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A review by poisonenvy
Tilting the Balance by Harry Turtledove
Did not finish book.
DNF at 50% (page 235)
I didn't necessarily hate this book. I had a lot of the same problems with this one that I had with the first book in the series: the casual, period appropriate racism and sexism, which seems to be excused by the narrative (though, it didn't seem nearly as egregious as the first book). The American exceptionalism, while still rearing its head, also seemed less in the first half of this book than the last one.
There seemed to be a lot more sex in this book, which wouldn't necessarily be a mark against it, except all the sex was written in an incredibly bland, dry, and mechanical way, so... meh.
In the end, I was just very meh about the whole concept of this series from the beginning. I like some other Turtledove series, but he just couldn't win me over to this one. I'm meh about aliens. I'm meh about WWII Military Histories. I'm Very Meh about aliens invading in the middle of WWII and getting a military history. I was very meh about all the characters in this book.
I might have been interested in reading up to Colonization, since aliens invading again in the 60s sounds kinda neat, but honestly, I just can't bring myself to care.
Not leaving a star rating for this one because I recognize it's just not the book for me. I'm not quitting because I hate the book. Just because I can't bring myself to care about it.
I didn't necessarily hate this book. I had a lot of the same problems with this one that I had with the first book in the series: the casual, period appropriate racism and sexism, which seems to be excused by the narrative (though, it didn't seem nearly as egregious as the first book). The American exceptionalism, while still rearing its head, also seemed less in the first half of this book than the last one.
There seemed to be a lot more sex in this book, which wouldn't necessarily be a mark against it, except all the sex was written in an incredibly bland, dry, and mechanical way, so... meh.
In the end, I was just very meh about the whole concept of this series from the beginning. I like some other Turtledove series, but he just couldn't win me over to this one. I'm meh about aliens. I'm meh about WWII Military Histories. I'm Very Meh about aliens invading in the middle of WWII and getting a military history. I was very meh about all the characters in this book.
I might have been interested in reading up to Colonization, since aliens invading again in the 60s sounds kinda neat, but honestly, I just can't bring myself to care.
Not leaving a star rating for this one because I recognize it's just not the book for me. I'm not quitting because I hate the book. Just because I can't bring myself to care about it.