Thomas F. (hardtack) - , reviewed on 5/13/2019 + 2701 more book reviews

At 548 pages, if you don't count the excerpts from two other Baen novels, this tale was overly long. The first 100 or so pages started off well with a good story. But then Ringo got bogged down in explaining the technical details of all his protagonist's achievements. I can't even being to tell you how many pages I just skimmed.

As for the achievements, many were implausible. Too many times the protagonist, or one of his cohorts, would come up against a problem and then---voila!---someone would have this "weird idea", and the problem would be solved. What a shame, I enjoyed so many of Ringo's other books but this one was a disappointment.

And I had to wonder what part of Ringo's mind the alien-made virus which made blonde human females crave sex from puberty came from.

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