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The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
Did not finish book. Stopped at 19%.
So I'm a little hit and miss with Mr.Scalzi. Love some of his work (totally memorable favorites) and others ... meh. While I liked (didn't LOVE) the first book in this series, I wasn't compelled to continue. I'd put this book 2 on hold at the library, and when it came in, I figured I'd give it a go. But, methinks I'll DNF. Another place, another time, I would have absolutely gone forward. But NOW, with hundreds of books waiting for me, I just can't stay with something that I'm not really enjoying.
SO MANY "saids" .... he said, she said, he said, she said, he said, he said, he said. Kindle search ... 2040 in the 346 pages. That's too many. Especially in audio, it's just jarring. In Chapter four "unpack" ...Kindle search has it used 34 times, and I think 30 of them are in that one chapter. I don't do well with repetition.
... little "Book of Mormon" reference in Chapter 4 (regarding the name Jared, leader of the Jaredites). The book was left "unpacked" ... (see above).
This started off a little "who are the characters and what is happening?" and finally a familiar character (Jane) came on the scene. Lots of science early on. I came here to glance at the reviews, and it looks like the MC from book 1 isn't even in this book. I'd pretty much already decided to DNF, but the other reviews just reinforced my decision. 2 hours in (about 66 of 346, 19%) ... wasn't feeling spending 8+ more hours at this time, but I don't think I'll be coming back to it in the future either.
SO MANY "saids" .... he said, she said, he said, she said, he said, he said, he said. Kindle search ... 2040 in the 346 pages. That's too many. Especially in audio, it's just jarring. In Chapter four "unpack" ...Kindle search has it used 34 times, and I think 30 of them are in that one chapter. I don't do well with repetition.
... little "Book of Mormon" reference in Chapter 4 (regarding the name Jared, leader of the Jaredites). The book was left "unpacked" ... (see above).
This started off a little "who are the characters and what is happening?" and finally a familiar character (Jane) came on the scene. Lots of science early on. I came here to glance at the reviews, and it looks like the MC from book 1 isn't even in this book. I'd pretty much already decided to DNF, but the other reviews just reinforced my decision. 2 hours in (about 66 of 346, 19%) ... wasn't feeling spending 8+ more hours at this time, but I don't think I'll be coming back to it in the future either.