The Second Apocalypse
Miscellaneous Chatter => Literature => Topic started by: mrganondorf on January 04, 2016, 10:02:39 pm
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Overall, I didn't like it. I feel like there was a general problem with character motivation. Holden's moralism came off as fake/stupid and Miller's 'final case' seems to little to late to make sense of him as a character. I was disappointed by the lack of machination from the Colonel. I like the alien component until the end when it just gets boring and predictable. I was hoping for a lot more from this book/series, but I will not be reading book 2. Anyone else? The more I read of Daniel Abraham, the less I like him.
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I actually really liked this book. I always thought Holden was a proper muppet and Miller to be cool.
The things I enjoyed were the Noir Detective elements and I also liked that thrust and G forces were dealt with (also great to see an intermediate tech human race - solar scale but nothing beyond).
Alas MG it seems we are prone to disagreement!