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Location: United Kingdom
Member Since: Jan. 23, 2012

Thomas ibbotson

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No Rules Of Engagement on Feb. 01, 2012
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To be honest, I didn't enjoy the book. Even though I rarely like books with military themes, I didn't let that get in the way and started the book with open eyes as there are some gems out there. Unfortunately, I had lost this optimism after a while. A lot of the grammar, punctuation and spelling were far from perfect. The only example of this that I wrote down came from an early part of the novel: 'Why was the test, messed up, explain that?'. I'm not sure if the commas were there to represent pauses, because 'messed up' isn't a parenthesis, as ellipses would have been more suitable. These mistakes really did make it less enjoyable to read and I felt I was playing 'spot the mistake' instead of actually reading the story. I think Alex being of a younger age could have worked very well but I was put off a lot by his character as it was very off-putting reading pages and pages where almost every line of Alex's dialogue contained swearing. Not to sound too negative, I really do like the ideas that the novel is based on, such as the intergalactic space travel and how we can see that even though war occurs outside of Earth, that power and money are still important factors. The comparison of Alex to Alexander the Great was something I also liked.