BV Larson – Cannonball Read 17

He was tall, and could fight, and was a smartass…and all the women loved him.

Rebel Fleet by BV Larson

August 17, 2019 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

CBR11 Bingo: Summer read I’ve long struggled with BV Larson. He’s, supposedly, one of the most popular ebook writers, but his books have been….problematic. And this one is no different. Rebel Fleet starts off well enough. Leo Blake, out of the US Navy, is now a beach bum in Hawaii. He stumbles upon a mysterious vessel in the ocean, and is propelled through a series of violent interactions that lead, ultimately, to him joining a vast intergalactic fleet of starships. It gets a little outrageous. […]

I enjoyed this book, despite the fact that I forgot all about it

War of the Spheres by BV Larson and James Millington

July 4, 2019 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

I first came across BV Larson a year ago, and wrote a 4,500 word review of his Undying Mercenaries series. While I enjoyed the books, I had some fairly serious problems with his characters and thought there may some underlying issues with Larson’s worldview. But I wasn’t sure how much of what I was picking up on was an actual indication of Larson’s thoughts, and how much was just fairly shallow writing about shallow people. Having read something else of his, I think I may […]

I read a thing.

Storm World by BV Larson

March 17, 2019 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

Last year, I wrote a 4,500 word review of BV Larson’s Undying Mercenaries series. Overall, I liked the series but wasn’t impressed with the sexist overtones of the books, or the possibly alt-right leanings of the author (which I may have just invented out of whole cloth). Despite my real issues with the series, it was enjoyable in a “it’s leeching happiness from my soul” kind of way (sort of like Taco Bell), so I didn’t really have much choice in picking up the latest […]

I saw these books described as Zack Morris is space, and now I can’t forget it.

August 5, 2018 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

(It’s late, I’m just back from vacation, and this review is nearly 4,500 words. Just to warn you: I’m not proof-reading this.) Earth is small and insignificant. Humanity doesn’t matter. This series is set about a hundred and fifty years in the future. Earth has been forcibly pulled into a vast and cold Galactic Empire, where all the power and decision making exists at the center of the galaxy. Earth is a backwater on the frontier, marking a sharp divergence from typical science fiction, where […]

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