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not loving this so far. just...not so great. only one major female character (so far, about halfway into the books, no two female characters talk to each other, so nowhere near passing the Bechdel test), which isn't a problem in and of itself, but may be a symptom of the author's limited creativity in the area of imagining people. Lots of boring predictable uninspired dialogue, and unbelievable decision-making and behavior. Nothing awful (I've encountered worse) but enough to make me groan often. I'll probably listen to the whole book anyway; I bought it, I'm not suffering too badly, and it's easy listening while going to bed.--Finally gave up, a little less than half way through. Just couldn't.
It did take me a while to get into this (80 pages or so) but one I did get into it I really enjoyed it. I feel like this book was as much about military action as space and sic fi (which isn't a problem for me). The action scenes were really well written, probably some of the best action scenes I've ever read. While most of the technology used worked well and seemed believable (as part of the Odyssey universe) I feel like it could have cut down on some of the technology jargon in places.The plot itself was interesting and a lot more complex then I would expect from a first time self published author. It really did surpass my expectations and I'll be reading the next book soon.
Good military sci fi, Plenty of action and good storyline.