Don't waste your time, BUY THE SERIES!
927691
It is a very fun and enjoyable read.  I can't believe some are nit picking about it being poorly written.  There are a few, very few, issues that, given the target audience, will probably never even be noticed. Half way through this book, I immediately went and purchased the entire series.
4443517
I just bought this box set and WOW, was I dissapointed. I don't know what others are talking about when they say this anime series is GREAT because it's not and here's why:

The BAD:
The English voice over was horrible. The characters had little to no personality. The *atmosphere was boring/everything took place in the same three areas. If you are someone who likes there to be more to an anime series then just a storyline, then this series is DEF. not for you. And the COMEDY parts (which dragged on in each episode) were ridiculous/not funny at all. This made the series confusing because there were "comical" parts and then dramatic/serious parts and both didn't go well together (in THIS series). I didn't even connect at all to the "emotional" parts, and that is rare for me.

The GOOD:
The main theme song is nice.
240850
I'd never heard of this series when my husband and I started watching the HBO version so when I learned it was based on a book series I rushed to B&N to buy all four.  I devoured those first three!  How many nights did I find myself awake, snuggled in a chair reading "just one more chapter" at 2:00am knowing I had to get up in just a few hours to deal with my children and work?  Too many! LOL  I read all three of them in a matter of weeks and loved every minute.

Then came the fourth.  I suffered.  Holy heck did I suffer!  All these new characters that not only didn't I care about, but couldn't keep straight to save my life!  What the heck was he thinking introducing an entire new KINGDOM and all it's conflicts in the FOURTH BOOK?!  It was awful and I do mean awful.  Even the few chapters with the characters I'd grown to love and hate were confusing - how many "dreams" could Brienne have that were proved real but then a dream but then real again?  WTH?  The only remote joy I found in the entire book could be summed up in the last few pages of Cersei's chapter which I won't put spoilers in here for those who haven't read it but, seriously, those three or four pages (out of hundreds!) were the only worthwhile read.

Horrible.  Absolutely horrible.

If I'd read these years ago I would be done and never give it a second thought but since the next one will be out in just a few short weeks, I'll give it a go.  I have a bad feeling that I'll be disappointed in it as well. :(
3364245
I could go into detail about all the disappointing aspects of these books but I'm not going to waste any more time with the series.

- Unbelievable dialogue
- Unbelievable storyline
- Unbelievably repetitive (to stretch it to seven books)

I regret buying the books.
599762
Not going to waste my time writing a detailed review beyond saying the writing is just incompetent. Did someone actually edit this writing? How does a piece of garbage like this even make it into print? By all means, do NOT wate your time or money on this series, I foolishly paid for the first three books, not imagining it was possible that something this bad could have ANY good reviews.
1002669
This book does not sound like the original author in style or quality of writing. Thumbs way down! Come back Nora!  JD ROBB where are you! At least, please!  find a better ghost writer who gets what it was all about! The exceptional interaction and relationship of the characters within the context of a good mystery crime drama made this series such a page turner and so much fun to read in the past. Whoever was hired recently to write the last few books does not yet get that and has written these wonderful and beloved characters as if nothing more than a backdrop to sell substandard police procedural stories. Don't understand why any reviews would be positive or encouraging  of this sell out!
917414
This story was a waste of time for me but I am not a fan of this series. I never connected with this series but I bought the set. Convinced there was something that made me busy them I read them all. Ugh!
2074429
I have watched TVD from the moment it premiered. The show was showing signs of going downhill with season three, but it was not bad enough for me not to buy it on DVD like I did with the other previous seasons. This season I'm not going to waste the money, I came out watching the season as though I totally wasted my time when I could have watched something better, but throughout the season I was hoping that it would get better, but it didn't, it just got gradually worse.

The most appalling for me (Spoiler) is the death of Bonnie! They sacrifice her so they can bring Jeremy back? whose not even a character in the books. I like Jeremy, but I like Bonnie better, and getting rid of her was a dumb move, and I'm not the only one who thinks this.

