This book may become fantastic at some point after page 275. But I didn’t get that far.
The story promises to be interesting, but fails on execution. The writing is good, as is the dialog, but the story is lacking. There’s no story arc. There’s no tension between the possibility of alien attack and reality that the main character is experiencing.
As much as I wanted to like this book, I was bored into submission and opted to stop reading.
If you’re looking for Cold War sci fi, check out Charlie Stross’s "Atrocity Archives" or something by Tim Powers.
The story promises to be interesting, but fails on execution. The writing is good, as is the dialog, but the story is lacking. There’s no story arc. There’s no tension between the possibility of alien attack and reality that the main character is experiencing.
As much as I wanted to like this book, I was bored into submission and opted to stop reading.
If you’re looking for Cold War sci fi, check out Charlie Stross’s "Atrocity Archives" or something by Tim Powers.