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The movie should have copied this plot

Revisado: 08-09-23

Great fun following as the protagonist dodges trap after trap. It’s hilarious how injured he gets and yet can keep going. That part is the only reason I deducted a star. Looking forward to more from this author.

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Great concept: poor execution

Revisado: 08-02-23

Ray Porter is phenomenal. The fact that he did this book made me pick it up. While the concept was good, the motivation of the evil characters was too evil to be believable. Such a clear good guys vs bad guys setup was disappointing. You just couldn’t believe the baddies motivation. It just felt dumb. Like a Jay Allen novel. The bad guys are all caricatures. I really wanted this to be good. Sadly I won’t be picking up anymore in this series.

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Starts super slow, but worthwhile payoff at the end

Revisado: 07-30-23

The mystery at the heart of the book is really quite something. It’s like the ending to the “usual suspects” where things click into place. But it takes us a long long long long time to get there. Once we do, it’s a race to the ending. Could’ve been paced a bit better. But afterwards you are left thinking about the book for a while. Which is what good literature is supposed to do, no matter how you get there.

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Don’t buy this. Not the same Kylar

Revisado: 06-26-23

In this book Kylar is a raving lunatic. Not the same character from the original trilogy. Long dense monologues are punctuated by the occasional action scene. New narrator and writing style completely takes away from the story. It just seems like the author wanted a farewell novel to kill off Kylar and all the ramblings somehow are a tribute. WTF? Well, he accomplished one thing. Kylar is dead in my eyes. I won’t buy another book from this universe.

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Don’t listen to the bad reviews

Revisado: 01-12-23

All the negative reviews kept me from this book for a long time. It’s actually pretty good.

Definitely a lot lighter on the science and far less “realistic” than the Martian. But it’s not meant to be that. If you can get over the fact that there’s an micro-organism infecting the sun, then you should be good to enjoy the story.

Fun characters and a heart warming journey.

My only problem is with the ending. Felt that it didn’t line up with the protagonist’s motivations.

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Swearing the entire time. Gets old.

Revisado: 12-25-22

It got through about 25% of it and had to return it. Very little actually happens. The dialog is all swearing and sexual metaphors. It loses it's impact after constantly droning on. Characters are all very thin and not quite believable. Example (spoiler:)

"I'm going arrest you for suspicion of murder... Oh wait a different more major crisis is happening. Congratulations, you are now promoted to be a body guard. We can't afford to send real cops, so you're it."

Really? That's how they do things on Mars?

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Too much hand-wavium

Revisado: 10-26-22

I absolutely enjoyed the first two books in the series. I was anticipating this for a year… and I was left disappointed with how this turned out.

The characters are still awesome. The dialogue is superb. The narrator got even better somehow. But the sudden conclusion was just too convenient. It felt like there was content for 1.5 books and the author decided to cut out the rest of the content to get the series done.

The author weaves in the theme of a creator’s fingerprints throughout the galaxy. Every plot piece points to this. Even the non-believing characters have to come to this conclusion. The way it is written, there was no other choice. The first two books felt like there was space for all beliefs. This book was a sermon and you were hit over the head with it. No room for other beliefs. For some readers that’s awesome. For others not so much. This isn’t the flaw though.

This series has been a great balance of faith and science. However the theme of this book is “providence is all you need.” Lots of hand-wavium. I would’ve like to have seen some more open ended conclusions. Yes it could have been God, but it could also have been these science things. Keeps the debate going and you are free to keep your beliefs, at the same time wondering if the other side had merit.

Anyways, the last quarter of the book flies by due to the bad guys taking the evidence at face value. Why bother writing in complicated plots to infiltrate the bad guys, find dissenters, allies, and convince them of the truth and create a movement. There’s half a book of writing there. Instead… hand-wavium. (As in Jedi mind trick). These are not the droids we are looking for. So let’s turn on our own side even though we will for sure get killed.

I really really really wanted to love this book. But the departure from the first two books was too much.

I still love the characters and the banter is still great as always. I’m just not sure I’m down with the new direction. My journey might end here.

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Interesting premise but poor execution

Revisado: 10-11-22

Love the new world Langlais has created. However the story is straight forward with no twists and turns or mysteries. The main conflict is predictable. The heroes and villains work together to quickly and conveniently get us to a predictable ending. The small twist in the very last chapter felt forced and pointless.

So much potential here. This could’ve been really gritty and emotional but it was blah and meh. There were so many topics to explore but the author chose none. Instead it seemed she got bored half way through and just wanted to finish the novel as quickly as possible. And you should too. If you actually listen to this one, I recommend 1.8x speed or higher.

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Super boring

Revisado: 09-13-22

I couldn't get through half of the book even at 2x speed. The story takes a LONG time to get going. Characters react quite oddly to events given their background. Suspension of disbelief can only last so long. Narrator also varies his volume quite dramatically and very little distinction between the voices. Sorry, had to return it.

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Terrible follow up novel

Revisado: 05-27-22

Absolutely nothing happens in the first half of the book, except for the opening scene. Then it’s just a waste of time. Literally half the book can be summed up with the protagonist wondering if she should like this guy and what if he doesn’t like her. But then again what if he does? Oh he does but should she do anything about it? Seriously it’s half the book.

The action gets interesting with about a 1/4 remaining. But the climax is such a let down. None of the great tension found in the first book was here. Very little action or suspense. Hard pass on the rest of the series.

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