
In Our Stars
The Doomed Earth, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Andrea Emmes
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Tim Fannon
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By:
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Jack Campbell
Lieutenant Selene Genji has one last chance to save Earth in this pulse-pounding science fiction adventure from the author of the New York Times bestselling Lost Fleet series.
Earth, 2180
Genetically engineered with partly alien DNA, Lieutenant Selene Genji is different from ordinary humans. And they hate her for it. Still, she’s spent her life trying to overcome society’s prejudice by serving in Earth’s Unified Fleet.
Genji is stationed on a ship in orbit when humanity’s factional extremism on the planet reaches a boiling point, and she witnesses the utter annihilation of Earth.
When the massive forces unleashed by Earth’s death warp space and time to hurl her forty years into the past, Genji is given a chance to try to change the future and save Earth.
Earth, 2140
Lieutenant Kayl Owen’s ship is on a routine patrol when a piece of spacecraft wreckage appears out of nowhere. To his shock, there is a survivor on board: Selene Genji. Once her strange heritage is discovered, though, it becomes clear that Genji is a problem Earth Guard
command wants to dispose of—quietly. After learning the horrifying truth, Owen helps her escape and joins her mission.
Together, they have a chance to change the fate of an Earth doomed to die in 2180. But altering history could put Genji’s very existence in danger, and Owen wonders if a world without her is one worth saving. …
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Bad Reading
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Good fit
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-- This book has an extremely intriguing plot line that a lot could be done with.
-- In general, I really like Jack Campbell's writing.
Cons:
-- The dual male/female narration did not mesh. The narrators would alternate chapters but each chapter had male and female characters speaking equal amounts of time, so there was no advantage to having the male narrator read one chapter and then the female narrator read the next. The transition was rather jarring and disconcerting.
-- The dialog between characters seems canned and below average for Jack Campbell.
-- I know this is science fiction, but some scenes seem unbelievable. For instance, running over flat ground with little to no obstacles for 200 yards with a dozen military shooting rifles at you from not very far away, and they can't hit you?!?
-- As others have mentioned, some of the motivations are also hard to believe. A major part of the military wants to kill the main characters on sight, but there doesn't seem to be a believable reason (in my mind) to justify it.
I really wanted this book to be great, as it has so much potential, but it seems like it was written by an unseasoned author, and not the experienced one that I know Jack Campbell to be.
So much potential but poor dialogue writing
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First Contact
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Not up to Campbell best!
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Female Narrator Was Weak
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Voices need help
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Once you get to know someone different, they no longer are different.
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Other than that, this story rhymes with the Pillars of Reality series the author previously wrote. It is definitely not the same story in a different setting, but there are elements/themes that rhyme. If you liked Lost Fleet or Pillars of Reality you should enjoy this too.
Dual narration is fine, but I think the two narrators could have tried a little more to match cadence. It felt like they speak at different speeds and it is noticeable every time they handed off (which isn't too often, each chapter is written from a single viewpoint).
Cliffhanger so sharp it will cut your soul
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I wont be buying more of these since i already have enjoyed this story in Campbell's previous work. But if you haven't heard those yet this is probably a decent one to listen to if you like sci fi more than fantasy.
Pillars of reality with a sci-fi skin
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