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Directive 51 (2010)

by John Barnes(Favorite Author)

3.32 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

044101822X (ISBN13: 9780441018222)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Ace

series

Daybreak

review 1: I liked the premise of this book but the execution was left a bit lacking. The story and action carried me halfway through this book but then I had to force my way through the rest.It started to dawn on me that I constantly felt the author was cutting away right before the really interesting stuff was happening and returning after it had happened. It is not the author's fault that I don't like multiple story lines or the point of the view of the "mind of the killer". I kept imagining the author yelling "Cut!".Some of the characterization was nice but a lot of the people seen close up for only a brief period were caricatures, rather than characters.I really wanted to like this because, as I said, the premise is great, it's a series, and some of the characters were ones I'd ... morelike to follow. Unfortunately I won't be seeking out the rest of the series.
review 2: I liked the premise of this book but the execution was left a bit lacking. The story and action carried me halfway through this book but then I had to force my way through the rest. It started to dawn on me that I constantly felt the author was cutting away right before the really interesting stuff was happening and returning after it had happened. It is not the author's fault that I don't like multiple story lines or the point of the view of the "mind of the killer". I kept imagining the author yelling "Cut!".Some of the characterization was nice but a lot of the people seen close up for only a brief period were caricatures, rather than characters.I really wanted to like this because, as I said, the premise is great, it's a series, and some of the characters were ones I'd like to follow. Unfortunately I won't be seeking out the rest of the series. less

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