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lyleblosser's review
4.0
Excellent conclusion to the main multi-book "Legacies" arc. The character voices rang true and I was happy to see everyone from the regular Atlantis team to SG-1 playing a part in the story-line.
tichozpytec's review against another edition
3.0
Beware of the potential spoilers...
It pains me to say this, but the main plot of the book is founded on a completely illogical premise. Everything caused by the Hyperion's weapon was quite non-sensical since the whole idea was that Wraith weren't able to destroy it. And yet the only thing needed was to throw it into the Sun and the whole thing was alright... Let's presume that Wraith didn't have the ability to do this before they decided to hide it... well... There is one obivous solution that destroys everything... The vortex of the opening Stargate! The whole book I just felt like screaming "THE GATE JESUS CHRIST" everythime someone mentioned how difficult it is to destroy something... The concept of undestructible things in this universe that are not the size of a ship and bigger is just very pointless... BUT ... Despite of this flaw, I still really really liked the book! The battle was awesome (though I admit actually seeing it would be much better experience), quite the page-turner... the pacing was alright, though a little slow at places as usual. I wasn't really excited about Ronon's character arc, mainly of its resolution... but well... fair enough... I loved the crossover with SG-1, O'Neill's comments and the final fishing scene... All-in-all it is a great book, but it definitely has its flaws that I just cannot ignore...
It pains me to say this, but the main plot of the book is founded on a completely illogical premise. Everything caused by the Hyperion's weapon was quite non-sensical since the whole idea was that Wraith weren't able to destroy it. And yet the only thing needed was to throw it into the Sun and the whole thing was alright... Let's presume that Wraith didn't have the ability to do this before they decided to hide it... well... There is one obivous solution that destroys everything... The vortex of the opening Stargate! The whole book I just felt like screaming "THE GATE JESUS CHRIST" everythime someone mentioned how difficult it is to destroy something... The concept of undestructible things in this universe that are not the size of a ship and bigger is just very pointless... BUT ... Despite of this flaw, I still really really liked the book! The battle was awesome (though I admit actually seeing it would be much better experience), quite the page-turner... the pacing was alright, though a little slow at places as usual. I wasn't really excited about Ronon's character arc, mainly of its resolution... but well... fair enough... I loved the crossover with SG-1, O'Neill's comments and the final fishing scene... All-in-all it is a great book, but it definitely has its flaws that I just cannot ignore...
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