Book Review: Semper Human: Book Three of the Inheritance Trilogy: Ian Douglas: Books
Book Review: Semper Human: Book Three of the Inheritance Trilogy: Ian Douglas: Books
Disapppointing,
By Seth (Jacksonville, FL United States) -
While this book is well written, it was “phoned in” and not really a great plot. There was never really any suspense over the outcome. The last three books of this series have been average at best. This was a real disappointment given how well the series started out and this book is clearly the worst of the lot. At least this book dropped the need to go through basic training yet again.
A disconcerting end to the series,
By D. Kendall (Lexington, Ky United States) -
If you are reading this review, odds are good you read the preceding eight books in this series, and are now wondering if the various questions and problems posed in the previous works all finally get resolved, or if rather more books will follow in the series.
There comes good news and bad. Yes, this book sums up all that came before it, both in the series and in the real history of the U.S. Marine Corps. It finally elaborates on both who and what the Builders are/were. It sums up who the Xul are, what the Fermi Paradox truly means, and where Humanity is headed after this final encounter with the Xul.
The problem is that once again the novel follows the same formula. Devious politicians want to close/misuse the Marines for their own ends, and only a canny Marine can solve the problem. Of course, in doing so more problems emerge, and those problems also become resolved in the final battle against the Xul and the following chapters. All in all it sums up everything that came before and all the questions surrounding it very neatly, almost to neatly in my mind.
While this book finishes the story of the Marines and the Xul, and probably the series, it does not do it with the strength of writing that was present at the beginning of this nine book arc. Three stars but with a caveat. While you may enjoy rereading the previous books, this one will probably leave you let down and wishing for a better or simply different resolution.
Semper Human,
By Peter Sieber “cyberpet” (Switzerland) -
.. same, same… even though the mind spinning theories and application of quantum physics are well researched but… the story has a weak ending. The never ending accolades everything “Marine” becomes…a bit tedious in the end.
Nevertheless it was a somewhat disappointing end to a great series of books (always keep that in mind)
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