SciFi/Fantasy and nerdstuff
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While the crew of the starship Flying Dutchman have been trying assure hostile aliens do …
a good bit better than the second book
so it's a good read and worth it, but it would still take a bit more effort (and less repetition) to make it a great one.
The sequel to 'Columbus Day'. Colonel Joe Bishop made a promise and he's going to keep it; taking the captured …
Bob Johansson didn’t believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was a shock. …
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.
Jack Gregory, the CIA's top assassin, went rogue after a mission gone wrong. When a …
meh'
horrible writing, story somewhat missing and overall not the type of book I like to read.
Had to force myself to finish this, even though the ending was clear right from the introduction of the characters.
That being said: I DID finish it. So there are worse books around (that I could never finish because the stupid hurt too much)
If you want a more detailed view why I think this to be a bad book, I recommend the following review (don't know the person who wrote it, but I found the review most fitting of those I read): www.goodreads.com/review/show/1081563586?book_show_action=true
Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places …
Flix: Faust (German language, 2010, Carlsen)
horrible, could not bring myself to finish that
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one …
