First CM III book. Not sure about the hype but I guess I have to read another. Idk if that will happen
580745
An interesting read. Definitely one and done for me. Leaf is the most messed up protagonist I had the pleasure of reading about, through his "God's Eyes". So, it was comical at times, strange mostly, and to be honest, I bought this book because Satan Burger is something I would have come up with for the title. So I connected on that level. Many times it was just strange as hell and gave me weird feelings b.c it's just such a strange story. The images this book puts in your mind is pretty gross. Definitely funny and I won't ruin it for you, but personally the ending made my skin crawl and the very end was just oddly strange and left me feeling like man, I'm sorta uneasy right now. Weird, I know. Sorta left me wanting more, but it definitely ends... So, for that, this book offered an interesting experience b.c it makes you jump out of your skin. Nothing about this book is normal and based on that, I liked it.
4616373
I loved the first two books. But I literally skipped pages on this when I saw that it was more of Macs thinking, figuring things out blah blah blah! No action, no suspense and far too little Barrons and V'lane or anyone else for that matter. Imho this book was filler. But i'm a huge KMM fan so i'll buy the rest and hope she doesn't do that to us again.  Comment | Permalink
1250292
I got bored after three chapters.maybe i have to stick with it. I know it got fantastic reviews so maybe I'm wrong. I'll definitely give it another read
2060282
My first time reading this author. I think his writing is good, his ideas original, I just find the last story in this book to be really frustrating as a reader. WAY to much filler, and took way to long to get to the point. I am on the last book of the series, and while I THINK i know where its going, I hope im wrong. Gonna try one more of his books, see if its more story driven, and not so much "Filler" driven before I either continue to read his stuff, or move on to someone else.
1389085
Like several other readers, I was really thrown for a loop by this book.  I liked the first book a lot so was confused by the approach taken in this second one.  Spoiler alerts:  Friendly fire on two characters?  Once is bad enough but twice?  Seems a little contrived.  And Evan not killing Grace when he first had the chance?  More than a little contrived.  I stopped reading when Evan was doing his self sacrificing hero thing again in the hotel.  Who wrote this book?
2907102
Hmm. 3 stars at best.

There are many folks who publish a chapter at a time. I get that. But if you are going to do that, you really need to make a bigger effort. Once a month, on average, for a minimal amount of pages will not launch a writing career. It's not going to keep readers around. I'm right on the edge of deciding if it's worth sticking this out. The fact I have kindle prime is the only reason I haven't walked yet. But even that is waning. And as the author gets pennies for having it be Prime, it's not much of a business plan.

As far as the book, it just seems to be dragging. In reality, it's quite action packed. But I think it goes back to the length of time between each publishing. The are so many secrets, loose ends, relationship drama moments, sub-sub-sub plots, etc, and nothing seems to ever be solved. I love a good cliffhanger to bring me back again. I wish there would be some closure, tho.

This author clearly has a great imagination. Please make an effort to put more effort into these publications, so we feel ok about waiting for the next installment. More story. More plot. If the one commenter is correct and there are many pen names going on, perhaps things are spread a little too thin.

Hmm. Yes, I'm glad to have read this. I'd like to see how it ends. I'm invested in the storyline now. There just has to be a better way to do it. Oh, and prompt notification of a new part being published would be nice. Just sayin'.
4234643
I was pretty captivated with this book and finished it quickly but am not sure I will be able to make it through the next part of the series.  It seems like the author was planning to end the series but then changed his mind.  I plan to give the next part a try but I feel if something doesn't change then the plot will have gotten too thin with too much repetition to be worth continuing.
740317
What is happening with all my favorite authors?  It seems all I do is write negative reviews these days.  Has the pressure to publish become so great that they don't take the time to craft a good story with believable characters?  Like other reviewers, I love KPs other books.  But this one felt like it was written by someone in high school.  I'll give a Spoiler Alert here, although there really is no plot to spoil.  They meet, there is instant attraction, but they don't get together for three years??  They live in a small town - how does that happen?  And then there is the issue of her anxiety.  She is an OB/GYN.  How has she not dealt with this problem before now?  I pre-ordered her next one before I read this.  Hopefully, it will be back to her usual style.
1796890
Not sure what it was about this one but I didn't like it as much as the Sigma books in the past.  I was excited to get it.  I preordered so it would be loaded on my Kindle.  I started reading it just as soon as I got it.  But, just wasn't spell-bound as usual.  Maybe I didn't like the expansion of other characters.  I felt like they distracted me from the core group.  I wanted more Pierce, Monk, Kat, Painter.  Not sure I'm thrilled with the pairing that came out of this at the end.  Still a good read.  I will definitely be waiting for the next one.  But, can't see myself re-reading this one.  If it wasn't an ebook, I'd probably sell it.  If I was recommending this series, I wouldn't have them start with this book.
4890039
I start and restart her books,  Too slow, I finally skip the first two chapters and find out what is going on then go back and read the first two, makes more sense to me.  I have read four of her books and they all start out about the same.  First two charterers is a bunch of jumble mess.  Takes three chapters to develop the characters.  Sometimes I just forget about trying to read her books, when I get bored enough I skip over and start reading.
4672827
I am right at 50% reading it on my kindle.. I find it hard to push through this. Started out really good but has slowly let go of me.
I have read all but one or two of Neal's books. I even read CRYPTONOMICON !!! and liked it.
This one isn't working for me. I feel it is "overwritten" if that makes sense. Like he is being paid by the word. Like there is a 1000 page goal come he11 or high water.
I do not yet think it is Hugo material. I will update this if I make it to the end. Or if I abandon it.
1229605
So, I'm kind of obsessed with x-23.  I started with NYX & All- New Wolverine and then went into X-force but while reading X-force i realized i had literally no back ground of the dilemmas the X-Men went through in the 2000s so started play catch up. Which then lead me to House of M, Messaih Complex, New X-Men, New Mutant, back to X-Force and finally to Necrosha.

