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A review by tuftymctavish
Centre of Gravity by Ian Douglas
4.0
Fair enjoyed the pace and scenarios encountered in this book. The author tends to repeat himself, even within the book and over and above refreshers for folks who haven't just finished book one - re-describing how his technology works for instance. But fortunately there isn't an over-reliance on disposable dialog, repetitive padding or obvious politics (I'm thinking of the Lost Fleet series here). The characters (on both sides!) are interesting and different. The space battles and action scenes were where it was at for me, and there are plenty of scenarios to keep the reader engaged, which I liked a lot.
Overall I wanted to rate this somewhere between 3 and 4 stars. 3 sounds perfectly average but I enjoyed it more than that. However I also wouldn't necessarily rush to recommend it to all SF readers. For those wanting a bit of military-SF with a focus on space battles and technology, the series is worth a punt. I was pleased enough with this to dive straight into book 3.
Overall I wanted to rate this somewhere between 3 and 4 stars. 3 sounds perfectly average but I enjoyed it more than that. However I also wouldn't necessarily rush to recommend it to all SF readers. For those wanting a bit of military-SF with a focus on space battles and technology, the series is worth a punt. I was pleased enough with this to dive straight into book 3.