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marriott's review against another edition
4.0
Enjoyed the detail and the tech. Hope the next ones go into a little more detail around the story!
ronschae4's review against another edition
3.0
No Spoiler: A pretty solid SF read. for the first half of the book, I kept feeling like the plot was just about to fizzle out. Too many threads that weren't weaving together until later perhaps Worth the effort to finish but it could've been edited better in my opinion.
plbmso's review against another edition
4.0
I am growing more and more fond of Ian Douglas's work. I love the star corpsman series and I really enjoyed this book. I can get buried in details about star drives, singularities and their use in gravitic drive assemblies, etc. And I love discussions about GRIN (genetics/robotics/information/neural nets?) and mankind approaching a technological singularity (evolution of advancement) and how an alien race might be nervous about us approaching that point. But most of all I enjoy the growth in a young man, how he mixes his fears, his enthusiasms, loves and dedication to chart a course forward. Lieutenant Grey is hero I enjoyed reading about. and I will continue following his stories.
books17's review against another edition
3.0
For a random "I-feel-like-reading-sci-fi" grab from the returns at work, book was pretty okay. Great action, very neat technology, tactics, concepts, very very mild characterisation, but if you're reading this book for the characters you're sort of missing the point.
I enjoyed it anyway, will definitely try the others in the series for my sci-fi action fix.
I enjoyed it anyway, will definitely try the others in the series for my sci-fi action fix.
graff_fuller's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I quite enjoyed my time reading this book.
I still feel there needs to be a little more world/universe building done. The conflict overpowered the aspect of the universe that this is being done in, but that wasn't too bad...for the action was riveting.
This is a sprawling tale (which has JUST been introduced). We meet a few people that we follow through the story. Their individual moments were nice, but I do wish to know more about them and how they're doing.
I enjoyed the way the aliens were not just bad guys. That was a switch from just bug hunting. In this story there are bad guys out there, but the main problem is that they are misunderstood. Which, if you think about it...it ALWAYS the problem. Once they (eventually) understand their foes, doesn't mean they will be best pals, but at least they "know their enemy".
The military speak was fairly good. A lot better than some of the Classic Military SciFi I've read recently.
I will definitely be continuing on in the series.
I still feel there needs to be a little more world/universe building done. The conflict overpowered the aspect of the universe that this is being done in, but that wasn't too bad...for the action was riveting.
This is a sprawling tale (which has JUST been introduced). We meet a few people that we follow through the story. Their individual moments were nice, but I do wish to know more about them and how they're doing.
I enjoyed the way the aliens were not just bad guys. That was a switch from just bug hunting. In this story there are bad guys out there, but the main problem is that they are misunderstood. Which, if you think about it...it ALWAYS the problem. Once they (eventually) understand their foes, doesn't mean they will be best pals, but at least they "know their enemy".
The military speak was fairly good. A lot better than some of the Classic Military SciFi I've read recently.
I will definitely be continuing on in the series.
csroc's review against another edition
3.0
I finished this book and have continued the series, it's gotten better, or at the very least it managed to rope me in.
It's a bit worrying when you're less than 30 pages in to the book and it suggests a planet with a radius 1.9x that of Earth and a density 0.973 that of Earth would have a mass of only 1.8 Earths.
The series tries to get more involved in a lot of science but doesn't really understand it all, which is unfortunate. The Lost Fleet doesn't try as hard to be "sciency" and benefits from it. Sure, it's a bit daft, repetitive, and silly too but is much more likable in comparison.
I'm on book three now and it's not a bad series but I'd suggest you go read the Lensman series and see it done right decades ago.
It's a bit worrying when you're less than 30 pages in to the book and it suggests a planet with a radius 1.9x that of Earth and a density 0.973 that of Earth would have a mass of only 1.8 Earths.
The series tries to get more involved in a lot of science but doesn't really understand it all, which is unfortunate. The Lost Fleet doesn't try as hard to be "sciency" and benefits from it. Sure, it's a bit daft, repetitive, and silly too but is much more likable in comparison.
I'm on book three now and it's not a bad series but I'd suggest you go read the Lensman series and see it done right decades ago.
tuftymctavish's review
4.0
Enjoyed this one more than I was expecting. So much so I decided to swoop on the next 3 in the series a short ways before finishing this first title.
The tale of a space-ship aircraft carrier and its fleet of support vessels against an alien foe all takes place over a short span of time, each chapter from one of only a handful of viewpoints, dated and timed so you know when you are as well as whom you're following. It also starts fast and keeps the momentum up almost throughout, with the odd break to visit the background of some key characters. So we dive into an imminent space battle and it's quickly followed up with more action. I liked this.
It's certainly not epic stuff, but a good fast-paced read in the military SF genre which I'm thoroughly enjoying right now.
The tale of a space-ship aircraft carrier and its fleet of support vessels against an alien foe all takes place over a short span of time, each chapter from one of only a handful of viewpoints, dated and timed so you know when you are as well as whom you're following. It also starts fast and keeps the momentum up almost throughout, with the odd break to visit the background of some key characters. So we dive into an imminent space battle and it's quickly followed up with more action. I liked this.
It's certainly not epic stuff, but a good fast-paced read in the military SF genre which I'm thoroughly enjoying right now.
rafial's review against another edition
3.0
The first third of this book is very poorly written, before the writing struggles up to merely mediocre. On the other hand, it contains some fairly interesting world-building, in terms of the tech and the alien ecosystems and species. It managed to build up my interest enough by the end that I'll probably read the second.
brittdbean's review against another edition
5.0
This isn't usually in my wheelhouse, but my husband spoke highly of it, and it definitely was a change of pace that I enjoyed.