A review by the_weirdling
Endeavour by Ralph Kern

2.0

I read this one straight through to the end, mostly because I was hoping for a payoff that never came. It is written in the style of hard science fiction (which isn’t for everybody to begin with), but never gives you any of the heavy tech or theory thick material which justifies that sub genre. Rendezvous with Rama can pull it off. But here, in the end, this is just regular, run-of-the-mill soft science-fiction poorly written with flat characters.

The storyline – a journey across the stars to make first contact with another star faring species - was an intriguing idea. However, every great plot point was borrowed from another book or movie or TV show that did it better. Even the particular combination of tropes was hackneyed.

I want my 328 pages back.