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Title: Typical Ridley...
Review: Reading some of the other reviews of this book, I see that I'm not alone in thinking this while it makes for great sci fi/action movie material, it's not a particularly enjoyable read. I've read most of Ridley's work and as far as the character Soledad goes, she's a typical Ridley protagonist.When describing his books to someone who hadn't read him, I foudn myself saying "you don't read him expecting everything to be all good in the end." His lead characters are almost never worthwhile as human beings, but the difference in this book is that it's actually easier to identify and sypathize with the primary antagonist, Vaughn. There's more logic behind his murderous actions than there is behind Soledad's.Like some other's have already said: it could be that Ridley is making a statement about bigotry and how it can infect anyone's mind. I just don't feel that Soledad is a character worthy of more than one book.
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