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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
After having finally ended the century-long war with the Syndics, the Alliance government can't wait to send John Geary off to the farthest corners of the galaxy again to find out about the enigmatic Enigma race, establish the borders of their territory and in general find out more about them.
The reader is pretty sure pretty early on that this is a ploy to dispose of this troublesome hero with his unwanted influence over the Alliance government, but still, the main characters keep being surprised whenever they find that this is really true.
"Are you doing this to get rid of us"?
"But our ships are falling apart and we might not make it back. What then?"
"And now we are taught to take these high-priority, VIP POWs on board and take them home only on the way back. Why is that? Do they want to get rid of them as well?"
"We are facing such superior odds in alien space, what if we fail, it's almost as though we were meant to."
Etc., etc.
The optimism is boundless and somewhat endearing. Still, I'm entertained enough by the space shenanigans to stay on board. Even though the character changes that occurred in the two mains after their marriage got on my nerves sometimes, and the lack of communication is troublesome (why is this book called Dreadnaught when there is no meaningful communication between her captain and Geary throughout the book that would justify the title, after all), but I'm still sticking around.
The reader is pretty sure pretty early on that this is a ploy to dispose of this troublesome hero with his unwanted influence over the Alliance government, but still, the main characters keep being surprised whenever they find that this is really true.
"Are you doing this to get rid of us"?
"But our ships are falling apart and we might not make it back. What then?"
"And now we are taught to take these high-priority, VIP POWs on board and take them home only on the way back. Why is that? Do they want to get rid of them as well?"
"We are facing such superior odds in alien space, what if we fail, it's almost as though we were meant to."
Etc., etc.
The optimism is boundless and somewhat endearing. Still, I'm entertained enough by the space shenanigans to stay on board. Even though the character changes that occurred in the two mains after their marriage got on my nerves sometimes, and the lack of communication is troublesome (why is this book called Dreadnaught when there is no meaningful communication between her captain and Geary throughout the book that would justify the title, after all), but I'm still sticking around.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
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
This is a continuation of the Lost Fleet series. A series I rated at a consistent 3.5 stars. I liked the main plot mechanism (ragged isolated fleet fighting its way home) and the main character Geary was very interesting.
This series begins soon after the ending of the previous series and is populated by main characters from that series. The main plot mechanism is Geary initiating contact with an alien race and grappling with conspiracy issues concerning the Alliance.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me because it seems to be more of the same i.e. one epic battle after another against overwhelming odds and no end in sight. In addition, the relationship between Geary and Tanya distracts from the story and feels wooden and unwieldy. I felt he did a good job with this relationship in the first series but it just gets in the way here.
This series begins soon after the ending of the previous series and is populated by main characters from that series. The main plot mechanism is Geary initiating contact with an alien race and grappling with conspiracy issues concerning the Alliance.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me because it seems to be more of the same i.e. one epic battle after another against overwhelming odds and no end in sight. In addition, the relationship between Geary and Tanya distracts from the story and feels wooden and unwieldy. I felt he did a good job with this relationship in the first series but it just gets in the way here.
I never actually finished this book. It was so tiresome I gave up.
This is the first book in a follow up series to the Lost Fleet by Jack Campbell. I will make it clear that you will need to have read the first series for this to be enjoyable.
Our favourite Admiral is back, along with all the other major players in the first series, to go beyond the frontier to confront the 'aliens'. This book has a familiar feeling to it - flagship of a fleet etc. However, the pace was slowed down in the beginning of the book, and sped up towards the end. This is most certainly a 'setting the scene' book for the series.
If you enjoyed the previous series, then I think you will enjoy this book.
Our favourite Admiral is back, along with all the other major players in the first series, to go beyond the frontier to confront the 'aliens'. This book has a familiar feeling to it - flagship of a fleet etc. However, the pace was slowed down in the beginning of the book, and sped up towards the end. This is most certainly a 'setting the scene' book for the series.
If you enjoyed the previous series, then I think you will enjoy this book.
adventurous
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Good old Fashion Pulp Science Fiction. Fast paced mind candy. A good change of pace from my normal reading.
I got about a third of the way through it and they still hadn't left spacedock (or whatever it's called in this 'verse). I wasn't thrilled with the "wife vs. former lover" soap opera plot twist, but what broke it for me was when they discovered that their ships all start falling apart at 3 years old. I find that pretty unbelievable. What's even less believable is that, knowing from the outset that this is happening to several of their ships including the flagship, they still go ahead and go on this deep space mission of indeterminate length into the outer reaches of unknown, hostile space. When their ships are literally falling apart and they have no plans for adequate repairs/updates. I just couldn't after that.
Aww, nuts, now I'm caught up with publishing dates? Sigh. Still enjoying this series a lot, although the way he writes around the romance/relationship between two characters feels more awkward and less endearing at this point. A few niggling little gendered comments in this one, but given that it's still pretty much streets ahead of most of the rest of modern SF in that regard I could look past that quite easily. Mostly my review boils down to a species of ARGH YOU LEFT IT THERE?? Oh man. I was totally five minutes late coming back from lunch because I had to finish this.