least favorite
Scorpion Jar
Service For the Dead
A Silence in the Heavens
Flight of the Falcon
Sword of Sedition
Target of Opportunity
Blood of the Isle
Fortress of Lies
By Temptations and By War
A Call to Arms
Truth and Shadows
Ghost War
The Ruins of Power
In a special list all its own for being the absolute worst:
Hunters of the Deep