Season 4 was mixture of crappy plotlines, recycled plotlines- nothing in this season was original at all. Some of the plotlines have all been used before. No Character development. I recommend if you have forty bucks to spend, not waste it on buying this, buy something you like, this would definitely be a buyers remorse.
1769118
This is book two of Dave Duncan's 4-book series, "A Handful of Men", a sequel series to his wonderful, "A Man of His Word Series". I really enjoyed the first series and the way that it ended, but when I read this series, I was disgusted! Mr. Duncan changed for the worse. The first three books probably deserve 2-3 stars each, but book four, "The Living God", is SO bad, that it lowers the entire series's level. Don't start reading this series, I promise you that you will be disappointed in the end.
2360544
I do not care for an endless series, because nothing is ever resolved. You keep buying books and paying money for no payoff. I was bedridden and it was easier to keep hitting next in series, than it was to search for new books. I went thru #7 in the series before the tedium overrode the pain and made me get up. The books are not badly written, although the sheer quantity of misspellings and grammatical errors are somewhat annoying. I noticed that the books got shorter as the series progressed and the afterword got longer (with a listing of 5 star ratings that were basically nothing but me, me wonderful me sentiments and self congratulatory statements by the author about how great he is. I can't help thinking that this was very like a TV series; it's introduced by a 2 hr. movie then continues with weekly 1 hr.( 40 min minus commercials)episode. The main characters are basically indestructible, so you know beforehand that nothing will happen to them. So; if you have a choice why buy the books? There is no suspense, no drama, because no matter what happens the utterly invulnerable main characters  will succeed. She is Superwoman without the kryptonite. Nothing can stop her, nothing can harm her, and everybody loves her; except of course the villains that she hasn't gotten around to killing yet.
4622031
TL;DR - this series sucks, don't read it.