Now the reason I gave this such a low score is i felt that i did a pretty good job at getting caught up, and I still had no idea who anyone was, why everything was so bleak, or large amounts of in fighting.  Now mind you I haven't read any of the actual X-Men line from this decade.  Which i get the feeling I need to to understand this Volume, but who concludes a huge arc where it never started? Well unless you consider the story around a camp fire they told randomly in Volume 2 or 3 of x-force.

anyways if you are like me and playing X-men of the 2000 catch up, skip this one, you'll be missing nothing other then a shambled piece of fiction.  Skip to Messiah Complex second coming which has been a much more enjoyable experience without needing to read all of cables back story to understand what horrible things await him and hope.

Also all the cross over comics that possibly explain everything that i was confused about are at the back of the book, and feel slapped on instead of being integrated into the full arc as it was originally published... so I had literally no interest in reading them when i finished to the conclusion of the actual arc, and skipped straight to Second Coming.
1400859
I have been disappointed in the last two books...it seems it is the "same book next year" and she is depending on her past success carrying the books. I feel like I am reading a conversation between 15 year olds with no character development. I kept reading, but stopped about half way through. If it has not happened by then, it is too late. Last one for me.
2579895
Sorry I think  this one was just called this one in. there. Is no real significant expansion here except to set up for later books and large repetitions of previous story lines. Now tying books together via flashbacks is a time honored mechanism but in this it was so extensive it seemed to be more used as page stuffers. that being said if you're following this timeline of Honor verse, it's essential to truge your way through it. Maybe David is just diversified to continue his previous levels of marvelous storytelling.
Couple this with the lack of Honor Harrington involvement in the last few novels and the question is are we still in Honorverse or even though she has escaped certain death at the hands of her Author, is she doomed to a side note in the continuing story. obviously she's risen too high for her to lead the daredevil charge with guns blazing, but it seems she's relegated two chief advisor to her majesty.
800823
Everyone I admire in the bookish world seems to fall hard for this book. It was a bit underwhelming for me. I really expected so much more from this book. It felt like it was just a prequel to the rest of the series (but a very long one). I do feel as if the other books can be much better. Not much happened for the biggest part of the book and it took me quite some time to get into the story.

Also, why is everyone such a Ronan fan? I really don't get it. I think I just miss an overall connection to the characters. Maybe if I had read this book a couple of years earlier I would have enjoyed it more? I kind of get the hype surrounding the books, but I don't think I will ever get the hype surrounding Ronan. I just think he is a sad boy and just fails at being a decent human being. I know he has a lot of problems. But that doesn't mean I'm obligated to like him.

I also felt like the relationships overall (not just the love relationships but also the friendships) were really slow. It felt at some points like they had known each other months before they even considered being friendly. The raven boys acted like girls are gross (are they 9 or something?) and I really don't know yet how I'm feeling about Blue... that will have to be decided in the next books. In the beginning everyone is keeping my hopes up for a sweet romances, but at the end of the book I'm like, is that it???

Maybe I should read all the other books before I can truly understand this hype. I will definitely give the other books a new chance!
4878823
I'd check them out from the library first to see if you like them.  There are some nice things about this series, and  I've mostly enjoyed them.  However, I do agree that the series is dragging somewhat.  (For the people who want to know what will happen..... read Revelation...)  There's enough happening in this particular one, however, to keep things interesting.
I'm not sure I'd want to own the books myself.  I've been reading them from the library, and that's just fine.  They seem somewhat preachy to me, even though I am a Christian.  I put up with it because I see part of their reason for wanting to write these books is to witness to non-Christians, but it seems as if they're just trying to sell more books now.
They could use less of the sci-fi elements, even though I like sci-fi myself.  The computers are given far too much importance.
Actually, listening to them on tape or CD is great.  I found that more fun than reading the book, because some of the drama comes through better.  Frank Muller is great, though I understand he's now seriously injured, so I don't know who's going to read the other books.  I hope they get someone good, or that Mr. Muller recovers soon.
4958118
It's hard to write a final verdict quite yet.
So far I have read book one and book 2 of the series, and I will read book 3 soon. This is not so much because they are great, but because they are VERY VERY SHORT. It takes about an evening (and not a long one at that) to read them.
So assuming book 3 is as long as the others, it will still be a very very short story.
And at this stage I am still majorly wondering how it should all be coming together.
What I also start to find more and more annoying is that it seems to be a little silly, the starships regularly blast apart when traveling through their wormholes. Why would anybody board such a ship, or even build them?
It all seems like a little amateurish to me.
So yea, not ready to stop reading quite yet, but that's mostly because it will not take long, so I will just give it a chance.
M.