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Hal Spacejock
by Simon Haynes (Goodreads Author)
by Simon Haynes (Goodreads Author)
Rose Cimarron's review
bookshelves: amazon, fiction, kindle-free-books, sci-fi, first-in-series, reviewed, wordpress-reviewed, 2012
Jun 09, 12
bookshelves: amazon, fiction, kindle-free-books, sci-fi, first-in-series, reviewed, wordpress-reviewed, 2012
Read from April 13 to 15, 2012 — I own a copy
Hal Spacejock
I think that this book is trying to be The Stainless Steel Rat, but is not written well enough. The descriptions need to be richer, but not much longer, so that the reader can see the locations and people in their mind's-eye. These were altogether too sketchy, which was a great shame as several of the characters were worthy of more attention.
The set up and plot are well thought out, it is the execution of the writing that I feel is lacking.
All in all, an enjoyable read and I will probably read more of the series if I come across them.
A longer review appears on my blog
I think that this book is trying to be The Stainless Steel Rat, but is not written well enough. The descriptions need to be richer, but not much longer, so that the reader can see the locations and people in their mind's-eye. These were altogether too sketchy, which was a great shame as several of the characters were worthy of more attention.
The set up and plot are well thought out, it is the execution of the writing that I feel is lacking.
All in all, an enjoyable read and I will probably read more of the series if I come across them.
A longer review appears on my blog
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Reading Progress
| 04/14/2012 |
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23.0% | ||
| 04/14/2012 |
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51.0% | "A pale imitation of Stainless Steel Rat...but still quite enjoyable" |
