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olityr's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The love triangle in this book is somewhat frustrating, and it detracts from the better plot lines. I hope that the following books do away with that and he sticks with his choice at the end of this book.
kangokaren's review against another edition
4.0
My dad and I are reading these books (though he is reading them much faster than me) and we are both thoroughly enjoying them!
paweljw's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
mary_soon_lee's review against another edition
3.0
This is the fourth book in the Lost Fleet military science fiction series. If you're looking for a military SF series with excellent space battles and an unambiguously good hero, then I highly recommend this series. (Read them in order, starting with book one: Dauntless.) I have certain reservations, but none of them stopped me from enjoying these books considerably.
Major spoilers ahead.... I've been gobbling these books up at high speed and intend to keep doing so until I run out of books.
About my reviews: I try to review every book I read, including those that I don't end up enjoying. The reviews are not scholarly, but just indicate my reaction as a reader, reading being my addiction. I am miserly with 5-star reviews; 4 stars means I liked a book very much; 3 stars means I liked it; 2 stars means I didn't like it (though often the 2-star books are very popular with other readers and/or are by authors whose other work I've loved).
Major spoilers ahead....
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My reservations are as follows. Firstly, the plot feels contrived to force the hero into a difficult position. (Yes, story plots are all contrived, but this one feels that way as I read it.) Secondly, both the hero and chief villains are painted in black and white, rather than shades of gray. Thirdly, the handling of the hero's romantic relationships underwhelms me. Despite these reservations, I like the hero sufficiently to enthusiastically root for him. I like the bleak depiction of the impact of a century-long war on those fighting it. I like the mysterious alien threat. And, most of all, I love the space battles.About my reviews: I try to review every book I read, including those that I don't end up enjoying. The reviews are not scholarly, but just indicate my reaction as a reader, reading being my addiction. I am miserly with 5-star reviews; 4 stars means I liked a book very much; 3 stars means I liked it; 2 stars means I didn't like it (though often the 2-star books are very popular with other readers and/or are by authors whose other work I've loved).
darax's review against another edition
4.0
This series but this book in particular has made me realise how much I’ve missed reading. Obviously I’ve read but grabbing a few pages at any given opportunity, reading while brushing your teeth because the story has you absolutely hooked I’ve missed that. I’m glad to have found it again. Thank you Mr Hemry.
Brilliant work as always so far. Do I sense a wedding being planned down the line…
Brilliant work as always so far. Do I sense a wedding being planned down the line…
jmoses's review against another edition
4.0
The series's still good, and the story as well, but it's starting to feel a bit formulaic. I'll just take a break from the series and be fine.
egid's review against another edition
1.0
I just can't handle this writing anymore — I stuck with it for a bit hoping things would pick up speed and get to the big bad existential threat, but it never happens. Each of these novels would've been a handful of chapters in any other series.
On top of that: cardboard characters, repetitive battles, juvenile interpersonal relationships, extremely poorly-written women.
On top of that: cardboard characters, repetitive battles, juvenile interpersonal relationships, extremely poorly-written women.
peresr's review against another edition
5.0
Cada cop va agafant més i més interès la saga. Mai havia llegit res d'en Campbell (si ho sé...) i si tot és d'un nivell semblant m'hi aficionaré!! M'encanta! Simplement: llegiu-lo
kynan's review against another edition
3.0
Finally, finally, this series is going somewhere! This is the first of the four books that I actively enjoyed (bits of) so far! The template that books one through three followed almost slavishly has been at least partly done away with and the sub-plots are doing interesting things at last!
The good things from the previous books carry through, like the actions between opposing fleets, although the final battle of the book left even me wondering if the maneuvering descriptions could have been slightly more, well, descriptive and slightly less a list of exactly what commands Geary gave (especially since one of the earlier books goes to great pains to point out that the commands could never be issued verbally to the other ship captains for execution due to requirements for speed of transmission and execution). Additionally, some of the major characters start acting far more like humans and have ranges of emotion.
On the down side: Rione's relationship with Geary goes into an unbelievable super-bipolar mode almost immediately (around chapter 3) and I found the characterisation of both Rione and Desjani throughout the book quite disappointing (I simply can not believe that the character Rione was depicted as through the previous three books would buy into the petty sniping and bickering that is attributed to her) and actively detracted from the overall plot.
I was interested to discover the introduction to Lost Fleet: Relentless where Campbell/Hemry talks about REQUIREMENTS from his publishers with regard to word count. I'm beginning to wonder if my reviews of the previous books misplace the blame on the author for stretching out the story and instead I should be getting upset with the publishers for enforcing arbitrary word limits. I stand by my earlier assessment that books one through three (and probably four) could easily have been combined into one volume.
The good things from the previous books carry through, like the actions between opposing fleets, although the final battle of the book left even me wondering if the maneuvering descriptions could have been slightly more, well, descriptive and slightly less a list of exactly what commands Geary gave (especially since one of the earlier books goes to great pains to point out that the commands could never be issued verbally to the other ship captains for execution due to requirements for speed of transmission and execution). Additionally, some of the major characters start acting far more like humans and have ranges of emotion.
On the down side: Rione's relationship with Geary goes into an unbelievable super-bipolar mode almost immediately (around chapter 3) and I found the characterisation of both Rione and Desjani throughout the book quite disappointing (I simply can not believe that the character Rione was depicted as through the previous three books would buy into the petty sniping and bickering that is attributed to her) and actively detracted from the overall plot.
I was interested to discover the introduction to Lost Fleet: Relentless where Campbell/Hemry talks about REQUIREMENTS from his publishers with regard to word count. I'm beginning to wonder if my reviews of the previous books misplace the blame on the author for stretching out the story and instead I should be getting upset with the publishers for enforcing arbitrary word limits. I stand by my earlier assessment that books one through three (and probably four) could easily have been combined into one volume.
lundos's review against another edition
3.0
This one is a little different. The ending focuses on future books and the bigger picture. The smaller romantic side is also expanded a bit. I also like the dynamics of the captains even if its been very black and white.
I found out why I read them so fast. Sometimes you just need leaders to be good guys with honour and where it ends well.
I found out why I read them so fast. Sometimes you just need leaders to be good guys with honour and where it ends well.