This is it, kids, the thrilling end to the gripping story that's been built up with twists, turns, board room meetings, long-winded conversations which ultimately go in concentric circles and end up nowhere.  Clearly, "Tyrant's Test" is the best of "Black Fleet Crisis" trilogy for two reasons.  The first of which I'll go into detail later, the second of which is the relishing fact that this book spells the end of this narcoleptic trilogy - and, oh, what a welcome conclusion it is!  Not because it's done well, but because it's finally over!  YEAH!  SHOOT OFF THE FIREWORKS IN IMPERIAL CITY!  BRING DOWN THE GIANT EMPEROR STATUE LIKE AT THE END OF "RETURN OF THE JEDI: SPECIAL EDITION."
LET'S BREAK IT DOWN:
Leia's doing some crap with politics, who knows, nothing happened in the last two books anyways.
MEANWHILE, Lando, Lobot, R2D2, and Threepio are stuck on the Qella vagabond.  It's sentient, it's a museum-I guess? But wait for the most thrilling twist of all, remember the research team on that ice planet that they kept cutting to in the last two books?  No?  Oh, well, anyways, IT'S THE QELLA HOMEWORLD.  ERRRGHHH.  THE TWISTS.  THE TURNS.  THE CHAPTERS AND CHAPTERS OF EXCRUCIATING DETAIL DESCRIBING SAID TWISTS AND TURNS OF THE VAGABOND.  Lobot unplugs his robot headband and plugs into the ship...that's it.  Turns out the ice planet was an ice planet that was designed to be melted by the vagabond.  In conclusion, the Qella were frozen in ice and the vagabond was set to thaw them.  Why?  Who knows.  What was the point of drawing this out over the course of three books or even including it to being with?  There is no point.  NEXT.
MEANWHILE MEANWHILE; Luke goes to some planet with these Force witches or something-I don't know.  I would normally be inclined to say that this whole plot point was entirely pointless, but that would not be correct, because it took us three books so that these Force witches could come in and do a fake puppet show with Star Destroyers to scare the Yevetha away.  WHAT!?
MEANWHILE MEANWHILE MEANWHILE; Han is being held captive by the Yevetha, also he meets one of Akanah's kin who uses her magical powers to do a fake puppet show of a bunch of prisoners for some reason so Han could escape-ESCAPE, YOU SAY!?
That's right.  All of three books was leading up to one single moment; the apex to this boring triumvirate of boredom.  Remember how they shuffled Chewbacca off in the first book to go be with Lumpy in his rite of passage on Kashyyyk?  That's right, you did!  Because this seemingly insignificant and stupid little side plot ended up being the most interesting part of this whole d@mn book series!
Chewie gets word that Han's been captured by the Yevetha, so he's all like "Nuh-UH!" so he grabs his bowcaster, primes the Falcon and gets ready to break his old buddy out!  Then his cousins are like "Chewie, we're gonna come with you" and Lumpy's like "Me too." Begrudgingly, Chewbacca allows them to accompany him in the most awesome prison break/escape/action sequence ever printed in a Michael P. Kube-McDowell novel.  The Wookie crew manage to pry some stolen Yevethan Star Destroyer plans from an old smuggler friend, then fly the Falcon right into the thick of the fighting, shooting down a bunch of Yevethan tri-fighters before latching on to the ship holding Han.  They blow open the hull and just start going literally @pe$h!+ blowing away any and everyone that gets in their way.  Chewie goes around, he's p!$$ed, he keeps blowing up these gross Yevethan egg sacks, Nil Spaar's like "Aw, man!" Chewie and crew break out Han and fly away!  Wow!  Now THAT'S what I call action!  That would make for a pretty thrilling conclusion to the trilogy, right?  Right!  Of course they have to ruin it by having that occur 2/3rds of the way through the book and have the rest be, what else?  Boring tactical meetings and board room conversations.  In conclusion; this series sucks, don't read it.
3636031
I'm getting to a point where I'm actively going to stop buying series unless it's clearly sold as a standalone trilogy OR each book in the a series can also function as a complete stand-alone.  I've enjoyed this series overall but all 7 (and a half) - now 8 not-so-good books could have been so much better if they were condensed into one decent book. it seriously gets my goat when I've finished book 7.5 in a series (yes THIS series) and the tale is still not resolved.  It makes me realise that the author is just milking me for every cent they can because they think I'm enjoying the series and will potentially keep buying books into perpetuity as long as they don't resolve the story....

Perhaps I'm being too harsh but it leaves really a bitter taste for me when I've read book 7.5 (at least the author had the decency to be too embarrassed to call it book 8 in an unresolved plot) and now have to wait for the author to finish writing the next book.  It tells me she's going to keep stringing me along as much as she possibly can.  If she had resolved it in a standalone trilogy and then released another standalone trilogy with the same characters at a different place in their lives I would feel less exploited and far more inclined to support the author's future work.

