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I really like David Weber's writing. I have all the Honor Harrington novels (where's the next one?) and have sampled other books he has written. I was looking forward to this one based on a recommendation from a fellow fan.

Let me say that the first ninety-five percent of the book had me going. In fact, I had borrowed a hard-cover version of it from said friend and had to get it back to him before I was finished. I dropped nine bucks on the Kindle version in order to wrap it up...and really wish I could get that money back.

Others in here have spoken of the "curveball" ending. I won't give anything away but I HATED how he chose to wrap the story up. I would have given this one four stars for the research and three for the characterizations. It's getting two because of them, but no more than that due to what I feel to be a totally unnecessary twist.

Buyer beware. Read at your own risk. Your mileage may vary. Et cetera...


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Out of the Dark David Weber Books Reviews

It's a shame that so many people felt like they needed to vent on this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am not an avid science fiction fan, sticking mostly to political thrillers, but I sincerely hope that Mr. Weber writes at least one sequel to this. Like most books, there must be a suspension of belief in order to buy in to the story. No, it isn't for everyone, and especially not for those who expect Weber to only write what he is "supposed" to write. For those who want an exciting twist on the alien invasion theme, then this book is definitely for you.
I want to give this 4 stars but I just can't. Though this is a 4-star book (maybe even 5-stars) I just can't give it because it took almost to the end of the freaking book for the surprised twist to take place.

Over 2 billion people had to die before the one of the fighters to decide, hey, guerilla tactics are not working so lets try THIS...! Which is unsurprisingly 100% effective.

It would have been nice if this had been done, say about halfway through the book. But then again, it probably wouldn't have been dramatic reading. I almost felt...let down.
This was a somewhat unusual story. It was not really a bad book but it was not really great either. The basic story is a classical one but one that generally works reasonably well. In this one it also has a twist at the end which not everyone seems to like but I did.

A lot of the book is fairly standard let-us-fight-the-invaders stuff, and it is well written and quite fun to read. However, it slows down from time to time in longwinded talk sessions, especially in the second half of the book. This is unfortunately something that Weber have had a (bad) habit of doing in many of his books. The concept that the (violent) humans are actually better at kicking butt than the aliens is not exactly a new concept in books but the reason behind it this time is a bit far-fetched I have to say. That the aliens should come back to Earth after 600 years and believe that we were still shooting arrows and throwing spears is somewhat ludicrous but okay, I can get over that. It was still fun to read about the aliens getting surprised followed by getting dead in a number of ways.

Then we have the surprise twist at the end. I did like it but, at the same time, it was a bit disappointing. It really came too late and when it finally came it was just too much über-guys kicks alien butt, done, end of book. This part should really have come much earlier and been given much more space in the book. As it was now, a book that could have been really fun became a fairly standard sequence of aliens invade, kick alien butt, repeat a number of times, throw out the aliens.

As I said, it is not really a bad book. It was enjoyable to read. But it is not a great book either. A lot of people on have given it a single star. Personally, I think that is unfair. It does not merit such a low rating. Unfortunately it seems that the poor reception have prevented Weber from publishing a continuation which I think is really a shame. I would have liked to read about the humans and the “other” guys to go out and knock on the aliens’ door and repay them for their little courtesy visit to earth. The stage is set for a quite interesting continuation after all.
Wow, I dunno what people were expecting out of this book, but you can't go into it expecting the next Great American Novel? Think of it as the big summer blockbuster adventure movie with aliens and vampires, and you won't be disappointed. I had a great time from beginning to end. Would it have been interesting to see more and deeper looks into the characters, the vampires, the aliens? Sure. But not having it in no way impaired my enjoyment of the story, which was a straightforward "aliens get their tails handed to them by humans and human MONSTERS." Good fun. )

I'm regretting there probably won't be a book 2 where we get to see the vampires go to town on the aliens. Particularly if the Ukrainian vampire brings his puppy along and the aliens are like 'what now they keep mini versions of us as PETS' and they just fall over from humiliation. Come on, Mr. Weber, show us some sequel love. D
I really like David Weber's writing. I have all the Honor Harrington novels (where's the next one?) and have sampled other books he has written. I was looking forward to this one based on a recommendation from a fellow fan.

Let me say that the first ninety-five percent of the book had me going. In fact, I had borrowed a hard-cover version of it from said friend and had to get it back to him before I was finished. I dropped nine bucks on the version in order to wrap it up...and really wish I could get that money back.

Others in here have spoken of the "curveball" ending. I won't give anything away but I HATED how he chose to wrap the story up. I would have given this one four stars for the research and three for the characterizations. It's getting two because of them, but no more than that due to what I feel to be a totally unnecessary twist.

Buyer beware. Read at your own risk. Your mileage may vary. Et cetera...