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Almost unreadable
This series is just plain bad, I read the second one based on all the positive reviews...I thought 'Who knows...maybe the writer gets better'. I can now only assume that the positive reviewers read a different series to me. I resent having paid money based on those reviews and so I write this to counter them. I think the writer is genuinely passionate about their writing but no way would a publishing house let this near their front desk.
A few points:
a) The editing is terrible, someone ran an auto correct spell checker through it so it beats some other awful books I've read on kindle but it's still really bad. Inconsistent descriptions, repetitious use of words, misuse of words and so on.
b) The 'hero' is a complete Mary Sue. She never runs into any difficulty that slows her down for half a second. Everybody loves her despite her being a rather unpleasant 'my way or the highway' harridan. (Spoiler alert...her highway is usually to just kill them, warranted or not). She develops powers and resources that clearly put her on top of the heap...kind of like Superman but without the kryptonite. In short, she doesn't have a struggle and so she is plain boring
c) Characters keep being introduced to us as if they were super cool and suave dudes but they just aren't. One supposed cross between James Bond and a werewolf hacker starts every second sentence with a the same set of swearwords that I can't write here.
d) The story sacrifices coherency so we can jump around with godlike omniscience and look through the eyes of various characters seemingly just because the author likes the characters, but without advancing the plot
e) The so called military thing that the reviews talk about....It's like playing Call of Duty in god mode. For example a small team of super soldiers storm a massive complex in something like 3 seconds flat.
March 2016 · Kindle Store · verified purchase