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Too long, boring, too much irrelevance, 23 Aug 1999
By A Customer
Too long, boring, too much irrelevance, not enough resolutionsIt is not often that I search out a location in order to critique a "publication"; however, having just this afternoon completed ROGUE STAR I was compelled to do so. The original characters and story-line from FIRESTAR contained a wealth of potential. It is so sad to see that the sequel failed to follow through with any development. There were countless "threads" which were never made relevant. Page after page after most of the 667 pages seemed to have little purpose. The situation with the attempt to sabotage the laser could have been exciting, yet the verbosity and incoherence of the dialog made little sense causing me to re-read the section and still fail to grasp anything other than some were tied up and had their underwear pulled over their heads as the chapter closes. The next chapter relating to this situation assumed that the reader was aware of the complete situation yet the situation was never revealed and continued to be an unresolved mystery to the end. Too many directions were opened with insufficient explanation while page after page of irrelevant dribble droned on and on. If Mr. Flynn, in spite of the failure of this "novel" should release the third in the series I certainly hope that he thinks it through and, more importantly, that those folk over at TOR READ IT before they publish it. I'd just as soon not spend another $6.99 for the sake of total and absolute boredom.
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