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A review by minhthanh1994
Mecha Samurai Empire by Peter Tieryas
5.0
- The books that get me back into loving reading again.
- I may be biased here because of my love for mech/mecha , but for me, this is a 5/5 book. Sure, its story is not something that is out of this world, its characters are just your usual coming-of-age characters, but there is something about the world that fascinates me. What if, the Axis won the war, and now German and Japan are about to go against each other on the continent we call America? The portrayal of the war, and the loss of life isn't the best, but still, it makes you feel. Keep in mind that I don't remember anything about the first book, United States of Japan, its' prequel, so maybe that's on me.
- Did I mention the mecha? Well, for a novel, the mecha in this are so vivid for me with its description, and the fight too, is dynamic, even if it falls a little bit on more of a simple side. But still, that's okay. I guess the only problem I have with the book is that the climax is a little bit not there yet, and also that's there no final big bad (but maybe that's just the anime lover in me talking and that would make for bad/ childish writing).
- There is a little bit of a plot hole about the timeline, but I guess it can be explained if they try hard enough.
- The use of the game "Cat Odyssey" to train the general populace on how to control a mecha is also a little fun thought. Would VR/AR CoD and Battlefield someday be used for the same purpose? Maybe, who knows?
- I may be biased here because of my love for mech/mecha , but for me, this is a 5/5 book. Sure, its story is not something that is out of this world, its characters are just your usual coming-of-age characters, but there is something about the world that fascinates me. What if, the Axis won the war, and now German and Japan are about to go against each other on the continent we call America? The portrayal of the war, and the loss of life isn't the best, but still, it makes you feel. Keep in mind that I don't remember anything about the first book, United States of Japan, its' prequel, so maybe that's on me.
- Did I mention the mecha? Well, for a novel, the mecha in this are so vivid for me with its description, and the fight too, is dynamic, even if it falls a little bit on more of a simple side. But still, that's okay. I guess the only problem I have with the book is that the climax is a little bit not there yet, and also that's there no final big bad (but maybe that's just the anime lover in me talking and that would make for bad/ childish writing).
- There is a little bit of a plot hole about the timeline, but I guess it can be explained if they try hard enough.
- The use of the game "Cat Odyssey" to train the general populace on how to control a mecha is also a little fun thought. Would VR/AR CoD and Battlefield someday be used for the same purpose? Maybe, who knows?