Courageous (The Lost Fleet, Book 3) by Jack Campbell
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Book Reviews of Courageous (The Lost Fleet, Book 3)
Book Review: He spins a good yarn
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoy a good solid sci-fi story with straight forward stories & good tech added. I'm finding that each on of the lost fleet novels is fitting my need greatly. I just about can't put the book down till i've read it from cover to cover & I'm looking forward to the next one. To me that what it's all about.
Bring on the rest of the story!!
Book Review: Great SCI FI book
Summary: 5 Stars
This is another great book in the series. You should read the other books first. Well worth your money. Book Review: Good stuff
Summary: 4 Stars
Good military sci fi series so far. Probably the best I have read in a long time. I especially like the portrayal of the military concepts of honor, tradition and selflessness that make our military so strong.
I am not as concerned with the on and off again moodiness of Co-President Rione as some of the other reviewers have commented , However, the main character CAPT Geary needs to quit having so much self doubt. No effective commander can function properly and responsibly with as much self doubt as is constantly attributed to our hero. He needs to get a grip on his life and move forward. Sure anyone in battle has doubts but you need to have confidence in your abilities, in your subordinates - officers and NCOs to give you the information that allows you to make informed decisions. If you have that much doubt in your own abilities and your decision making then you should relinquish your command. He needs to pick a good Executive Officer (not just his flag ship commander) and a battle staff to assist in decision making rather than simply relying on a "virtual conference debate" among ship commanders.
The books otherwise are good reading and have really keep up my interest. I await the next books in the series and look forward to finding out more about the constant reference to the "Aliens" that keeps popping up.
Book Review: Enjoyable but I am getting annoyed
Summary: 4 Stars
This is my first space opera series and it was fun. The premise is good, excellent. My complaint is in the extreme irritation in an author who continues to repeat sections via wholesale cut and paste. It is almost as though 20% of the book feels as though its a repeat. I find myself rolling my eyes. The characters who whine is ridiculous. The hero who is not asserting leadership and lets knuckleheads walk over him is ridiculous. The author who produces cardboard love scenes so stiff they could break like uncooked spaghetti is kinda amusing but I give him a wave for trying. It feels he was commanded to do so by his publisher.
The battle scenes were extra long. The bitchout sessions by his lover were getting tedious. This was not going in a positive direction at all by books end.
On a scale 1 to 5, Five is Best:
Villian: 4
Plot: 3
Creativity: 3
Uniqueness: 2.5
Humor: 1
Bringing the sexy: 0
Passion: 3 stars (for duty & honor )
Dullness setting in on Series: 3
Laughs & Amusement factor: 1
Silly Whiners getting on your nerves: 5
Lazy Author repeating too much from prior chapters: 5
The investment has been made now and I want to know what is going to happen next. I bought the first 3 as as books on tape (audiobooks). Now that I know the author has been a little lazy, I will not invest in an audiobook on book #4. I will buy that as paperback because I do want to know what happened but not at $24.00.
If the pattern continues, there will be a lot of cut and paste, not a lot of plot advancement and the characters chasing their tails and not going anywhere except someplace pretty durn depressing.
For that I can read in an afternoon in Barnes and Noble and not even buy the paperback for #4.
Book Review: ruffled around the edges
Summary: 5 Stars
Though extremly well written and graphically depicted beyond all expectations, i did find that much of what happens in the book must be simply accepted. For instance, HOW BIG are some of these ships, compared to actual objects, foot ball stadium? and is there artificial gravity or do they float around inside the ships. What's the propulsion system? does it have a name, is it gravity fed, ect, ect... Though these questions seem incredibly important, the books seem to glance off of the implied incredibly well.