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mjfmjfmjf's review
3.0
Well that was.... a mixed bag. Boring. But with pretty interesting aliens. And very intentional, but annoying to read, use of language. Unbelievable characters. And a bit too obvious villains. It all eventually made sense. Much of the book felt like an inept author with poor editing. But in the end I believed it was all choice to serve the story. But it wasn't enough. I came close to giving up on this book multiple times, and I almost never give up on a book. There is a better book here clawing to get out. So if you read it, read it for the use of language and aliens. Perhaps accept it will make sense eventually. Or just skip it as not worth the effort.
jameseckman's review against another edition
2.0
Has several examples of why you should show and not tell, which along with some other poorly handled bits made a potentially good book to be mediocre. Examples, the Pfifu don't cooperate well with others versus the maximum number of Pfifu that have cooperated together is 17? And this is a species capable of spaceflight? Another fun one, enemy species, let me tell you in detail how you could control us via the movies versus don't give our offspring media please. Hmmm... authors don't share too much of that carefully crafted world.
It also suffers from the [b:Seafire|37822534|Seafire (Seafire, #1)|Natalie C. Parker|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1519742447l/37822534._SX50_.jpg|55913489] syndrome, why are all these asshole pirates running around with flamethrowers and glue sprayers when a couple of riflemen could permanently deal with these killers?
While the characters had potential, it felt at times like there were no adults present even though some characters were seniors. That combined with some heavyhanded foreshadowing and other bits made for a tragically flawed book that could have been better with a bit of editing.
It also suffers from the [b:Seafire|37822534|Seafire (Seafire, #1)|Natalie C. Parker|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1519742447l/37822534._SX50_.jpg|55913489] syndrome, why are all these asshole pirates running around with flamethrowers and glue sprayers when a couple of riflemen could permanently deal with these killers?
While the characters had potential, it felt at times like there were no adults present even though some characters were seniors. That combined with some heavyhanded foreshadowing and other bits made for a tragically flawed book that could have been better with a bit of editing.
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