Search Forum Home   Starfist: Main  Starfist 12: Firestorm  Loved The Book,...  Loved The Book, But... (Spoilers)   BOS13 52 posts Joined 8/8/2006 Loved The Book, But... (Spoilers) Posted: 11 Jul 07 11:46 PM A few things kinda disappointed me.  First and foremost, Lieutenant General Godalgonz.  Here we have this really cool character stepping up to bat, and you think, finally, someone's going to be able to bully Billie...then he gets killed pretty much upon arrival.  I get what you guys were going for with this, but it was still pretty depressing to have such a really cool character offed so soon after he was brought in. And I wouldn't have minded seeing President Chang-Sturdevant's speech.  Hopefully we'll delve deeper into that in the next book, public reaction to the news and such? But since I've pissed and moaned, I think it's only fair I talk about the stuff I liked about it, which was considerably more :D Biggest thing:  Sturgeon and Cazombi releaving Billie of command.  That freaking ROCKED!  I've been praying since before he even took command that that guy would get what's coming to him, and he did.  And for that, I thank you. I liked how you wrapped up the thing with Charlette and Donnie without spending too terribly much time on them.  As much as I liked their subplot, I'm glad you guys focused more on the war here.  I'm definitely digging some of the new characters, Ymenez chief among them. One thing I was a little curious about though, we didn't get much screen time with Dean.  Spent a good amount of time with Claypoole and Doyle, but Dean wasn't as big a player as usual.  All in all though, it was great, I can't wait for the next one, finally going back against the Skinks!  "Border line, dead inside, I don't mind, falling to pieces, Count me in, violent, Let's begin, feeding the sickness, How do I simplify Dislocate--The enemy's on the way" eric_bean34 2313 posts www.myspace.com/mcbaencreations Joined 7/22/2006 Re: Loved The Book, But... (Spoilers) Posted: 12 Jul 07 4:05 AM Well I think if you look back through the books in the series they always focus on a couple of characters and then switch it up in the next one...keeping the character dynamic going and allowing each one to grow. I think doing it this way really draws us closer to the characters of 3rd platoon and we get really attached to them. Finucane 1932 posts Joined 1/25/2006 Re: Loved The Book, But... (Spoilers) Posted: 12 Jul 07 4:26 AM Eric, you have us completely figured out.  But we're not particularly upset by what BOS wrote.  His is a very thoughtful criticism from a reader who really got into the plot.  We'd rather have a reader upset with what we do with a character than neutral because the person who is upset has been drawn to that particular character and that means we're doing our job properly. BOS13 52 posts Joined 8/8/2006 Re: Loved The Book, But... (Spoilers) Posted: 12 Jul 07 6:34 AM The thing with Dean was just more of an observation, since this is the first time he wasn't one of the central ones.  Last time that was was uh...I wanna say Kingdom's Swords, but don't hold me to that. The only thing that actually rankled me was Godalgonz's death, I really liked him.  Still a kick ass book though. "Border line, dead inside, I don't mind, falling to pieces, Count me in, violent, Let's begin, feeding the sickness, How do I simplify Dislocate--The enemy's on the way" eric_bean34 2313 posts www.myspace.com/mcbaencreations Joined 7/22/2006 Re: Loved The Book, But... (Spoilers) Posted: 12 Jul 07 6:35 AM Well i will have some tears in my eyes in the next book I believe. Something tells me there are some upsets with deaths we are not looking forward too...I was really upset when I thought Bass got killed...WOW my girlfriend thought she did something wrong...lol...i was so moody  Page 1 of 8 123...8Next    Starfist: Main  Starfist 12: Firestorm  Loved The Book,... Flat View Tree View Oldest To Newest Newest To Oldest