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pjonsson's review against another edition
2.0
I was looking for something new to read and ended up with this one. I thought the idea sounded interesting but I ended up not really liking the book at all.
The book starts of like the book blurb states with Jon being awoken from cryogenic sleep on board a pretty much empty battleship. I wrote pretty much empty because the ship is not entirely devoid of life. Fairly quickly Jon encounters two survivors. This is where things starts to go downwards.
The first person Jon encounters goes apeshit and attacks him right away and claims he is a spy and the cause of the disaster and whatnot. Okay, I guess I could live with that for a while. Disastrous and dire circumstances with a lot of confusion could cause some temporary lapses in judgement I guess. However the bloody book goes on and on with this.
Never mind that Jon saved the guys life, never mind that another person tries to reason with him. The guy behaves like some psychotic political officer from the Soviet era throughout the book. Even when they finally encounter other people these peoples behavior towards Jon is not what one would expect. Actually the abysmal interaction, posturing and bizarre logic throughout the book is really what brings the book down. It overshadows any good parts the book might have.
There are, finally, some actual action happening in the book but, I personally, felt it followed the same pattern as the human interactions. Not feeling very logical and certainly not very realistic.
I will definitely not continue this series.
The book starts of like the book blurb states with Jon being awoken from cryogenic sleep on board a pretty much empty battleship. I wrote pretty much empty because the ship is not entirely devoid of life. Fairly quickly Jon encounters two survivors. This is where things starts to go downwards.
The first person Jon encounters goes apeshit and attacks him right away and claims he is a spy and the cause of the disaster and whatnot. Okay, I guess I could live with that for a while. Disastrous and dire circumstances with a lot of confusion could cause some temporary lapses in judgement I guess. However the bloody book goes on and on with this.
Never mind that Jon saved the guys life, never mind that another person tries to reason with him. The guy behaves like some psychotic political officer from the Soviet era throughout the book. Even when they finally encounter other people these peoples behavior towards Jon is not what one would expect. Actually the abysmal interaction, posturing and bizarre logic throughout the book is really what brings the book down. It overshadows any good parts the book might have.
There are, finally, some actual action happening in the book but, I personally, felt it followed the same pattern as the human interactions. Not feeling very logical and certainly not very realistic.
I will definitely not continue this series.
thinde's review against another edition
4.0
There is an unappealing waft of dated Sci-Fi in this novel. It's like a 70's space opera that has had a modern edit. Despite this, I ended up enjoying A.I. Destroyer more than I had predicted. This was helped by a stirring finish.
Hawkins is a flawed protagonist who is out of his depth for most of the story. His support crew is made up of unstable crutches, at best. What saves the day is his growing strategic brilliance and a criminal's nose for duplicity. This is an interesting take on an old story. I want more.
Hawkins is a flawed protagonist who is out of his depth for most of the story. His support crew is made up of unstable crutches, at best. What saves the day is his growing strategic brilliance and a criminal's nose for duplicity. This is an interesting take on an old story. I want more.
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