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A review by sleepey
Drastic Measures by Dayton Ward
3.0
I've been reading the Disco novels out of order & I've enjoyed all the others so far but this one was kind of a slog, frankly.
Nothing against Georgiou as a character but her half of the story felt totally aimless. Lots of little distractions putting out fires around the colony, lots of time spent introducing side characters who disappear after a chapter or two. I appreciate that the author was probably going for scale & detail here - it's a big place with a lot going on at once - but I just didn't find it very compelling. At times it was downright repetitive, like with one character pontificating on what was happening, then handing off to another character who had basically the same thoughts on the same thing.
As much as I'm complaining here, it's not like a total disaster of a book or anything. There are some good moments scattered throughout, it wraps up pretty well. But overall, compared to the rest of the series, it was a miss for me.
Nothing against Georgiou as a character but her half of the story felt totally aimless. Lots of little distractions putting out fires around the colony, lots of time spent introducing side characters who disappear after a chapter or two. I appreciate that the author was probably going for scale & detail here - it's a big place with a lot going on at once - but I just didn't find it very compelling. At times it was downright repetitive, like with one character pontificating on what was happening, then handing off to another character who had basically the same thoughts on the same thing.
As much as I'm complaining here, it's not like a total disaster of a book or anything. There are some good moments scattered throughout, it wraps up pretty well. But overall, compared to the rest of the series, it was a miss for me.