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A review by jacqueshol
The Mission by Robert Doherty
4.0
Since I was listening to the audiobook and hadn't been travelling that much the past week, it took me several days to finish the book. While it wasn't too bad, it simply didn't grab me. This has been the case for the previous two books too.
I can't quite put my finger on it, but the storyline, while simple enough, just doesn't come together. The science is speculative but not terrible; the characters are all a bit vanilla but not totally unrelatable, so what actually bugs me remains a mystery. Perhaps it is the fact that the story seems to jump around a bit. There is some nice build-up in certain instances, and then it just fizzles out. In other instances, the storyline seemed to come out out of the blue, and I wasn't too sure how we got to where we are. I found this a big problem in the first two books of the series, and while it was prevalent in The Mission, it was less so.
SO, yeah, if you have a few hours to just chill, go ahead and read it. It won't be a total waste of your time. I will probably read the fourth book in the series, as it seems to be written progressively better as the series continues, albeit at a languid pace. I am a sucker for series.
I can't quite put my finger on it, but the storyline, while simple enough, just doesn't come together. The science is speculative but not terrible; the characters are all a bit vanilla but not totally unrelatable, so what actually bugs me remains a mystery. Perhaps it is the fact that the story seems to jump around a bit. There is some nice build-up in certain instances, and then it just fizzles out. In other instances, the storyline seemed to come out out of the blue, and I wasn't too sure how we got to where we are. I found this a big problem in the first two books of the series, and while it was prevalent in The Mission, it was less so.
SO, yeah, if you have a few hours to just chill, go ahead and read it. It won't be a total waste of your time. I will probably read the fourth book in the series, as it seems to be written progressively better as the series continues, albeit at a languid pace. I am a sucker for series.