Catching up to 2008

[afuna]

I picked up Ghost by John Ringo today. I'd never heard about it before; it's not a book to walk into unprepared.

You know how you can sometimes run into something so completely ridiculous and over the the top that you think it can't possibly be real, and you turn to Google to find someone who shares your pain? I did that and I have now been introduced to OH JOHN RINGO NO.

Best review I've ever read, about the worst series I've ever run into :D


ETA: I think that review is the only thing that could have induced me to give John Ringo another try. Ghost is a horribly traumatic first run-in with any writer!

Comments

[branchandroot]

Hmmm. The Aldenata books are a lot more focused on a dystopian scenario. Earth is being overrun by carnivorous aliens and the people who might help are screwing everyone over. It's /extremely/ militaristic; in fact it's kind of "project real-world military getting screwed by government and suppliers onto alien races for heightened effect". He kills off major characters with gay abandon, but the Major Major ones do survive. There are utterly kick-ass women, but, um, they tend to be the ones you see getting tortured or interrogated or such, so I'm almost grateful there are only a few.

I take it in quite small doses, but I do think it's a good adventure series with some really pretty fascinating worldbuilding behind it. I just really wish Ringo would go find a good therapist for his issues with women.

[afuna]

Belatedly, thank you. I feel much better going into the series forewarned about issues *wryly*