As it is I can say with absolute certainty that Addison Moore will not see another cent from me.  Heck in some of the books in this series virtually nothing even happened!  I was clearly caught in a trap for beginners by this author but rest assured, it won't happen again.  Not only will Addison  Moore not see another cent from me but in future I will always be weary of buying series of books anything other than standalone trilogies from ANY author.  Now that I have learnt that there are some authors here on Amazon who are just out to "stick it" to their readers I will be far more weary even if they get good ratings.  Addison Moore gets one star on every book in this series for teaching me a valuable lesson.  Addison Moore is a shameless charlatan and I was taken in by her, I implore you, ignore the ratings, this series is going to cost you a lot of money and it's really not worth it.
2738653
Stupid series! I can't stop reading it! This book cranks it up a couple of notches for sure!
74449
I don't make comments on books I read but I have to make an exception in this case.
The very first thing I did after finishing Book 4 is to delete the books from my Kindle library since I don't want my kids to know that I read them and to make sure that they won't stumble into them  when they run out of other books to read.
I like fantasy books in general since they can be filled with imaginary creatures, races, magic, noble pursuits, powerful artifacts, and fantastical sceneries. The authors are not constrained within the human bounds and therefore do not have to rely on cheap tricks to pad the stories, like sex and violence, and tons of human characters with little to differentiate between them.
This book series is almost all about sex and violence and tons of look-alike characters. The septas (nuns) are described as a bunch of "wrinkled c*nts, half of they pray for a good raping". It's not just a vulgar statement from an obnoxious character but it pretty much sets the tone for the whole series. Female characters can't wait until they reach puberty so they can claim to be grown women and have sex. Much old men also wait for exactly that as well. Violence is not just about blood and gore but glorifies tortures as well.
The vast majority of the characters in the books are obnoxious characters and if I read on at all, it's simply to see if they will get into a quick and violent end so justice will prevail. Unfortunately, the series just drags on and on and there is no quick end. The good characters either die very quickly out of sheer stupidity or become so inept and hopeless that it's frustrating to read about them. The whole Book Four is about characters I couldn't care less about and each irrelevant character drags in a family tree of even more irrelevant characters until you can't keep track of (or even care about) who is who. There's an appendix at the end of each book which lists all the names from all the family trees but, seriously !!
This books series is more like a TV series. intended to draw enough interest through violence and sex, bordering on child porn, to continue as long as possible. I suspect if I add up all the descriptions of the human body parts normally covered by underwears, they would be longer than the plots on the one or two characters I remain interested in by the end of book three (and book four does not cover those characters at all). It's that bad.
2961603
Very poor series. Writer constantly reitterates the "thinking" of the young main character. It comes off as very immature writing style, not to mention annoying to keep re-reading the same points.  Books are also very short - 1/3 to 1/2 of what other books are (given the mktg hype I can only assume this is to build up sales $s). Also see the poor editing that is now in ebooks. Mistakes seen on many back to back pages.

Book 3 story on the isle was interesting. But this novel ended very abruptly.

Series has a lot of potential - but at this point, after reading all 3 books (bought before reading 1st) - I would not recommend them.
1709668
I've read each novel in this series. I have to agree with others who describe it as "1000 pages" of "nothing happening". That's precisely what this is. There's so much filler in this novel it's hard to believe. I won't be following the series, or the show, any further. 1000 pages, and for what? To me, the novel was a waste of time and an overt money grab by the author. I advise any on the fence about this book to read a plot summary instead.
2240914
I'm only going to say this once: This may--no, this almost definitely will-- take more than one time through.  If you're looking for a simple plot with lots of action, steer clear of this one.  This series is not, I repeat, is not, for instant gratification.  But I guarantee you, if you have patience and are willing to put your thinking cap on, this series is totally worth it.

I'll admit, when I first started this series, I was pretty skeptical.  I thought the plot was too slow-moving, the animation left to be desired, everyone was talking strangely, and, to be honest, completely boring.  However, I'm also the type of person who prefers to completely finish something before casting it aside as bad, and by the second chapter, I was hooked.  And to this day, I am thankful that I stuck through to the end.  It was worth it.

Repeat value - check!  Every time I rewatch this series, I catch something I missed before, whether a plot element, a good quote, an underlying meaning, or hell, even a nice picture I hadn't paid much attention to before.

This series may not have an official rating, but I'd recommend it for mature audiences only.  Not necessarily because of the violence, nudity, or language; more because it simply isn't easy to grasp.  Less mature (note: I don't say younger, age doesn't always necessarily factor into maturity) audiences will probably find the series boring.  Which leads me into the issue of the animation quality: while it might not be flashy, it's only purpose is to get the story across.  Honestly, I think if any more were added, it would only prove as a distraction.  Instead of worrying about how there isn't much animation, let the words sink in.  Trust me, it's better that way.

With beautiful artwork, relatable characters, outstanding voice performances, a breathtaking soundtrack, and knowing that this is how far the dream of three ordinary (but VERY dedicated) people got.  This is something that I can watch again and again and still get the same effect.  This is something that changed the way I think, provoked me, and inspired me.  This is something where I'm more than willing to shell out $40 to know the truth.  This is Broken Saints.