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olityr's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Action packed as always. So glad the love triangle plot was mostly gone. Exited for the last book!
paweljw's review
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
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
3.0
This is the fifth book in the Lost Fleet military series, a series that I recommend very highly for its space battles. I read this book at high speed and rooted for its hero from start to finish. That said, I found the plot perhaps too similar to earlier books in the series. On the plus side -- significant spoiler warning -- Despite some quibbles (outlined in my review of book 4) I've greatly enjoyed the series thus far, and am plunging straight into the sixth and final book.
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).
Spoiler
the book ends by bringing a major arc of the story to a conclusion.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).
russt's review
5.0
Another fantastic installment in the Lost Fleet series, which is quickly turning into one of my favorite SciFi series of all time.
danielv64's review
4.0
Another solid series entry, Capt "Black Jack" Geary is a hero in the truest sense.
rheren's review
4.0
Great continuation of the series: I can tell it's coming to the climax. I'm glad that far less of the book is catfighting between the female protagonists, which gets tiresome very quickly. The main character's chaste, honor-bound relationship with the captain of his flagship has felt healthy and has been enjoyable to read, and that's refreshing in science fiction, because it's rare. The ending of this book actually felt kind of anticlimactic: they get home, but that just sets up the climax of the story, which is still yet to come. Can't wait to read the last book in the series to find out what happens.
peresr's review against another edition
4.0
Genial sèrie, cada cop l'enganxa més! Vull saber molt més sobre en Jack Geary i el seu univers!
kynan's review
3.0
I admit, I was anticipating some "relentless" puns as part of this review but over the course of [b:Valiant|2341319|Valiant (The Lost Fleet, #4)|Jack Campbell|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1311703426s/2341319.jpg|2348013] and [b:Relentless|5292173|Relentless (The Lost Fleet, #5)|Jack Campbell|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348632822s/5292173.jpg|5359599] the story has taken a dramatic turn for the better. I still have my quibbles but at least we're not recycling the same story over and over again like the first three books.
I'm still feeling that this series would have been a lot better off as maybe a duology/trilogy because a lot of time and effort goes into recaps and a lot of scenes feel forced as explanations are replayed for the umpteenth time (when chapter two kicked off yet another marveling rendition of the conference room technology I think I may have audibly sighed). Same deal with things that should just be extra descriptive detail on the characters, in chapter four there's a scene where "Geary never expected to be able to joke about his past being so long ago" which is fine, except he also felt that late in book four too.
I'm still not thrilled about the technology and effort that's gone into explaining it, the path toward technobabble that was tentatively blazed by Valiant's "self-sustaining probability modulation on a quantum scale" has not been followed thankfully but I'd still like to know more about the shielding and inertial dampening, the Hypernet gates too actually although that's obviously less likely to be possible!
I don't think a lot more is going on with characters here either, right up front in chapter one there's an abruptly personal argument between Geary and Desjani that I guess was borne of events from Valiant...somehow, it really didn't gel with the closing chapters of Valiant and the conclusions that those two came to. Rione and Desjani are still refusing to talk to each other, which really is quite annoying.
All in all, it's a story with a set of familiar characters that (perhaps a little too neatly) ties up all the previous sub-plots bar one, which I assume will be the focus of [b:Victorious|7200884|Victorious (The Lost Fleet, #6)|Jack Campbell|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348907182s/7200884.jpg|7878805]. I'm looking forward to finishing that book, at which point I'm going to declare myself done - regardless of how it ends. If you enjoyed all the previous books, you'll definitely enjoy this one, and the inverse also applies.
I'm still feeling that this series would have been a lot better off as maybe a duology/trilogy because a lot of time and effort goes into recaps and a lot of scenes feel forced as explanations are replayed for the umpteenth time (when chapter two kicked off yet another marveling rendition of the conference room technology I think I may have audibly sighed). Same deal with things that should just be extra descriptive detail on the characters, in chapter four there's a scene where "Geary never expected to be able to joke about his past being so long ago" which is fine, except he also felt that late in book four too.
I'm still not thrilled about the technology and effort that's gone into explaining it, the path toward technobabble that was tentatively blazed by Valiant's "self-sustaining probability modulation on a quantum scale" has not been followed thankfully but I'd still like to know more about the shielding and inertial dampening, the Hypernet gates too actually although that's obviously less likely to be possible!
I don't think a lot more is going on with characters here either, right up front in chapter one there's an abruptly personal argument between Geary and Desjani that I guess was borne of events from Valiant...somehow, it really didn't gel with the closing chapters of Valiant and the conclusions that those two came to. Rione and Desjani are still refusing to talk to each other, which really is quite annoying.
All in all, it's a story with a set of familiar characters that (perhaps a little too neatly) ties up all the previous sub-plots bar one, which I assume will be the focus of [b:Victorious|7200884|Victorious (The Lost Fleet, #6)|Jack Campbell|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348907182s/7200884.jpg|7878805]. I'm looking forward to finishing that book, at which point I'm going to declare myself done - regardless of how it ends. If you enjoyed all the previous books, you'll definitely enjoy this one, and the inverse also applies.
lundos's review
4.0
It's still a fairly straightforward plot but it's becoming more complicated. Especially preparing what will happen with the Alliance.
I also like that there are real stakes in the battles and even some of the greatest supporting cast can be killed.
I also like that there are real stakes in the battles and even some of the greatest supporting cast can be killed.