Feels like a rerunNothing new and a lack of characters left the story very hollow. At some point, the relationship between Skippy and Joe has to progress from sarcastic, put down, jibes. It feels forced at this point. This story had really no suspense, no revelation of the larger plot lines, and no development of any of the characters. It felt like a re-run.

Listened and read all of these books within a span of one year. I first downloaded the audible of Columbus Day, after that, I couldn't get enough of the Expeditionary Force. The writing, the humor, everything about this series is, in the words of Skippy, "Awesome!" Can't wait for the next two books of the series, and hope for a lot more of the future. I would also love to see this turn into a television series. Wishful thinking on my part 😏

March 2021I revisited this while swimming laps just to visit old friends. Honestly, it just never gets old - June 2020I don't know - this was of course still a great book in the series and they got a lot of amazing things accomplished. But Joe is clearly growing weary of Skippy's endless insults. Quite honestly, so am I. But I love the crew and the action scenes were fantastic. It's all worth it in the end. And largely because of RC Bray!

Pretty good.

Skippy the Magnificent insult machine!Did I enjoy the book? Mostly. Do I still love the series? Yeah. I guess that's the bottom line, but man are the constant insults between Skippy and Joe getting tiresome. It's probably not stretching to say that 50% of this book is nothing but Joe sitting around, trading insults with Skippy while trying to come up with a plan to accomplish the next impossible task for the MBOPs. I would say that Skippy was bordering on unlikable in this one. I don't know, may...

Overall, I enjoyed Renegades. It was satisfying to see some progress on certain story lines. That being said, I'm getting tired of the same problems being hashed and re-hashed. It feels like each book is just the same basic problem of "oh no, we need to keep earth from being discovered by !" First it was the Kristang, then it was the Thuranin, now it was the Maxolhx. Every time it is absolutely impossible and then Joe thinks up some crazy plan and Skippy complains and bemoans the fact that he di...

Best one in the series yet. R.C. Bray is a scifi legend. Narrators like him make audiobooks the way they are supposed to be: engulfing, enjoyable, gripping, hilarious. Kudos to Craig Alanson for giving us a little blurb at the end. His short 10 minute story how this series originated makes it that more special. I'd say this is the first time I have ever continued a series this long and still thoroughly am enjoying it. I really hope this gets turned into a series someday... but only if R.C is the...

I enjoy this series so much! I already have the rest of the books in my library ready to read in the upcoming weeks. I also love how this book had an author's note at the end talking about the series and how it started - I had no idea these books all started so recently?? I went back and looked at publication dates and Alanson is writing at a truly incredible pace. I love how the series manages to take such fresh twists and turns but when things happened they still all feel like Alanson has plot...

There’s no greater palette cleanser than a jaunt around the galaxy with our favourite beer can and his merry band of pirates. Alanson is no Asimov, and not really an Adams either; sometimes he repeats himself, and he strays into the formulaic - but what a winning formula! There’s few characters that consistently put a smile on my face; and of them all Skippy is the most consistently “awesome”.Like my favourite pair of hiking boots I can’t wait to put them back on and start my next adventure.

Another fun read full of good SyFy.

I think Skippy took a few steps backwards in this one, in terms of empathy.

Meh.I have thoroughly enjoyed this series but Joe and Skippy have taken to insulting each other too much. The other characters are not so well developed that they can pick up the slack while Joe and Skippy plan the return to earth. This novel is not up to the standard set by the previous books in the series. Renegades ends with them back on earth which sets the scene for the next novel due later this year. I will look forward to that new direction by a most excellent author.

First thing to mention, I'm glad I don't have to read anymore (almost) complains about calibrating drive coils every time a bit of drama was required as a filler. But this is kind of the only positive in this book.The banter between Skippy and Joe, although enjoyable in the past, now is excessive. The solution solving .... Everything is arbitrary. Everything can be done and undone. Is full of contradictions ... to the point where I don't follow anymore the specifics of each problem. Just say "ab...

Holee D.Before you open this book, read the first 6 and maybe the novella. To truly appreciate this piece you'll have to know the entire backstory, but once you do it'll be worth it. So much happens and so many questions were answered that I can hardly see this series continuing except there are still 3 major questions, 4 if you include the end of book 6 left to be answered. To stir a little bit of excitement, we'll finally get to see what happens when the MBOP goes up against those rotten kitti...

Special Forces Patch =A dinosaur holding a toilet plunger in its mouth

Audiobook. Loved it. Had some good twists and turns and of course, Skippy is the best.

While the series has kept me coming back for more exciting runs with Skippy and the Monkey's I am finding the constant consistent theme of "Major problem and it needs Jo Bishop to think the problem away." needs to come to a close rather than being this series primary hook. I found getting through this latest installment took longer than it had in the past just for this reason. Not because it had become predictable in content, but predictable in execution.

To quote the immortal Skippy, “Blah, blah, blah…”As I write this review, I’ve caught up with all of the Expeditionary Force books that have been released. I can no long just keep throwing more Audible credits at them hoping for them to improve.This one has finally hit rock bottom. The sad part is that I don’t even hate the book, it is just a monumental disappointment. At the end of the previous book, after having saved the day, again, it all gets spoiled by the revelation that two big bad Maxolh...

There was a lot about this one I didn't like. It's just getting repetitive now, and it lost a lot of heart with some missing crew. Meh. But it keeps me entertained I suppose.

In this book, Joe and Skippy save the day again. Two Maxolhx ships plan to come to Earth to investigate why the wormhole near Earth is acting strangely. Joe manages to jump aboard the Flying Dutchman and stop it from being hijacked by the US government - along with some of the original pirate crew plus some new crewmates. Joe then has to hatch a plan to figure out how they can stop them against the impossible odds (as always!) with a reduced staff.This book started off well, but it was a real SL...