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A review by abigcoffeedragon
Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth L. Powell
2.0
Yeah - this should have been enjoyable, but it was not - there are basically three major players in the novel, and they are so far separated in the beginning, though they converge slooooooowly through the book - but, it just does not do it for me.
What I thought the book was about, which was Ack-Ack during world war two, is not really the story - I was mislead a bit, and this is a bit more futuristic scifi, which I do not hate, but having a talking simian from WWII in a futuristic world does not work for me. Neither do the brain implants and the whole 'backing up' your brain and memories.
Others love the series, and the writing is not bad, but the story just has too much anachronism for me to enjoy.
What I thought the book was about, which was Ack-Ack during world war two, is not really the story - I was mislead a bit, and this is a bit more futuristic scifi, which I do not hate, but having a talking simian from WWII in a futuristic world does not work for me. Neither do the brain implants and the whole 'backing up' your brain and memories.
Others love the series, and the writing is not bad, but the story just has too much anachronism for me to enjoy.