rikercoleman's Reviews (96)

The Traitor Baru Cormorant

Seth Dickinson

4.5

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Feel the Bern: A Bernie Sanders Mystery

Andrew Shaffer

2.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Double Star

Robert A. Heinlein

3.0

lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Honestly this wasn’t that bad.

Ninefox Gambit

Yoon Ha Lee

4.5

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Only work of military SF I have ever enjoyed!

Starship Troopers

Robert A. Heinlein

sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

If I could give this book a negative number of stars, I would. It’s pages and pages of unbearably boring descriptions of the main character jacking off about troops and military equipment interspersed with the horrifically fascist philosophy of the society he lives in. If you have any respect for yourself, skip this one.