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Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1)
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This book inspired a whole new shelf on my goodreads bookcase. You can guess which one. I was intrigued when I saw this on the all time best military sci-fi books list and I wish I hadn't. I started cringing on the first page. The writing alone is awful! Who edited this book? There is SO much telling, no showing, bad stage directions, little detail of people and things, saying the same thing twice and three times in the same paragraph, I could go on.
The MC of this piece does little but mope around and brood. It's like Edward Cullen in space for crying out loud. He's completely unsympathetic in my mind simply because he goes on lamenting his fate through the whole bloody book like a perpetual 13 year old.
The premise sounds interesting, and I'm willing to forgo a lot of the other criticisms about it. Yes, it does seem a little silly that people who do nothing but fight are somehow bad at it and never learn anything new. But I'm okay with that because it's fun to speculate and if it had been well written, I would have liked it.
So, in summation, not worth anyone's time, can't believe it got published, read something else instead.
The MC of this piece does little but mope around and brood. It's like Edward Cullen in space for crying out loud. He's completely unsympathetic in my mind simply because he goes on lamenting his fate through the whole bloody book like a perpetual 13 year old.
The premise sounds interesting, and I'm willing to forgo a lot of the other criticisms about it. Yes, it does seem a little silly that people who do nothing but fight are somehow bad at it and never learn anything new. But I'm okay with that because it's fun to speculate and if it had been well written, I would have liked it.
So, in summation, not worth anyone's time, can't believe it got published, read something else instead.
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Started Reading
November 1, 2012
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Finished Reading
November 19, 2012
– Shelved
November 19, 2012
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November 19, 2012
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sci-fi
November 19, 2012
– Shelved as:
war
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Mar 31, 2013 08:27PM
THANK YOU. So well said. I actually gave it a two (I do hate to disparage books), but I could very well end up revising that downward after some thought. Perhaps I've been reading too much great scifi lately (Armor, Forever War, Pandora's Star) to give more pedestrian attempts a fair shake, but this was flat out annoying to read by the end. Your points pretty much match my problems with the writing. Don't think I can stomach another book in this series. How is this an almost-4 star book on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ? I didn't even know scifi could be this... bland, really.
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So many people here on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ seems to love this book. I hated it!
i wouldnt mind if it was some obscure kindle released thing, but a big popular series with tons of sequels, the later books must get better surely?
I find the whole Series to be excellent. I was looking for a great story, checked that box. Lots of Action, checked that box. Characters I could understand and relate to, checked that box. I have all the books and the Audible Books as well. I have listen to this series probably 10 times. Time well spent!
