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A review by pjonsson
Bright Light by Ian Douglas
3.0
On the whole this has been a enjoyable series. Most of the books have been 4 out of 5 stars for me with a few in the 3 out of 5 star. I was hesitating as to what to give this one but in the end I settled for a 3 star rating.
Ian Douglas writes good stuff. Characters, dialogue, action etc… are all well done. I do like most of the characters including the AI Konstantin. I do like the action. All those things are quite good as always with this author.
What I am less inclined to like is that the author really goes far out with the fictional elements. We are presented with almost God-like entities, superintelligences and a story which is really almost entering fantasy land. That includes time travel which I always despise. It’s just wrong and almost always just a cheap plot element to either cover up problems with the plot or to introduce sensational elements. A big fail more often than not.
Since I felt somewhat hesitant over the story from the start the author didn’t exactly make it better when he felt obliged to introduce nonsense statements about how we supposedly are refusing to discuss climate change while sea levels are rising and coastal cities are flooding. Crap serving only to score cheap political correctness points.
So overall, even though I did enjoy the book, it was probably one of the weaker ones for me.
Ian Douglas writes good stuff. Characters, dialogue, action etc… are all well done. I do like most of the characters including the AI Konstantin. I do like the action. All those things are quite good as always with this author.
What I am less inclined to like is that the author really goes far out with the fictional elements. We are presented with almost God-like entities, superintelligences and a story which is really almost entering fantasy land. That includes time travel which I always despise. It’s just wrong and almost always just a cheap plot element to either cover up problems with the plot or to introduce sensational elements. A big fail more often than not.
Since I felt somewhat hesitant over the story from the start the author didn’t exactly make it better when he felt obliged to introduce nonsense statements about how we supposedly are refusing to discuss climate change while sea levels are rising and coastal cities are flooding. Crap serving only to score cheap political correctness points.
So overall, even though I did enjoy the book, it was probably one of the weaker ones for me.