Dense Mass of Crap

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

People who like blind action films and don't care about facts, reality, or continuity.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Nothing by Scott Sigler. I'm listening to Stephen King now to cleans my palette.

Have you listened to any of Ray Porter’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I'm not sure. I thought the performance was terrific! Excellent.

What character would you cut from Earthcore?

Kyla. She sucked, was annoying, and most of all, she had no purpose.

Any additional comments?

The beginning of this book was well done and intriguing. And the story line was creative. However, I soon found most of the characters were complete jerks, to put it mildly.

I wanted to abandon this book many times, but was intrigued by the story line and had hope that it would get better.

It didn’t.

And now my eyes hurt from rolling them so many times.

I didn’t care about any of the characters, except one, and when things went south, I wanted all of them to die. When the stupidity started, I wanted to throw the book across the room – but it’s an audio book, so that takes the fun out of it. Then the stupidity kept coming.

The author has a good imagination, but doesn’t care about continuity. I read an review that said this book would make a good movie, I agree, for the brain-dead, bloated Americans who like those big action films that leave the rest of use feeling like we lost brain cells. The kind of movie that caters audiences made up of 9 year old boys. The kind that doesn’t worry about anything but big, dramatic, action.

There were so many holes in the storyline I had to back it up several times to see if I missed something. Nope, I didn’t, the author did – and so did all the editors.

I felt compelled to finish this book to see how it ended with the hope that the holes would be filled. They weren’t. In fact, instead of rolling my eyes at the finale, I was incensed that the author not only chose genocide to end this story, but as a cheap precursor to a sequel.

Genocide?! Scott Sigler, are you actually condoning and promoting genocide?

The scene is set for the sequel of “retaliation” with the overt goal of genocide. Yet, the man who wants this retaliation was part of a team that invaded this other cultures world. The beings he wants to retaliate against were simply defending themselves. AND, they let him live. For that, he wants to wipe them all out locally and around the world.

I found the characters shallow, the plot interesting, the storyline insipid, and the ending, disgusting. Shame on you Scott.

