A review by northeastbookworm
Red Thunder by John Varley

2.0

Wonderful plot, great action, and characters....well ...The characters come on a little too strong. Varley pays homage to fellow writer Carl Hiaasen by trying to write like Hiaasen and with Hiassen like characters. The result is a very,very mixed bag. The crisis point of the novel and the ending are stretched to far. The ending is too much of a have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too approach with a successful landing, departure, and a space rescue as well. There are better SF novels about getting to Mars.