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amethystbookwyrm's review against another edition
4.0
This and my other reviews can be found at http://amethystbookwyrm.blogspot.co.uk/
Thanks to Netgalley and Baen Books for giving me this book to review.
Echo is still reeling after the assassination of Alex Tesla, and the usurpation of Echo control by Dominic Verdigris. Bull is still in a coma, and there is nothing Bella can do to bring him out of it. At the same time, Red Djinni has taken over training Vicki, the only person left of Bull’s team of misfits, as Scope and Acrobat are off chasing Harmony after her betrayal. Meanwhile, CCCP are still helping the community, stepping in where Echo cannot, and, with the help of John Murdock and Sera, gaining vital intelligence on the Thulians.
Revolutions is a rather disjointed read, which is to be expected as it is written by various different authors, however I really enjoyed reading it as there are several threads running through the story which tie it all together. Whilst Revolutions is not a quick read it is very engrossing and leaves you wanting more. It did feel as if the authors were concentrating on Dominic Verdigris rather than the Thulians; the alien invaders were rather a side line than the main story.
Red Djinni is one of my favourite characters, as even though he is a (mostly) reformed thief and a con artist, he shows throughout the books that he has incredible loyalty to his friends and the causes he believes are worth it. I love that every day he changes his visage to look like a different celebrity. I also enjoy the contradiction that is Vicki, as in her domain she is so confident yet outside in the big, wide world she is so scarred and vulnerable. There was not as much of Ramona and Mercurye as I would like, and I would love it if they could have a bigger part in the next book.
Anyone who enjoyed this would also enjoy the podcasts, available at the secret world chronicles website, which has other unpublished short tales, by the way, Bella’s voice is very annoying! I would recommend Revolution to anyone who likes the first two books, Invasion and World Divided, or who like watching Agents of Shield.
Thanks to Netgalley and Baen Books for giving me this book to review.
Echo is still reeling after the assassination of Alex Tesla, and the usurpation of Echo control by Dominic Verdigris. Bull is still in a coma, and there is nothing Bella can do to bring him out of it. At the same time, Red Djinni has taken over training Vicki, the only person left of Bull’s team of misfits, as Scope and Acrobat are off chasing Harmony after her betrayal. Meanwhile, CCCP are still helping the community, stepping in where Echo cannot, and, with the help of John Murdock and Sera, gaining vital intelligence on the Thulians.
Revolutions is a rather disjointed read, which is to be expected as it is written by various different authors, however I really enjoyed reading it as there are several threads running through the story which tie it all together. Whilst Revolutions is not a quick read it is very engrossing and leaves you wanting more. It did feel as if the authors were concentrating on Dominic Verdigris rather than the Thulians; the alien invaders were rather a side line than the main story.
Red Djinni is one of my favourite characters, as even though he is a (mostly) reformed thief and a con artist, he shows throughout the books that he has incredible loyalty to his friends and the causes he believes are worth it. I love that every day he changes his visage to look like a different celebrity. I also enjoy the contradiction that is Vicki, as in her domain she is so confident yet outside in the big, wide world she is so scarred and vulnerable. There was not as much of Ramona and Mercurye as I would like, and I would love it if they could have a bigger part in the next book.
Anyone who enjoyed this would also enjoy the podcasts, available at the secret world chronicles website, which has other unpublished short tales, by the way, Bella’s voice is very annoying! I would recommend Revolution to anyone who likes the first two books, Invasion and World Divided, or who like watching Agents of Shield.
bydandii's review against another edition
3.0
"Red Djinni, I can See you."
That line may justify the entire series.
That line may justify the entire series.
nooker's review against another edition
4.0
I really like this super hero story. Too sporadic in their release dates (I actually don't know if this is done, but 6mo is long enough to wait I think), but well worth keeping the subscription up to see if there are any more.
hornyforbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Pure pulpy, trashy goodness and exactly what I needed to read. Now I cannot wait for the next installment!
leons1701's review
4.0
Better than book 2 by quite a bit. Still a little disjointed due to the nature of the beast (shared world/mosaic novel/whatever they call these things today) but less so than Divided World, plus the heroes get to make some real progress, although not without cost and also not without at least one eye rollingly bad case of villain stupidity. When a small army shows up on your doorstep, you don't send out a tenth of your forces to give them some sort of fair fight, you sortie everything that's ready and crush them utterly. If there's some sort of kink to Thulian psychology that makes this make sense, we're given no clues about it.
Also, the ending was a bit annoying and seemed not to fit with the way things worked up to that point. But since it's a sorta cliffhanger, it could be cleared up satisfactorily in book 4, whenever that comes out.
There's some neat characters here, although I have to admit, I'm more than a little tired of most of the CCCP, the biggest collection of one note cliches since the last time I read an X-Men parody. They certainly aren't interesting enough to be worth the screen time they get. How's about some more Echo ops? Or maybe a viewpoint inside Blacksnake? That would be cool. Which, BTW, leads into another problem with this series, the biggest strength of shared worlds is the ability to use a wide variety of viewpoints to explore the world, here we get a small handful that actually matter and all but two are tightly connected via Overwatch if not in other ways.
Still, warts and all, this is a solid, enjoyable read for those that like superhero prose.
Also, it's occasionally amusing to figure out the original CoH archtype and powersets of certain characters. Well, at least it was for me.
Also, the ending was a bit annoying and seemed not to fit with the way things worked up to that point. But since it's a sorta cliffhanger, it could be cleared up satisfactorily in book 4, whenever that comes out.
There's some neat characters here, although I have to admit, I'm more than a little tired of most of the CCCP, the biggest collection of one note cliches since the last time I read an X-Men parody. They certainly aren't interesting enough to be worth the screen time they get. How's about some more Echo ops? Or maybe a viewpoint inside Blacksnake? That would be cool. Which, BTW, leads into another problem with this series, the biggest strength of shared worlds is the ability to use a wide variety of viewpoints to explore the world, here we get a small handful that actually matter and all but two are tightly connected via Overwatch if not in other ways.
Still, warts and all, this is a solid, enjoyable read for those that like superhero prose.
Also, it's occasionally amusing to figure out the original CoH archtype and powersets of certain characters. Well, at least it was for me.
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