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A review by tuftymctavish
Star Strike by Ian Douglas
2.0
I liked the last 20% of this one. Early on it's a Marine boot-camp and delves into the early history of the Marines. Later it deals with Marine politics which was extremely irritating to be force-fed like that. Mixed with this it's Marine ooh-ra chest-thumping, also extremely irritating to read. Occasionally in that first 4/5ths it delves into the story background but it's a rapid-fire data dump of several hundred years of activity to get to the present day scenario. FINALLY it gets interesting - the mission, the foe, space combat.
If it weren't for that final 5th I wouldn't want to read more. Currently pondering what format to read the next part of the story in to see if it continues with the interesting part of the story now it's got the setup and politics out of the way.
If it weren't for that final 5th I wouldn't want to read more. Currently pondering what format to read the next part of the story in to see if it continues with the interesting part of the story now it's got the setup and politics out of the way.