Aer-ki Jyr

I really cannot see why there are so many good ratings on this.
First it reads a bit like a SF novel from the 60th and i was very interested in how the story evolves - only it doesn't evolve.
We follow some recruits (the coming leaders bla bla bla ...) doing some team fights. Very soon it is just endless boring competitions.
Like the fights in Enders Game without the psychology.
Could also be a description of a sports team and all of their matches in detail.
Bored to death.
The writing is okay - but i see no story here.… (more)

Interesting, but flawed

It read pretty well. Some proofreading errors (insure/ensure is the most memorable at the moment). A very complex universe.

It got a bit preachy when talking about food. Then it used flawed logic and got tiresome. There was also a vague sense of holier-than-thou about the civilization.

More should have been done to make the commando a bit off. 800 years alone on the corpse of a planet should have left him a little edgier. And she should have been more troublesome.

I may try the next book. This wasn't bad, it just wasn't excellent.… (more)

Interesting, but flawed

It read pretty well. Some proofreading errors (insure/ensure is the most memorable at the moment). A very complex universe.

It got a bit preachy when talking about food. Then it used flawed logic and got tiresome. There was also a vague sense of holier-than-thou about the civilization.

More should have been done to make the commando a bit off. 800 years alone on the corpse of a planet should have left him a little edgier. And she should have been more troublesome.

I may try the next book. This wasn't bad, it just wasn't excellent.… (more)