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title = "The Drift Wars - Brett James"
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date = 2015-02-03
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[taxonomies]
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tags = ["books", "brett james", "reviews", "scifi"]
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[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18188712-the-drift-wars):
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Peter Garvey was just a kid when the warships emerged from the Drift and
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devastated his homeworld. He enlisted immediately, leaving behind his
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small-town life to fight in distant space.
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Barely surviving basic training, he is thrust to the front line to battle the
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Riel, an army of creatures beyond his darkest nightmares.
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{{ stars(stars=3) }}
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There are very few books that I've read that made my head spin by being so
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terrible describing action scenes. There is _Neuromancer_ has pretty damn good
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action sequences. This one, no.
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Maybe it's because you can't really get the pace of the sequence. Maybe it's
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because it's badly described. Maybe it's because things sound so cartoonish
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you can't really go. I mean, how can I imagine an action sequence when the big
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bad guy seems to be a Spidermon from Doom on steroids, the middle guys felt
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like Carnage from Spiderman and the mind-guys seemed copies of Mordin from
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Mass Effect.
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And let's not forget the main plot machine, which makes absolutely no sense at
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all -- even if it's a pretty damn concept to keep the story flowing.
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Speaking of flowing, if you take the heavy packed sequences and the enemies
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description, it's a pretty damn good book. Almost like "All You Need Is Kill"
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in structure and plot advancement.
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So it's not a bad book at all, and may feel like a really good read if you
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managed to follow Neuromancer sequences.
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