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Cally's War (Posleen War Series #4) |
Author: John Ringo
Published: 2004-10-05 |
List price: $25.00
Our price: $4.82
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As of: January 07th, 2009 08:08:19 PM
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 Truly bad.. a major disappointment.
I waned to (and expected to) like this book. After the disappointing side trip into the future with THE HERO, I was looking forward to getting back to the present day post-invasion world with the great characters we had come to love in the original 4-book saga. Here we are reintroduced to Cally O'Neal, a fine-tuned and multi-talented assassin working for the Bane Sidhe. Sexy, strong, and smart, Cally seems like an excellent character, but early on in the book you find that your expectations are way too high. Predictable, cynical, sardonic, and depressed, you find that the potentially great character of Cally O'Neal has been thoroughly ruined. A raging sex fiend and a binge-shopper, Cally is nothing like the professional and purpose-driven hero I expected. This is one protagonist that I came to like less and less as the story progressed. Her completely unhealthy and unemotional approach to sex is truly bizarre. I'm not typically one to complain about books being too graphic, but this one takes it over the top with mind-numbing, pointless, and violent sex. I mean, come on, Cally really doesn't even mind being gang-raped?? Just ridiculous and off-putting.
Also, the book does very little to further the story as a whole. You get a little detail about the way of the world post-invasion, and about intergalactic relations, but to a very limited degree. The plot of this book is of a very personal nature and doesn't have any major implications for the universe or the various peoples inhabiting it. Actually, while the book cover promises this to be "Cally's most important mission", she and the other characters are little changed by the end, and in essentially the same positions they were in at the beginning of the book.
A very disappointing read, hopefully Ringo can get some life back into this series... Certainly NOT recommended.
 His Last Chance
I chose this book to give Ringo a final chance. His first ones were great, and I've read a few others that I liked, but was sickened by the right wing racism in some of his later stuff. Because this was part of the Posleen series I thought we might get less of the political ranting, and this is true. The main problem is that this book is boring. I think I would prefer to read his political opinions, at least I could laugh at them. This boredom stemmed partly from the fact that I couldn't understand what on earth was going on. This could be because I have missed some intermediate book where this is all explained. But the main problem is that nothing much happens. There's a bit of action at the beginning as a sort of teaser, but then nothing until about page 279 when I gave up. I wasn't expecting mass slaughter, but if this is meant to be a spy novel, Ian Fleming did it better. Alistair Reynolds, Peter F Hamilton, and Neil Asher make this guy look sick. Between the politics and boredom, this is the last half of a Ringo novel I will read.
 Not his best
Cally reminds me a great deal of Honor Harrington made famous by David Weber in a prominent series she is a Mary Sue; albeit a very likeable Mary Sue.
Cally just didn't do it for me although I did like the setting of the story. We get to see what the earth was like after the invasion which can be summed up in two words "dramatically underpopulated"
As a conscience much of the earth seems to be reduced to a frontier style of existence with 21st century technology. The most promising part of the story is the interaction between the human characters and those alien forces who are just as tired of being pawns in someone else's game. I think this plot vain has great potential and would like to see more of it.
Don't buy it!
very poor book. Whatever the author had to say, was said in the first two books!!
Yawn!!!
I really enjoyed the Posleen Series and was looking forward to reading more. I assumed this book was an epilouge of sorts. I was wrong.
It was a dreary story of Cally; 50 or so years in the future. The usual charcters were accounted for but it seemed all so stupid. This book has the feel of some dreadful romance novel. Emabrassing sex scenes, horny protagonist, Fabio look alike, well, there were no Fabio clones, however, I have no idea who the target market for this book is!!!
I love Ringo's military fiction; it's the top of the genre. I hope he leaves the romance genre to the Barbara Cartlands of the world.
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