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A review by haley_j_casey
Reloaded by Michael Grant
3.0
I actually really enjoyed this, but I ran into the age-old problem where once I set it down for a time, I didn't feel compelled to pick it back up. I think it suffers from typical middle-book syndrome, because overall, while what's done and revealed is intense and endlessly interesting, the main focus isn't on the big plot introduced in [b:BZRK|13642246|BZRK (BZRK, #1)|Michael Grant|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353033249l/13642246._SY75_.jpg|16439262] (Nexus Humanus), but instead on smaller, more detailed things that will come to have meaning later, and on the gray goo problem, which I was less invested in.
I question how much we had to focus on Vincent and his "recovery." I question whether Burnofsky needed to be held captive so long before anything happened with him/to him. I question the importance of the Doll Ship to the overall plot of the trilogy. But I remain curious to learn more about the purpose of the POTUS's suicide and failed wiring, about who Lear is and why they pull the strings in such a way, and whether Nijinsky can be redeemed.
I loved seeing more about what Plath and Keats bring to the table for BZRK. I loved seeing Caligula again, and watching the consequences from the first book strengthen some characters and weaken others. Grant pack a lot into these pages, and I hope the third book ties everything together as well as I'm wishing, because if he does, it will be an epic conclusion.
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I would say the largest plots in this book were the turn of the BZRK teams into more morally questionable choices (and whether they're actions, seemingly awful, are justifiable), and a deeper insight into how despicable the Armstrong Twins are (and wow, Grant does not pull any horrifying punches about them).I question how much we had to focus on Vincent and his "recovery." I question whether Burnofsky needed to be held captive so long before anything happened with him/to him. I question the importance of the Doll Ship to the overall plot of the trilogy. But I remain curious to learn more about the purpose of the POTUS's suicide and failed wiring, about who Lear is and why they pull the strings in such a way, and whether Nijinsky can be redeemed.
I loved seeing more about what Plath and Keats bring to the table for BZRK. I loved seeing Caligula again, and watching the consequences from the first book strengthen some characters and weaken others. Grant pack a lot into these pages, and I hope the third book ties everything together as well as I'm wishing, because if he does, it will be an epic conclusion.