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Metal Swarm by Kevin J. Anderson

lucky859's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

elliotsinnhuber's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

chappellmw90's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

winterscomin's review

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

furicle's review against another edition

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1.0



I marked read, but trashed is more likely to accurate shortly. I didn't finish it, heck I didn't even get halfway through. I could clearly visualize the characters reading their lines from a TelePrompTer in a monotone on a Monday morning with a bad hangover hoping nobody was watching...

waden34's review against another edition

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3.0

I feel this should have been a sequel series instead of a continuation of the first 5 books. That said it was still an entertaining read. The bad guys are a bit more 1 dimensional which makes things a bit obvious and redundant.

slapshottechnology's review against another edition

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4.0

Another quick read and good story. One to go.

mvuijlst's review against another edition

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2.0

Kevin J. Anderson! Faut pas pousser bobonne dans les orties, gast.

Tot daar aan toe dat Star Trekgewijs de Ildiranen er menselijk uitzien. Maar als ik even oplijst: er zijn mensen die met Ildiranen kinderen krijgen, er zijn mensen die met boomachtige aliens versmelten, er zijn mensen die met waterachtige aliens versmelten, er zijn Ildiranen die met vuurachtige aliens versmelten, en er zijn begot zelfs mensen die met insekt-achtige aliens versmelten.

Herhaal met mij, Anderson: DNA is geen universele soort plasticine! Serieus: als het ons nog niet eens lukt op mensen met mensapen te paren, hoe zou het dan lukken om niet-steriele en perfect functionele kinderen van mensen en aliens te krijgen?

Gah!

En voor de rest: hoe verder ik lees, hoe meer ik begin te twijfelen. Ik dacht dat ik maar een paar van de zeven boeken had gelezen, maar de grote ontknoping van boek zes van de zeven kwam ook al niet als een verrassing. Ik denk dat ik dus zeker tot boek zes moet gelezen hebben, de vorige keer -- zucht.

Nog één boek en het is gedaan, en dan ga ik écht toch nog eens een goéd boek lezen, denk ik.

gregg's review against another edition

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3.0

Don't why he has taken the story in this direction but he seems to keep going from one dangerous situation to another once one has seemingly been ended. Can't say that I like all the choices he has made but they are still interesting choices I guess. The Chairman and the Hansa still disgust me and the Roamers still seem like better examples of human beings more or less. Really wondering how anyone if possible will see a future alive at the end of this all. So on to the conclusion of the series to see how he wraps everything up.

benbert's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

5.0