Michael A. Franko

absolutely horrendous

Revisado: 03-17-25

this book is embarrassingly pointless. I can barely connect it to the rest of the series. barely sci Fi in any way. ridiculous plot. embarrassing characters. even more embarrassing sexual content...or the authors fantasy. either way I regret the time spent on this unnecessary "prequel"

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long and detailed but worthwhile

Revisado: 01-04-25

a large galaxy takes some time to develop.
I get people's criticism about the slow start but I appreciate the thorough world/universe building

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BORING

Revisado: 03-25-24

the prequel novella featuring Agent Wilson and Dee was really exciting and I was eager to pick their story back up.
unfortunately, the parallel story of Lucy was more interesting, but neither story had much to do with the aliens.
That might have been fine but both stories bogged down and were pretty boring.
the southern accents were absolutely brutal as well

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great until the final chapter

Revisado: 01-16-24

the resolution was flawed.
in order not to spoil anything I'll just say
I simply do not believe that in any scenario that is way the FBI would resolve this scenario (or any scenario involving a child). otherwise a thoroughly enjoyable series just a notch below Don Winslow

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Terrible

Revisado: 01-06-24

the narrators weird, cocky delivery is very off putting.
the story is boring, lacks development and ultimately had me thinking 2 hours in "this book is dumb and I'm wasting time".
and this is from someone who actually kind of enjoys bad sci-fi.
really disappointing. can't even finish this

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thorough without being redundant

Revisado: 09-03-23

great story of a fascinating band by the people who lived it.

I feel like maybe a few of the roughest edges were sanded off but in general this was very entertaining, well constructed and thorough.
while Leftöver Crack isn't for everyone, to me they are massively underated and underappreciated.
this book goes a long way to explaining their career wrong turns but also their philosophy and how it contributed to their trajectory.
all in all I enjoyed it. and I've been registering to Leftöver Crack all week

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what happened?

Revisado: 08-21-23

after 6 books the tone of the series changed completely. the AI Skippy and the Merry Band of Pirates all of a sudden have a nasty, adversarial relationship after being friends and confidants for 6 books with no explanation?
while the first 6 books weren't high art, they were fun.
this is redundant and a total drag. no fun at all

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got worse and worse

Revisado: 07-25-23

no real conflict or action. outcome is telegraphed from the start.
this could be a high school movie where everything just works out for the good looking leading man.
space is almost irrelevant for most of the story. really boring. I wish I could get that time back

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beyond stupid

Revisado: 11-02-22

as another reviewer said it seems like it was written by a lonely teenager. But that might be giving this book too much credit. It is truly beyond stupid and I regret any time spent on it. not a huge surprise from a rock-headed second amendment cheerleader though.

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kind of a mess with some enjoyable moments

Revisado: 09-30-22

Basically Redshirts is a long short story with bolt-ons. definitely not Scalzi's best work.
there are some enjoyable moments but it is a little underdeveloped and then relies on multiple add ons to fill in the blanks. would have been better if woven together cohesively. and maybe I just blanked out but the plan that resolves the main issue was hard to completely understand. I'm fine with suspension of disbelief, just make sure things are explained.

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