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Title: Had me, then lost me
Review: I really enjoyed the first half of this book. The writing was intelligent, the science was good and the characters were believable. The excitement of investigating the source of a brief signal that was clearly alien in origin was nicely offset with a crew of individuals who's strength's and flaws were as real as any random gathering of individuals. Then stupidity hit. The consequences of a previous fatal decision are somehow justified away and, would you believe it, disaster strikes again! I cringed as this stupid decision played out but kept on reading only to see previously strong characters suddenly become wishy-washy and allow more stupidity. I tried to stay with it but finally gave up when I realized I no longer cared about any of the characters (other than the charming AI). Unfortunate. It was an exciting concept but I really have low tolerance for stupidity. Not recommended.
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