Courageous (The Lost Fleet, Book 3) by Jack Campbell
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Book Reviews of Courageous (The Lost Fleet, Book 3)
Book Review: Good story from Campbell/Hemry; needs less romance and more explosions!
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a fan of Mr. Campbell (aka John Hemry of the "Stark's War" series), and I own every book he's written so far. As with his other work, I was not disappointed with The Lost Fleet series. My only qualm was essentially "less sex, more violence". "Stark's War" and it's sequels did an excellent job of this; though I think that the character development is more profound in the "Lost Fleet" series, I still gotta go with more explosions and fighting versus the main character and his female sometime-antagonist racking it up.
That nonwithstanding, it's by far and away an excellent book. Made the gal at Barnes and Noble go get it out of the back so I could buy a copy. Well worth it; treat yourself to a copy!
Book Review: Black Jack Geary Still go strong
Summary: 4 Stars
The Story of the Lost Fleet and Captain John "Black Jack" Geary is still going strong with this third installment. He faces new challenges as the Sydic begins to corner him. The story is about Geary and how a man rescue after a hundred years in frozen sleep finds himself in command of a fleet of battleships, battlecruisers and hundreds of smaller ships. Turned in a legend during his sleep he finds that the world has change, but the world is learning that he is man to change it. By the end of this book you are ready for the next one. If you love the David Weber Honor Harrington Series or Mike Shepherds' Kris Longkife then these books are for you.Book Review: fun, but beginning to be repetitive
Summary: 4 Stars
So far this is the weakest of the series. Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying the genre as a whole and in particular this series, but the sheer repetitiveness is starting to drag. There are descriptions of tactics and 'physics' that are lifted wholescale- cut and paste style- from the first and second books. It really bogs down the pace. Also, the relationships seem forced, as if Campbell had been told he had to have a romantic interest and so put one in to satisfy the publisher, not because it served the story. Even with those weaknesses I rated the book as a 4 star because the ending really had me excited to read the next book.Book Review: Good continuation of the series
Summary: 4 Stars
Captain Geary continues his formidable task of leading the Alliance fleet back home through Syndic space. There are several well-written battle scenes in the book, which will keep the attention of those who like battles. The character development also continues, with Captain Geary not only growing as a person but as a leader. The plot twists are quite a bit of fun.
This is the third book in this series (following The Lost Fleet: Dauntless, and The Lost Fleet: Fearless). The tone of the story follows in the same line as the other two, so if you enjoyed them you'll probably enjoy this one too.
Book Review: In space nobody can hear your ship explode - battles galore
Summary: 4 Stars
Captain Geary is still lost in Syndic space with the remaining Alliance fleet having to fight his way through each system as the Syndics wise up to some of his tactics. This book has a lot of space battles and a deepening awareness by Geary of the political problems back in Alliance space. What it doesn't deliver is much in the way of resolutions. It comes across as a middle book which teases you for the next instalment. This is apparently a 4 book series so I will be interested to see how this all plays out as Geary is one of those literary characters who grow on you.