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A review by monitaroymohan
Annihilation by Drew Karpyshyn
3.0
These Old Republic books have felt a lot like reading a highlights reel of these events and characters. I can’t quite connect the dots because, well, I don’t even know where to go and look to fill in the gaps.
This one though was far better than the previous two installments. The story was tight and I loved the action scenes. Even the back and forth of the climatic battle was well done which isn’t easy in written form.
The characters were much more measured as well, and somewhat more likeable. I do wish there had been more female characters leading parts of the story. I really felt their absence. Even though the main baddie is a woman, she was very underdone.
Now, I know that these books slot into a grander narrative so some of what is in here has already been dictated by other properties, but why is it that science-fiction and fantasy fall into the trope of secret pregnancies that have to be carried out? It’s totally bizarre. There are space wizards and aliens, but pregnancies must obey the exact same laws of reality. Weird.
Not the worst book in the series. Action was fun.
This one though was far better than the previous two installments. The story was tight and I loved the action scenes. Even the back and forth of the climatic battle was well done which isn’t easy in written form.
The characters were much more measured as well, and somewhat more likeable. I do wish there had been more female characters leading parts of the story. I really felt their absence. Even though the main baddie is a woman, she was very underdone.
Now, I know that these books slot into a grander narrative so some of what is in here has already been dictated by other properties, but why is it that science-fiction and fantasy fall into the trope of secret pregnancies that have to be carried out? It’s totally bizarre. There are space wizards and aliens, but pregnancies must obey the exact same laws of reality. Weird.
Not the worst book in the series. Action was fun.