Ia is a precog, tormented by visions of the future where her home galaxy has been devastated. To prevent this vision from coming true, Ia enlists in the Terran United Planets military with a plan to become a soldier who will inspire generations for the next three hundred years-a soldier history will call Bloody Mary.
My thoughts:
I always have a hard time remembering what people are named in books. Of course I keep track of who is who, even if there are lots of characters. But as soon as the book ends names slip my mind. Well not this time, Ia is an easy name to remember ;) That and the fact she was totally kick-ass.
Anyway, I did not end up liking the book as much as I wanted to. As always do not get me wrong. That does not mean the book is bad. No, it was well-written, thrilling and interesting. Will she save the universe? (even if I mostly want to travel forward in time to see if it all works out).
The negative thing is that it was very very heavy on the tech and military jargon. Not something I find particularly interesting to read about. Also this one character was so hard to understand.
Just like I tend to skip sex scenes in other books (none here though, nothing of that sort at all, no romance no sex), when it came to be too much military stuff I skimmed. It's not that it was heavy, just boring for me.
But I do wonder what happens next. It's quite the undertaking to write about someone trying to save the universe hundreds of years before things go bad. And I do wonder what will go wrong?
conclusion:
If you like sci-fi then yes give it a go, or if you like military books, action, suspense.
Cover
Kick-ass
Cover
Kick-ass
Series: Theirs not to reason why #1
Genre: Sci.-fi
Pages: 432
Published: 2011 by Ace
Source: Own
Tomorrow there will be a review of book 2 and Rameau is taking care of that.
I do like fantasy and I do like military type books, but I loath when they go into too much detail about techie stuff and whatnot. *sighs* Sounded so good though. Great and honest review B!
ReplyDeleteI can't say whether it would work or not. I think for me the military blah blah was worse than the techie talk
Delete*waves weakly* Is it Friday yet?!?!?!?
ReplyDeletefor me it is!!!! mowuahahahah
DeleteYes! I've got this one on my shelf. So far I like what you're saying and I don't think I'll be too bothered by military jargon :) Thanks, Blodeuedd!
ReplyDeleteThen I think you would like it :)
DeleteNa, I don't care for sci-fi that's really heavy on the techy stuff.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I am saying this but..I wished for some romance
DeleteI absolutely loved this book, even the second time I read it. Glad you enjoyed it enough Blodeuedd. I had no problems with the military stuff, I enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI did like it :) Just not as much as you did ;)
DeleteThe tech and jargon would get me too. I do know what you mean about forgetting names once book is over. Esp if in 1st person.
ReplyDeleteI am so bad, I always forget! But Ia was easy, haha, I wish all could be this easy
DeleteCool cover, but the tech and military jargon would bore me.
ReplyDeleteI just need to be entertained
DeleteIf Aurian loved this book...I mean I can't be a bigger sissy right? ;p
ReplyDeleteRam liked it too ;)
DeleteHa.
Deletesounds like it was great!
ReplyDeleteI also like that when you look close it looks as Ia was said to look
ReplyDeleteI like all the deets in a book, and the gadget crap, so now I am curious because i definitely like kick-ass heroines!
ReplyDeleteThen this is most definitely the book for you
DeleteI'm not huge on the military type but I do like sci-fi. It is hard to keep track of everyone's names... especially with the volume of books we read. At least it was memorable! :)
ReplyDeleteYes I mean i end a book and it's gone. So many books have similar names, and I am so forgetful. We read too much
DeleteAwesome looking cover. I'm not too fond of the tech/military jargon either. Most of the time it just confuses the heck out of me.
ReplyDeleteYes it can be a bit too much at times
DeleteI saw this book and it sounds like a good read, but I was afraid it'd be a bit more in military than I usually like. Thanks for the thoughts. :)
ReplyDeleteIt was..ALL military, and the military, ugh boring. It was all yehaa I am a marine, we rock, we kill. Snoooze
DeleteThis sounds good. Another one for my wishlist :)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a good read, in spite of the overuse of jargon. I'm the same way, I totally skip over really heavy tech speak or jargon about military too! And I usually don't miss anything important either! :-) Love the charcter's name; Ia is definitely unique. Great review!
ReplyDeleteHaha, yes I mean how much can there be? And they never do anything exciting just yada yada yada. I skip and do not miss a thing.
DeleteThanks .)
I haven't read this series but some other books, they're nice but not awesome. Now I think I'll forget about this other series.
ReplyDeleteI did read, hm, at least one of her other books so yes I felt the same as you
DeleteGREAT review
ReplyDeleteMight give this a go sometime in the future
Your reader,
Soma
http://insomnia-of-books.blogspot.com/
Thanks Soma :)
DeleteI would probably struggle with all the tech terms and military jargon as well, and I don't like reading feeling like I need a glossary of terms. Aside from that though, this sounds like an interesting series with a really creative world!
ReplyDeleteIt was not hard to read, just boring. I think she tried her best to not to get to techie on us
DeleteI completely lose interest when books get into to much politics or military. I'm the same with names. So many times I find myself going back and trying to find a persons name even though I just finished the book.
ReplyDeleteI am the same ;) That is why I try to write reviews at once cos else the names will be gone
DeleteThis book sounds interesting but I'm not sure, I don't like books too heavy on the tech and military jargon as you said this one is... Something to think about.
ReplyDeleteYes for me it was dull, others loved it. But then I also do not like sci-fi shows too heavy on that.
DeleteI agree that cover is pretty kick ass! Love tough women!
ReplyDeleteTotally kick-ass
DeleteKick-ass characters rock (like Cat of Cat and Bones) but this doesn't sound like one for me.
ReplyDeleteIt was good, and then meh. So yes
DeleteWell I like Military and SciFi so I guess I need to give these a go :)
ReplyDeleteThen it's a must :)
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