Negative Positive
Title: Substandard space opera
Review: The book is mildly entertaining; the action moves briskly, maybe a little too briskly, and or or two of the characters are somewhat interesting. Unfortunately the main character is shallow, the entire setup is utterly unbelievable, and the complete lack of detail makes for a cartoonish environment.Compared to this novel, David Drake's RCN series with Lt. Leary, or David Weber's Honorverse are hard SF. The galaxy-spanning civilization is so poorly described that the reader needs a gargantuan amount of suspension of disbelief. There is not even a hint of the technology which is supposed to make it possible. Indeed, there is no feeling of what the technology can and cannot do; which makes it hard to understand why certain actions are supposed to be possible and others impossible.
Is the review positive or negative? 