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Slow burn turns to wildfire

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-18-24

This is a great story with some great syfy concepts in it. The story is a bit slow in the beginning setting up the characters and their motivations. However it fully pays off around hour 10 when “enemy” starts to appear. After that it’s fun all the way till the end.

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Interesting Story but a bit confusing plot

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-07-24

This story is interesting in the concepts and in the world building. However for most of the first portion of the book I was largely confused by the plot & factions. It only starts to come together around the halfway point. The world building was the best part of this book. We only see a small portion of total human culture but it was very interesting how divergent certain human cultures have become. The ending left me interested enough to start the next book in the series.

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Decent end of this trilogy

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-11-24

This book certainly wraps up all the loose story lines of the series but ending seems very rushed at the end of the book. The end of Walker and Hong almost seems as an after thought in the story. We didn't get to see Walker panic or fear his end it just occurs and ends. Coming to the end it feels like a lot of time was wasted on fluff. We constantly go to the Commodore's POV and not much happens beyond exposition and it's kinda boring. We're also constantly treated to her relationship with her partner but after two other books, it's tiring to keep visiting it. Other side characters are much more interesting like POV of English immigrants/marines or those in Egypt. All that aside we do get a definitive ending to the story and aren't left hanging on to a finish that will never come. Over all this book is good and the series on the whole is a fun ride of syfy/history.

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Great timetravel story.

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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-27-24

If anyone reading this has ever experienced the Japanese isekia genera this is very much like that but Americanized. The basic story is in the titles description so I'll only add that the plot is like "Oh, these uncivilized primitives need FREEDOM lets bring it to them." I do enjoy the setting of the story in that Nantucket island is a historical little community and they need to fall back on their ancestor roots to survive starvation. The story oh course has some politics in it (I don't think any American story like this couldn't have some). Some of it is pretty funny, like how the Northeastern community has many political leftists and they need to overcome their views on American Indians and Colonizing otherwise they will all die. One of our main characters, the coast guard captain stranded with the town is a bit heavy handed in her story development. She is a lesbian in the story and you can see who her romantic interest will be like a mile away. Directly after their first interaction its pretty obvious what's going to happen. Overall the story was really enjoyable and I'll be moving on to the next book in the series.

I will say however that the performance of either the narrator or editor needs some review. Their is little to no pause in the switching of characters, time and locations. I haven't seen how the text was written but surely their must be spaces between the paragraphs for these switches. Often I would have to rewind to re-listen to what exactly changed because the shift was so sudden. All that is needed is like a few seconds of pause for listeners to expect a change.

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Isekai survivor story

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-25-23

This reads very much like the children's novel, The Hatchet, but with magic and more adult material. The magic system is interesting and isn't a cure all to every problem. Their are restrictions and limits that hinder our main character. My only complaint is that it's a bit slow to start but starts to pick up near the end of the book. Worth a credit.

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More the same, next phase of the war

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-09-23

This was decent continuation of the series that pushed forward the story. It did seem to lack the amount of action or analysis of battle from various view points. In addition it copied whole chapters from the Amazon legion book so I felt like it was a cheep way to pad the book. We got a new character in the form of the "Chinese" Empress, who was pretty interesting. However, it seems like the author has abandoned side characters from previous books. Such as the rookie captain of the UN Flagship, members of the Federated States (the USA) or the president of the rival neighboring country aiding the UN. Something I hated about this book was the continuation of the Carrera's son being a god with his harem of wives. Everyone just shrugs and accepts that it's okay for his 12 wives to all be "deflowered" by him (the books words) and get pregnant. Additionally that its fine for them to worship him and induce his sisters into their cultist behavior. Thankfully this is a small portion of the book this time around and we don't really need to focus on it.

For all the bad that I just mentioned above it's still a good book with some definite parts that are good enjoyment. We saw a few characters only mentioned in the past return briefly such as the Chinese former prostitute, the wheelchair bond legionary with the downs kids troop, and the one warrant pilot character that has been around since book one. Their was some more of the cat and mouse submarines warfare in this book which was very enjoyable. Overall the good portions were very good but had some definite puff in between which slowed down the story. If you've read this far into the series you'll more than likely enjoy this book.

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Great opener to the big war

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-05-23

This was a significant improvement from the last book with more action and inter-soldier development. It was a bit of a slow start to the book but the second half was worth the wait. Additionally the author took the idea of female combat soldiers and made it work realistically. Admitting their weaknesses but finding ways that made it work for the characters and need to create female units. Such as the biggest reason for their creation being to shame draft dodgers into fighting. We only get to see portions of the bigger war happening so I’m excited to actually find out about it in the next book. Hope to see the main character again in the next book too.

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Building up the entire book for subpar climax

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-03-23

Their was some good parts in this book don't get me wrong but it entirely felt like just build up for the next book. The chapter about the submarine duels and the narco war were part of the good. In addition the small glimpse we saw on Earth was interesting. I don't know why we didn't get to see more on Earth in this book from UN Fleet Admiral's perspective. Instead we got only a glimpse before she is shoved back onto a ship again training her number 2. The author had these chapter prefaces or interludes on cultural analysis/legal system of the legion. Perhaps they weren't as bad in the physical novel but I found them increasingly annoying as the book went on. They could've been cut down to about half as many and I don't think we would've lost any critical information. The worst part about the book was the making of a deity of Carrera's son. It was weird and only got more odd as the story went on. In the end we're treated to a 11-13 year old boy, I don't remember his exact age, being married off to 12 young girls. All so he can pump out a hundred children with them all.

Overall this wasn't a terrible or even a bad book. Those books I don't finish, but neither was this that good either. I'm usually against abridging books but this book could've been shortened by five to six hours.

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Wrapping up the Earth Ark

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-05-23

It ties up the whole saga on Earth but made me feel that the Jason became very jaded in his personality. The start of this ark in book 4 had him very connected with his family and that was nice to see after his disappearance into the other world. However here his relationship between his family and him are completely gone. I have to assume this was in part because the author didn't want to bring forward their characters into the future. The ending battle which was used to tie up loose ends seemed very rushed and not quite as well planned as previous ending. I hope the next installment will be a bit more positive and less world-ending calamity (which Jason can only solve). Overall it was worth the credit to finish this ark.

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A good continuation of the series

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 04-27-23

Once again David Webber put out a good book building on the foundation of previous novels. I must say though I’ve already read his later book series and I can see how this mirrors the books he wrote later on. However I feel the Honor series so far feels less fleshed out than I’m use to seeing in his writing. That’s not to say I’m disappointed in the book just that I’m more of a fan of some other series. I enjoyed seeing the return of Lord Young and seeing Honor have to deal with her rival. I would’ve like to see more of this in the story but I feel that it will be played out in the next book more.

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