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Andromeda's Fall
by William C. Dietz
I often find when reading that I DREAD the female lead. Why? Because they tend to fall in to one of two categories:
(Originally posted on Amazon UK)
Feels like that character was originally male, then they changed it last minute as a marketing gimmick.
OR
Completely focused on the fact the she's female; either by pointing out how amazing it is that she's doing stuff men do, or by making you constantly aware of how female she is.
Fortunately, this book doesn't really do that. Dietz had the decency to make any reference to her femininity relevant, and doesn't make it seem like a disability like so many others do. So the book has that going for it.
Of course that wouldn't make much of a difference if the rest of the story was terrible. Fortunately, Andromeda's Fall is EXCELLENT. It's got lots of action and sci-fi warfare which is always entertaining. It has characters I actually LIKE which is always a bonus but more importantly, it has characters I HATE (and I am supposed to hate them). I find it is much more difficult to make me truly loathe a character and this book has at least three that I well and truly despise!
In short, I love it and can't wait to get my hands on the next one.
(Full disclosure: I received this free from the publisher to review. The opinions expressed in this review are my own and are not altered by this.)
(Originally posted on Amazon UK)
Feels like that character was originally male, then they changed it last minute as a marketing gimmick.
OR
Completely focused on the fact the she's female; either by pointing out how amazing it is that she's doing stuff men do, or by making you constantly aware of how female she is.
Fortunately, this book doesn't really do that. Dietz had the decency to make any reference to her femininity relevant, and doesn't make it seem like a disability like so many others do. So the book has that going for it.
Of course that wouldn't make much of a difference if the rest of the story was terrible. Fortunately, Andromeda's Fall is EXCELLENT. It's got lots of action and sci-fi warfare which is always entertaining. It has characters I actually LIKE which is always a bonus but more importantly, it has characters I HATE (and I am supposed to hate them). I find it is much more difficult to make me truly loathe a character and this book has at least three that I well and truly despise!
In short, I love it and can't wait to get my hands on the next one.
(Full disclosure: I received this free from the publisher to review. The opinions expressed in this review are my own and are not altered by this.)