goodbyepuckpie 's review for:

Dauntless by Jack Campbell

4.0

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Oh man, I wish I could, like, 4.9 this one. I really, really enjoyed it - Chris and Linda had told me about them and had a hand-waving enthusiastic discussion about how good the series is, and they were not exaggerating. It's like: take most of the military themed SF I have ever enjoyed, and then remove MOST OF THE FAIL and then add a whole bunch more ladies, all of whom are just, you know, ladies, rather than back-patting-oh-look-I-have-a-female-character-give-me-a-cookie!ladies and the characters are interesting and there's a new-to-me take on some of the science side of the space travel, which I also found nifty. I am looking forward very much to reading the second one, and they're definitely books which keep making me late coming back from lunch. Because I am just going to read ooooooooooone more page. (Spoiler: that plan is both flawed and a lie.)