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Blades of Winter by G.T. Almasi

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Aug 26, 12

bookshelves: couldn-t-get-through
Read in August, 2012

Well the "self-described ' million-dollar murder machine' " from the Amazon synopsis is a pretty good hint I should've taken. As is the age and the name of the protagonist. Story is written in first person and, as everyone knows at this point, I tend to view this as kind of risky because that means I'm inside the protagonist's head all the time and if I don't like the protagonist it'll put off off the entire story for me. (As opposed to third person where I don't have to know the person's every intimate thought, because there are just some things I don't need to know.) (I mean I love THE HITCHHIKER'S series but I'd probably hate it if it's written in first person, no matter who was the first person). SO: 19 year old bionic girl (yeah she's that modified and the biology isn't all that plausible either-- STAR CORPSMAN is so much better in this regard) is desperate to prove herself and live up to her daddy's name. Protagonist type: Hollywood Strong Woman. Story type: spy / assassin action movie. No seriously: I think this'd be fun to watch as a movie, what with the shooting and explosion, but as a book.... Eh. The writing is more stream of conscious than anything, except with fewer CAPLOCKS and stray punctuation, for which I am grateful.

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