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A review by g_r_frank
Velocity Weapon by Megan E. O'Keefe
2.0
Three major story lines are interwoven in the short chapter format of this book. It was an interesting premise overall but one little trick that is done to the reader ( which I won't spoil ) was both... interesting (in how the author used to to connect two of the storylines) and also kinda personally disappointing because I liked how it was going at the start in the telling of stories separated by time and distance.
Overall I liked one of the characters / storylines most. The other two... one was kinda humdrum and the third I did not care much for any of the characters in the story. Even in the one story with the main protagonist I enjoyed ... it could have developed the side characters and the premise of the situation a lot more. At the end, one character who was supposed to be a spy/secret agent guy was less active and knowledgeable about doing things than the main character who was a bit out of her element with the plot. Wish it had more deeply explored the AI spaceship connection to the characters too. It felt like that started off well but kinda fizzled toward the end of the book.
When it was all said and done, this thick book did not seem to show any real character development or change in ANY characters and there was little to no payoff of any promises made to the reader in the plot. It ended as an unsatisfying cliffhanger... waiting for you to buy the next book.
All that to say.. I did enjoy some parts of this but it promised one thing to the reader and delivered... not sure... something else... that was not satisfying to me.
if you are willing to commit to the next book after this and whatever more books might follow than go for it.. if you wanted a satisfying first book that would excite you to read more of the series... I am afraid this might not do it.
Overall I liked one of the characters / storylines most. The other two... one was kinda humdrum and the third I did not care much for any of the characters in the story. Even in the one story with the main protagonist I enjoyed ... it could have developed the side characters and the premise of the situation a lot more. At the end, one character who was supposed to be a spy/secret agent guy was less active and knowledgeable about doing things than the main character who was a bit out of her element with the plot. Wish it had more deeply explored the AI spaceship connection to the characters too. It felt like that started off well but kinda fizzled toward the end of the book.
When it was all said and done, this thick book did not seem to show any real character development or change in ANY characters and there was little to no payoff of any promises made to the reader in the plot. It ended as an unsatisfying cliffhanger... waiting for you to buy the next book.
All that to say.. I did enjoy some parts of this but it promised one thing to the reader and delivered... not sure... something else... that was not satisfying to me.
if you are willing to commit to the next book after this and whatever more books might follow than go for it.. if you wanted a satisfying first book that would excite you to read more of the series... I am afraid this might not do it.