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by staticvoidmaine 2145 days ago
That book is Expeditionary Force
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books 1 to 3 are awesome. after that the author forgets how to advance the plot while still churning out a new book more than once/year.

I gave up on book 7, so yeah, I tried sticking with it.

So you're saying the plot seized up and the author wasn't able to engineer a solution?
In the forward of one of the books the author mentions he quit his day job after the first book was a hit, so I can understand his financial need to churn out more books.

Unfortunately there is little plot advancement, perilous situations more contrived, and needless exposition/filler the norm.

Expeditionary is my cleaning audiobook.

As in, if I’m cleaning and have nothing else interesting to listen too.

Some occasional good laughs. Dinosaur holding a plunger badge. :)

That or he too ran out of mayonnaise.
That feels like the Honnor Harrington series to me. :-( I thoroughly enjoyed the first N books I read (5? 6?), but the next one or two seemed like watching a series TV show that never resolves tension points, because if they did there'd be no reason for Season N+1.
I read the first 100 pages of the first book and then literally threw it into a fire.

I believe the "Nope" sentence was something akin to "{character} thought that {thing} because {thing}."

Jesus Christ. Would it kill you a little to show instead of tell?

(And lest people believe I'm not a fan of some good * opera, I'm not ashamed to admit I've read my fair share of BattleTech, Barsoom, and even Lost Fleet, among less highbrow works)

Ethbro thought that the book was not good because of the writing.
You laugh, but that's exactly how jarring it was.

It sticks in my memory because I remember being somewhat annoyed at the writing level hitherto, reading through that sentence, realizing what I'd just read a few sentences later, going back to double-check, then chucking the book.

And don't get me wrong, I've got space for some crappy writing in my sci-fi (looking at you, Foundation).

You literally threw it into a fire?
I stand by my decision. The world is a better place.
Well thanks for that recommendation. Added to my reading list
I'm reading the series to the end no matter what.