imakestupidjokes@bookwyrm.social reviewed Columbus Day by Craig Alanson (Expeditionary Force, #1)
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4 stars
inleds lite väl militärmacho, men tar sig
Paperback, 303 pages
Published Sept. 18, 2017 by Independently published.
We were fighting on the wrong side, of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news.
The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits.
When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved. The UN Expeditionary Force hitched a ride on Kristang ships to fight the Ruhar, wherever our new allies thought we could be useful. So, I went from fighting with the US Army in Nigeria, to fighting in space. It was lies, all of it. We shouldn't even be fighting …
We were fighting on the wrong side, of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news.
The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits.
When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved. The UN Expeditionary Force hitched a ride on Kristang ships to fight the Ruhar, wherever our new allies thought we could be useful. So, I went from fighting with the US Army in Nigeria, to fighting in space. It was lies, all of it. We shouldn't even be fighting the Ruhar, they aren't our enemy, our allies are.
I'd better start at the beginning....
Billie Thompson reviewed Columbus Day by Craig Alanson (Expeditionary Force, #1)
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3 stars
A pretty generic but entertaining military sci-fi. I'll probably read the squeal.
Aliens invade, other aliens attack the invaded aliens and people are like "yay we're saved we love you" etc. Anyway from there on in the protagonist goes to fight for savior aliens on a distant planet (client species pyramid, we're at the bottom), and through a series of unlikely events he ends up saving the human race from this mess.
All of which is pretty predictable and generic, what makes it fun is that it doesn't take itself seriously, I genuinely laughed out loud throughout this book. It's silly, the characters are irreverent, and I think that makes it work.
It's still a standard but story and somewhat predictable, but it's amusing, and fun to read.
A pretty generic but entertaining military sci-fi. I'll probably read the squeal.
Aliens invade, other aliens attack the invaded aliens and people are like "yay we're saved we love you" etc. Anyway from there on in the protagonist goes to fight for savior aliens on a distant planet (client species pyramid, we're at the bottom), and through a series of unlikely events he ends up saving the human race from this mess.
All of which is pretty predictable and generic, what makes it fun is that it doesn't take itself seriously, I genuinely laughed out loud throughout this book. It's silly, the characters are irreverent, and I think that makes it work.
It's still a standard but story and somewhat predictable, but it's amusing, and fun to read.
