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The First Casualty by Mike Moscoe, Mike Shepherd

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3.0

this is extremely unfocused because of that we as a reader never gain the give a damn about the characters the author is lavishing attention on. it's not a character count issue it's a focus issue. you got an extreme long action scene without stakes for the reader. we haven't been invested much and this is the kind of scene that's used in the middle or end of the story. it's EXTREMELY hard to keep reading even as a kris Longknife fan.

had it been a run and gunfight in a canyon we could have the "building" scene required for this long action piece to work. lots of options here. It's hard cos he's a talented writer. the audiobook reader is "working hard as hell" but.. ya.. bit of a hot mess so far. hr. 1:45.00 in.

2 hrs. Im starting to see what and why. i think the author wanted it all and it's the kinda concept you have to work up. i really feel ungrounded in this series i dont think i'll get grounded until i make it out of early 1999-2001 writing. make it into 2014. writing series. might skip ahead.
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