A review by reanne
Dreadnaught by Jack Campbell

Did not finish book.

I got about a third of the way through it and they still hadn't left spacedock (or whatever it's called in this 'verse). I wasn't thrilled with the "wife vs. former lover" soap opera plot twist, but what broke it for me was when they discovered that their ships all start falling apart at 3 years old. I find that pretty unbelievable. What's even less believable is that, knowing from the outset that this is happening to several of their ships including the flagship, they still go ahead and go on this deep space mission of indeterminate length into the outer reaches of unknown, hostile space. When their ships are literally falling apart and they have no plans for adequate repairs/updates. I just couldn't after that.