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A review by wyntrchylde
Out of the Dark by David Weber
2.0
Out of the DArk
By David Weber
Publisher: Tor
Published In: New York, New York, USA
Date: 2010
Pgs: 381
Summary:
Aliens arrive and conquer humanity, destroying major and minor cities from orbit with kinetic weapons. Over the course of minutes, the human race is culled, half…three quarters…
Humanity fights back with a ferocity the aliens have never encountered before and an inventiveness that the centuries old Hegemony of Allied Empires has never encountered in a lesser species.
Heroism, tenacity…and a splinter of humanity long forgotten and shrouded in myth ride to the sound of the guns.
Genre:
Militaria, science fiction
Main Character:
The story reads as an ensemble piece. Buchevsky is probably intended as the main character, but Ushakov, or the Dvoraks, or Basarab.
Favorite Character:
The action moves pretty fast and it’s hard to get attached to any of the characters. There are the people who lost everyone they loved, there is the family on the run, hiding out in their mountain bolthole, there are the soldiers in the trenches fighting back with everything they can lay their hands on…there are a lot of characters in this book that you can key on, but none of them jump out at me as a favorite.
Least Favorite Character:
The Shongari…anyone above the rank and file, all of the higher ups come across as cardboard strawmen for the humans to battle against and stun with their ingenuity. The lower ranks and ground combat commanders seem more fully formed in the small vignettes before they are fed into the meat grinder of war.
Favorite Scene:
Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Sanders tank battle with the alien armored formation near Chesht-e sharif, Afghanistan.
Plot Holes/Out of Character:
No holes that I noticed.
Last Page Sound:
With the big reveal, I kept expecting it to get silly…and it didn’t. It played it straight and just told a good conquest/militaria story.
Author Assessment:
I love Weber and will read more stuff by him. Not sure if I will ever re-read this book, but it was an interesting diversion.
Disposition of Book:
Half Price Book it.
By David Weber
Publisher: Tor
Published In: New York, New York, USA
Date: 2010
Pgs: 381
Summary:
Aliens arrive and conquer humanity, destroying major and minor cities from orbit with kinetic weapons. Over the course of minutes, the human race is culled, half…three quarters…
Humanity fights back with a ferocity the aliens have never encountered before and an inventiveness that the centuries old Hegemony of Allied Empires has never encountered in a lesser species.
Heroism, tenacity…and a splinter of humanity long forgotten and shrouded in myth ride to the sound of the guns.
Genre:
Militaria, science fiction
Main Character:
The story reads as an ensemble piece. Buchevsky is probably intended as the main character, but Ushakov, or the Dvoraks, or Basarab.
Favorite Character:
The action moves pretty fast and it’s hard to get attached to any of the characters. There are the people who lost everyone they loved, there is the family on the run, hiding out in their mountain bolthole, there are the soldiers in the trenches fighting back with everything they can lay their hands on…there are a lot of characters in this book that you can key on, but none of them jump out at me as a favorite.
Least Favorite Character:
The Shongari…anyone above the rank and file, all of the higher ups come across as cardboard strawmen for the humans to battle against and stun with their ingenuity. The lower ranks and ground combat commanders seem more fully formed in the small vignettes before they are fed into the meat grinder of war.
Favorite Scene:
Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Sanders tank battle with the alien armored formation near Chesht-e sharif, Afghanistan.
Plot Holes/Out of Character:
No holes that I noticed.
Last Page Sound:
With the big reveal, I kept expecting it to get silly…and it didn’t. It played it straight and just told a good conquest/militaria story.
Author Assessment:
I love Weber and will read more stuff by him. Not sure if I will ever re-read this book, but it was an interesting diversion.
Disposition of Book:
Half Price Book it.