Rating: Summary: And it's GOOD Review: In this book the writter gives us a satisfactory ending to a good tripplet, but also promises more of the same standard as there are quite a few lose ends to tie up such as the evil AI's of Shub. I personnaly look forward to the next book... Ps: I liked the part on the toy-world Ds:
Rating: Summary: Probably one of the best books I have ever read. Review: Along with the other great Deathstalker books before this one.This series reminds me of the French Revolution,just on a greater scale!
Rating: Summary: Excellent Review: Another winner for Mr. Green. If you enjoy reading long, involved stories that literally cover thousands of pages and many hours of reading, then get ready for a pleasurable read. The works of Simon Green are excellent. The reader is caught up and hurled into the future with spell binding, page turning intensity. Get the first one in the series and then read, read, read.
Rating: Summary: Great book, but not for people squeamish about blood & gore. Review: I felt that the best part about this book was the fast and catching plot. There were absolutely no long dry spells between the action. Another plus was how the author was able to juggle around so many different characters doing so many different things, without making it confusing. I found that this variety of action helped keep me interesed in the book. But be warned, the action itself was rather graphic, with blood and guts all around and described in great detail.
Rating: Summary: phenomenal Review: I have read the first 2 books in the series, and the third was a better ending then I had hoped. a must read.
Rating: Summary: One of the best Si FI books I have ever read Review: Mr. Green's Deathstalker series is addictive gripping and just plain fantastic. From the first page to the last you are hooked and eager to want to know what happens next. I actually heard this book in a five volume audio series available on Amazon complete with music and sound effects. The book along with the first two books Deathstalker and Rebellion are read by a series of actors who do a fine job indeed. They make the pages of the printed book come alive and you never want to turn your player off. The characters in this series are some of the best ever created and hats off to Mr. Green for not relying soly on stereo types too often found in Si Fi and Fantasy books. Yes you have those of course, they are a corner stone of any good Si Fi book but Mr. Green has also created characters here which are wild wacky and just plain delicious. My favorite has got to be Valentine Wolf. He is cunning, ruthless and you just got to love his disposition. His lines are some of the best on the audio version and you can tell the actor had a ball with him. This series has lots of surprises along with tons of action. The final scenes in the throne room with the Empress are the best. You just got to love Lionstone even though she is known as the Iron B*****h. The ending was unexpected where she was concerned. Another reason to read this fine series is that it is abit more gear to adults and thus the themes presented are more mature in tone. It was excellent through and through and I hope the remaining books of this series are done in the audio format. Simply loved it. Bravo! Highly recommended.
Rating: Summary: A well written, sobering mind-boggler. Review: Okay, I think I've almost got SRG figured out...He could be either totally insane or else a brilliant alien here on a coffee break from his regular job in another galaxy.
His marvelous stories, wonderful characters, and sobering shifts in expected reality keep the reader off guard and not comfortable with laying the book down. For those of us who could imagine living forever, his off-the-wall scenarios are more like fascinating reminiscences of an eternal, stranger than fiction past. Given the infinite nature of the Cosmos, some of this stuff could have easily happened. Oh, for the politically correct, forget about propriety, especially when Kid Death farts in his sleep.
Rating: Summary: A solid conclusion to a sweeping Space Opera Review: Perhaps not a genuine conclusion but at least the war is over - or is it? Green has written an enjoyable escapest swashbuckling/fantasy/SciFi series that is just good old fashioned entertainment. Worth the read and the wait because unlike all too many other writers I never got the feel that Green was drawing out the series to enhance his bank account. The plot proceeds at a good pace and the action is almost non-stop.
Rating: Summary: A solid conclusion to a sweeping Space Opera Review: Perhaps not a genuine conclusion but at least the war is over - or is it? Green has written an enjoyable escapest swashbuckling/fantasy/SciFi series that is just good old fashioned entertainment. Worth the read and the wait because unlike all too many other writers I never got the feel that Green was drawing out the series to enhance his bank account. The plot proceeds at a good pace and the action is almost non-stop.
Rating: Summary: a wonderful series of books! read it if you get the chance. Review: Simon R. Green delivers a wonderful story again! Full of memorable, likable characters and nonstop action, this series (and especially the climactic third book) is a thoroughly absorbing, completely entertaining account of a bunch of misfits, reluctant heroes, and washed-out revolutionaries who decide to take on the universe and the woman who rules it with an iron fist. Worth every penny you spend on it, and every minute you lose sleep reading it.
|