‘Series Keeps Getting Better’ Score: 4/5 Another very enjoyable book in this series. And yes, I still have questions over some of the physics, and a bunch of ‘Why don’t they...?’, but it was still fun.
‘Series Back On Track’ Score: 4/5 I didn’t much enjoy this series’ foray into different characters in a different country, so I enjoyed this move back to the known characters and settings. But it’s better than that. I wasn’t overly fond of the H2G2 references popping up everywhere (and I say that as a big H2G2 fan), bu…
‘Kinda Getting Into This’ Score: 4/5 I’m getting more into this series. I like the way it’s a bit varied - the settings, the threats. It’s not repetitive the way I felt Craig Alanson’s Expeditionary Force series became. I did still have the occasional ‘Why don’t they...?’ as well as skepticism over use of infantry, but…
‘More Smart US Detection’ Score: 4/5 I enjoyed the first ‘IQ’ book so I was expecting to enjoy this one too. And I did. There’s something a little different in this one though. I can’t quite put my finger on it. It maybe has a bit less depth than the first one. Or maybe I’m mis-remembering the depth of the previous book and I’ll lo…
‘Different Infantry Space Battles’ Score: 4/5 OK, this is another science fiction infantry story. I’ve written before that I don’t think battles with aliens will involve infantry, but this story at least has a credible reason for there being infantry at all. It’s a bit grittier than Alanson’s infantry books too. This, the…
