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A review by timinbc
You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo
4.0
Didn't look promising. "The big critic is coming" ... found family ... charismatic ex-military leader ... space pirate lair ... If you're going to cook with those everyday ingredients, you'd better be a good chef. And Rambo is.
The diverse crew is well presented, and gradually; some of the details are withheld until WAY into the book, and just come out naturally. The gender/sexuality issues are also just there, no big deal, as if everyone in the story is used to them.
This isn't the first ship-AI-discovers-itself I've seen, but it's well done.
Not sure Last had to be QUITE so bad. and I don't look forward to two more books in which he's always in the wings going bwah-hah-hah, but it's a thing authors do, so OK. And clearly they weren't going to deal with Last by simply confronting him, so the resolution of that was good.
Things on board the pirate area were a tad inconsistent, but there was a lot happening so we'll forgive.
Interesting story, flowing style that never got in the way.
The stated goal was "third-party omniscient space opera" anbd that's what you get. I will definitely read the next one.
The diverse crew is well presented, and gradually; some of the details are withheld until WAY into the book, and just come out naturally. The gender/sexuality issues are also just there, no big deal, as if everyone in the story is used to them.
This isn't the first ship-AI-discovers-itself I've seen, but it's well done.
Not sure Last had to be QUITE so bad. and I don't look forward to two more books in which he's always in the wings going bwah-hah-hah, but it's a thing authors do, so OK. And clearly they weren't going to deal with Last by simply confronting him, so the resolution of that was good.
Things on board the pirate area were a tad inconsistent, but there was a lot happening so we'll forgive.
Interesting story, flowing style that never got in the way.
The stated goal was "third-party omniscient space opera" anbd that's what you get. I will definitely read the next one.