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On the blog: "review reviewed" in English: https://girotix.blogspot.com.es/2017/...
También en castellano: https://girotix.blogspot.com.es/2017/...
Three and half stars
(I know there could be some mistakes in this review. I’m trying to improve my English, thanks)
The Collapsing Empire reminds me the entertaining readings of Poul Anderson’s "The Polesotechnic League".
Briefly, the argument deals with the intrigues and rivalries of various families in an interstellar -and collapsing- empire. Thus, Sca ...more
También en castellano: https://girotix.blogspot.com.es/2017/...
Three and half stars
(I know there could be some mistakes in this review. I’m trying to improve my English, thanks)
The Collapsing Empire reminds me the entertaining readings of Poul Anderson’s "The Polesotechnic League".
Briefly, the argument deals with the intrigues and rivalries of various families in an interstellar -and collapsing- empire. Thus, Sca ...more

What a huge disappointment! I loved the "Old Man's War" series, and had high hopes for this book. There were some interesting ideas, but come on...
The villainous bad guys, who are really bad, the naive heroine fighting to do what's right, the plucky anti-hero, etc. Cliche after cliche after cliche
Finally, a story does not have to use foul language every other word. One of the characters, cusses like a drunken sailor and it adds no value to the story. On the contrary, I was horrified that one of ...more
The villainous bad guys, who are really bad, the naive heroine fighting to do what's right, the plucky anti-hero, etc. Cliche after cliche after cliche
Finally, a story does not have to use foul language every other word. One of the characters, cusses like a drunken sailor and it adds no value to the story. On the contrary, I was horrified that one of ...more

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