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Weird pacing, no world building, overall, I'm not sure what to think about this book. I will give it one more go with a next part.
Interesting Usually I’m not big on military type books usually they get to technical and have more military information than story line but this was a great read a little scary because what happened is altogether possible the powers that be getting so powerful they do what they want not to mention the total abuse of the earth so this story would be enjoyable to military buff or not it was hard to put down and I became interested in the characters that’s how I know it’s a great story
The protagonist gets conscripted after he overrides his vehicle's automatic driver and gets caught speeding. So he's off to fight the aliens who are really killing the humans in their interstellar war.He gets enhanced and is fighting with Marines that enlisted with him, hoping to survive long enough to get back to his father's guild. But his companions mean more to him than the life he left behind.
2 stars rounded up ... and generously at that. But no, despite the unfortunate headings by goodreads, this rating does not indicate that this book was 'ok' (noting I usually reserve 1-star ratings to those books that are not just bad but also poorly written AND unacceptably edited). "Sentenced to War" is a vapid and lackluster story that is an utter cookie cutter effort in every sense of the phrase. With a good pencil and a bucket of whiteout (or modern equivalent thereof) it could rathere easil...
Straightforward sci-fi military story. Starts with high school boy getting conscripted and sentenced to the Marines to fight the invading aliens. The story takes Rev through in-processing, boot camp and into the fleet.Nice twist on this tried and true format dating back to Heinlein and probably longer.One thing though. Humanity seems to be fighting the 'Centaurs' for a few years when we pick up the story, maybe even up to 10, can we get the grunts a decent weapon please! Why can't humanity build...
This was a pretty quick and straightforward read. It seemed like a lot of military sci-fi books with following Heinlein's Starship Troopers formula. Rev is conscripted to join the space marines, learns about himself, and becomes a good marine. Some of the technology and the enemy are pretty interesting. 2.5 rounded up.
I made it over 40% of the way through. Great military setup so far. That's right ... after nearly 5 hours of reading, I still haven't hit actual combat - the main character is still in training. What finally killed me was when I finally hit what I thought was Centaur military action, and it turned out to be virtual training that stops part-way through. I thought I should follow suit.25% of the book for setup of a military action is okay, not nearly half. Especially when establishing "life-long"
If I could EMAIL the Author, I'd have a few questions of him:1) Why--as I've almost slogged my way thru the entire 1st book--do I still NOT have a SIMPLE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT A CENTUAR LOOKS LIKE? Wow, there I got it off my chest. Instead we get little bread crumbs for what they are, what they look like, etc. I still have no idea how to picture a "Pedestal Cannon"--what is that? It folds out from where and how? Do I set my drink on it? Is it like a mortar tube? They are metal, hence the Tin-Ass n...
Dark and well writtenI thought this would be a lot lighter but it is a very dark and somber story that reminded me of the movie Stop Loss. You know, except in space. It has a very STARSHIP TROOPERS sort of feel but the effectiveness is dealing with the sheer unfairness and cruelty of the system that is designed to chew him up then spit him out. Action-wise it's very good but I don't think I'll be picking up the next books in the series as I feel like the combat isn't what got me involved but the...
Very fun readThe book starts a little slow, But gets going after a few chapters And find it's legs. It's little confusing determining which characters are which sometimes the author's which is between the last name and the 1st name It's somewhat Unclear. However the stories fine the enemy is tough, the main character is not a superman but blundering is way through a bunch of problems. He gets taken by the system a lot. And realizes it later. And it seems to progress in a fairly good fashion. The...
