DAT reviewed The Star Cross by Raymond L. Weil
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1 star
This is really not a good book.
I actually did finish it and it wasn't written so bad that my head hurt, but there were soooo many logical errors and the overall story was just poorly constructed and completely obvious right from the start.
The "profiteers" (their' hat is doing everything for money) are absurdly shallow, of course the leader of the only remaining human force leads all efforts himself (from commanding his ship, to leading the attack and defense of both planets, trade-negotiations until stuff that really risks his life on enemy planets).
And of course he ends up with the only alien-chick that has even been mentioned in the whole story. No he never considers that she might be a spy, not even when he finds her right after beeing "unsuccessfully" attacked by his enemies (who did accomplish exactly what they wanted, as we were told before) - …
This is really not a good book.
I actually did finish it and it wasn't written so bad that my head hurt, but there were soooo many logical errors and the overall story was just poorly constructed and completely obvious right from the start.
The "profiteers" (their' hat is doing everything for money) are absurdly shallow, of course the leader of the only remaining human force leads all efforts himself (from commanding his ship, to leading the attack and defense of both planets, trade-negotiations until stuff that really risks his life on enemy planets).
And of course he ends up with the only alien-chick that has even been mentioned in the whole story. No he never considers that she might be a spy, not even when he finds her right after beeing "unsuccessfully" attacked by his enemies (who did accomplish exactly what they wanted, as we were told before) - he just trusts her with all details on all military plans that are needed to defend humanity.
Nobody EVER even considers the possiblity of discarding unwanted overseers who decide if a contract has been fullfilled. Everyone gets bribed on that planet, but those are 100% immune?
That's just stupid. As is most of this book.