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Anonymous
Posted January 22, 2011
Unusual beginning ending up with an unusual ending that promises more in the future. Fascinating!
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I think that the characters could have used some more development so as to not be interchangeable. Very rarely in real life are the heroes so heroic or the villains so villainous. That being said, the technology and the use of human mechs and augmented humans of different genetic stock was appealing enough generally to balance that out. Four Stars. Looking forward to book two after some work and school reading.
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Posted November 23, 2010
Just finished reading this book and its full of action and a great buy for its price. Only complain why its not a five star is that I wish there was some more description with the characters in the story. It was hard to imagine how the alien look like and I wish there were more description of the main characters. Other than that I like the book.
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Posted June 6, 2011
I love good scifi and not that vampire stuff and this was excellent reading. I am not a critic and don't profess to be one, I just know what i like and i liked this book...
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Posted February 24, 2012
Solid sci-fi read.
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Posted February 22, 2012
Action portions are excellent but the biological capabilities of the opponents are too hard to believe. I accepted this in the first book but the second book went too far too fast.
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Posted August 31, 2011
I cant wait to read the next one
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Posted April 12, 2011
The book is kinda hard to understand in the beginning because the author doesn't really explain the characters till later in the book. Once you actually get into the book however it is really good. It did kinda remind me of the movie Starship Troopers though.
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Posted March 30, 2011
Teen. Science Fiction story on a foreign planet. Intriguing aliens, but a plot that jumps around way too much and makes little sense. Quick Read if you're trying to read a movie.
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Posted January 22, 2011
Fun read with interesting characters. I recommend it.
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Posted January 21, 2011
I read the 728 in two days so I guess that means I found the book to be an entertaining page turner. The strong part of Mech is that it is a classic "bugs vs humans" action story fit for all age groups. The characters are too one dimensional and the setting is not well developed. However, I particularly enjoyed the slower than light speed premise of this series. This seems both more realistic and less of an homogenized galaxy. All in all, an Alien or Predator sort story that speeds along.
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Posted January 13, 2011
no detail throughout rushed like a jr high students work
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I waited until finishing "Mech 2" before putting my 2-cents in the ring on this series. I found both books well written, Larson's style is very fluid and seemingly unencumbered. I didn't find myself ever really saying "huh?" However, what Larson has in writing style he lacks in plot development. "Mech" and it's sequel seem to accidently meet their endings. Both books are seemingly light on the Mech and more focused on its human and alien creatures alike.
However, I still cannot rate this below a 3-star as I actually enjoyed reading it. (Maybe I am a masochist?). And if Larson decided to write a "Mech 3", I would read it - though I might have to flog myself afterwards.
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Posted December 1, 2010
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Posted December 15, 2011
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Posted November 7, 2011
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Posted November 22, 2010
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Overview
Bio-tech aliens invade a human colony!After centuries in stasis, a lost task force returns home. Arriving from the infinite void the surviving ships discover that the Imperium lies in ruin. The Homeworld itself is destroyed, and nothing lives in the Ancestral System except an infestation of unknown bipedal beings—creatures soft, red of blood and warm of flesh...
When you colonize a planet, make sure the owners aren't coming back...
MECH 1: The Parent is the story of a new Earth colony built upon the ancient ...