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celia25's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
paweljw's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
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? Yes
3.75
olityr's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The action in this series is so good! Not a huge fan of the relationship issues in this third book, but it wasn't bad enough to ruin it for me.
mary_soon_lee's review
3.0
This is the third book in the Lost Fleet military science fiction series. If you like military SF with excellent space battles and brave, unambiguously ethical protagonists, then I highly recommend this series (though you should begin with book one: Dauntless). The space battles are indeed excellent. The hero is sympathetic and unquestionably good. The science fiction content is mostly strong, both the space battles and the backdrop they take place against, with hints of further things brewing in the background as the series progresses. I note that the plot feels contrived to force our hero into difficult situations, and that the factions among his officers lack much nuance. But right now I am in the mood for a hero I can root for in an uncomplicated way -- plus I am loving the space battles -- so I shall be proceeding straight to book four.
About my reviews: I try to review every book I read, including those that I don't end up enjoying. The reviews are not scholarly, but just indicate my reaction as a reader, reading being my addiction. I am miserly with 5-star reviews; 4 stars means I liked a book very much; 3 stars means I liked it; 2 stars means I didn't like it (though often the 2-star books are very popular with other readers and/or are by authors whose other work I've loved).
About my reviews: I try to review every book I read, including those that I don't end up enjoying. The reviews are not scholarly, but just indicate my reaction as a reader, reading being my addiction. I am miserly with 5-star reviews; 4 stars means I liked a book very much; 3 stars means I liked it; 2 stars means I didn't like it (though often the 2-star books are very popular with other readers and/or are by authors whose other work I've loved).
darax's review
4.0
Best of the first three so far. I don’t give many five stars but this is extremely close. Started to flesh out some very interesting story lines for the future and really set up coming conflicts excellently. It’s fundamentally good writing and that can do wonders for a story. Starting to feel that Jack Campbell could write something extremely interesting about me buying a loaf of bread. I’ve read the first three in under two days and I don’t see this changing with the rest of the series at all
jmoses's review
4.0
Again, more of the same. These books are very consistent, with a very unified feel to them. You could bind them all together and just call them one book.
rheren's review
4.0
Great series, and I'm liking the interpersonal relationship angle much better in this book compared to the last one, where I complained about him getting involved with a woman and felt like it detracted from the story. In one sense each book now seems to be more of the same (endless fleet intrigue punctuated by space battles whenever they get cornered), but there's still plot twists here and there and we're obviously ramping up to an interesting conclusion to the series, so I'm interested to keep reading.
kynan's review
2.0
Off we go again! I really want to like these books but they're the same basic plot over and over again (much like my reviews of the books in this series). I like the concepts spelled out in the introduction, in theory it all sounds great, and bits of it are quite readable but the constant theme of "Geary considers his future options and has a miraculous realisation that saves the day", especially when said "miraculous realisation" is always blindingly obvious (to me at least, and I'm pretty sure to everyone else who reads them) really takes away from the story. That and the fact that the author specifically calls out his desire to write well-rounded characters...and then doesn't.
Once again though, I enjoyed the details of keeping the fleet running and the space battles and since the sub-plot is finally surfacing as an actual thing I need to read episode 4 and find out what happens next.
Once again though, I enjoyed the details of keeping the fleet running and the space battles and since the sub-plot is finally surfacing as an actual thing I need to read episode 4 and find out what happens next.