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Forget Nothing was surprisingly pretty good. Sometimes I need to be in the mood to dive into anything armed services related but I just kind of went for information technology. Also, it didn't hurt that information technology was an audible original either. That being said, nosotros get to see a lot of strange stuff going on while they are on this strange planet. The characters themselves were okay and a bit interesting.. merely they didn't do a lot for me. Again, it was good simply generally okay.
Peachy.Forget Zero was surprisingly pretty adept. Sometimes I need to be in the mood to dive into annihilation military machine related but I just kind of went for it. Also, it didn't hurt that it was an audible original either. That beingness said, we become to see a lot of strange stuff going on while they are on this foreign planet. The characters themselves were okay and a bit interesting.. but they didn't do a lot for me. Again, it was good merely mostly okay.
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The situation here is the story of a female Republic Marine who is the girl of a Legioner. information technology'southward the story of a fire base in the middle of what would be called "Indian Country". (Yes I know politically incorrect but it's still used). Ref
I got this free from Audible (they offering several Audible Originals free each month to members and I "think" that's how I got this one). It is a novella set in the Galaxy'due south Border Serial and information technology did here what it was meant to practice. Information technology got me interested in the serial.The state of affairs here is the story of a female Republic Marine who is the daughter of a Legioner. it's the story of a fire base in the centre of what would be called "Indian Country". (Yes I know politically incorrect but it'south still used). Referring back to some of the history of the series nosotros are now involved in a rebellion against Union.
The book is a adept i, very interesting information technology's as well nonstop action from the time the first shot is fired. We lose neither plot, characterization nor activity as it roles on. I decided to go v stars and buy the first tow novels in the series (a packet bargain) from Aural.
Recommended.
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The protagonist is a hoo-rah! Republic Marine stationed on some planet we don't care about fighting enemies we don't care about because politics war is hell space marines hoo-rah! But the real super-blue-chip of the bad asses are the Legion, who are a semi-autonomous military branch of the Democracy for Reasons related to some a war a k years ago we as well don't intendance about, which is why at that place'due south a short excerpt of politics where the Leg
GI Jane in infinite. Or rather, a prequel to GI Jane in space.The protagonist is a hoo-rah! Republic Marine stationed on some planet nosotros don't intendance about fighting enemies nosotros don't care about considering politics state of war is hell space marines hoo-rah! Merely the existent super-baddest of the bad asses are the Legion, who are a semi-democratic military branch of the Commonwealth for Reasons related to some a war a thousand years agone nosotros also don't intendance most, which is why there'south a curt excerpt of politics where the Legion commander has to argue with civvies who are always trying to cutting their budget and look downwards on them except when there's a large war and they need them, and also the Legion but allows humans (and then speciesist!) and but males (so sexist!) So at that place's some political blah blah and the Legion has to allow women to utilise for the first time e'er.
Back to our protagonist, whose father, past the way, is an ex-Legion super-specialist of special forces badass who sits around watching 27th century Fox News and still freaks out every time "his fiddling girl" is in battle. Nosotros literally get a flashback to that time he panicked because he lost runway of her in a grocery shop.
She finds out virtually the Legion dealio simply doesn't fifty-fifty utilise. Then she finds out she got submitted and accepted anyway. So after a battle where she and her marines fight adjacent with Legion troops and there'southward death and war is hell, she decides she will take the challenge and get to Legion Academy because that'southward the best style to protect her marines from an enemy we don't care nigh in a state of war we don't care well-nigh.
When AIs can write books, this will be what a military SF novella volition look like. Insert tropes and character archetypes, toggle a few settings, and algorithmically generate a pleasing generic armed services SF story.
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I approximate this is classified as sci-fi, what with the galaxy's border and robots and aliens. Just information technology felt completely military. The ebb and flow of the battle, the burn of the preparation ground, the understated grit of the barracks- this had so many similarities to reading a
Wow...wow! Almost twenty% into this Audible original, I came on Goodreads and added this total serial to my "To-Read" list. I didn't necessarily have high expectations coming into this story, merely whatsoever I had got blew out of the h2o.I gauge this is classified as sci-fi, what with the galaxy's edge and robots and aliens. Simply it felt completely military machine. The ebb and flow of the battle, the fire of the preparation basis, the understated grit of the billet- this had so many similarities to reading a war machine memoir. And what do you lot know- could exist because the author has kickoff-hand experience.
I loved the dynamic betwixt the primary character and her dad. Loved it. That striking home for me being the kid of a veteran myself. Also, I loved how the author was able to create a thoroughly badass and gritty female person lead in a military setting without turning it into a political, feminism tirade. It was perfectly executed.
In regards to the narrator, this is the 2nd original I've listened to and, personally, I like her narrating style a lot.
I would say don't listen to this if you're looking for something heavy on sci-fi; this is pretty sparse in the sci-fi section. But if you like military reads, this might be for yous.
I'd charge per unit this a PG-13 for battle scenes including gore and violence in add-on to some mild swearing.
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Review of the Audible Original audiobook (June 2020)
Jason Anspach's Milky way'south Edge series is an extended fantasy/sci-fi saga of nine books + a prequel, with recurring characters centering effectually Captain Chhun of the aristocracy Legion Dark Ops team and a big bad named Goth Sullus. Forget Aught takes identify in that universe but doesn't share characters or a story-line with that main plot.
Instead we have Major Andien Broxin and her group of "hullb
In Infinite, No 1 Tin can Hear You Fall Asleep... Zzzz... snoreReview of the Audible Original audiobook (June 2020)
Jason Anspach's Galaxy's Border serial is an extended fantasy/sci-fi saga of 9 books + a prequel, with recurring characters centering effectually Captain Chhun of the aristocracy Legion Dark Ops team and a big bad named Goth Sullus. Forget Goose egg takes place in that universe but doesn't share characters or a story-line with that principal plot.
Instead we have Major Andien Broxin and her grouping of "hullbuster" space marines battling some sort of outer infinite terrorists. The Legion does evidence up in the persons of a fire team led past a Scottish accent speaking leader named Owen (A intermission hither, to wonder why at that place would still be people speaking with Scottish accents in outer space on the edge of the galaxy presumably hundreds of low-cal years from earth).
Although another alien species appear, some bots are in identify, the soldiers apply "blasters" and ride "combat sleds" instead of guns and vehicles, the whole story reads like it could have been written on current day earth with soldiers battling something like the Taliban in Afghanistan. All the cliches and stereotypes are in place. The concerned veteran male parent, the tough gunnery sergeant, the slackers on guard duty, the protagonist looking to accelerate just however protective of their former colleagues etc. There was really nothing that made this stand up out as doing annihilation special for the genre or for the greater story of the saga.
The narration by Kristine Hvam was fine in all voices, her Scottish accent for Owen was possibly a fleck weak.
Forget Nothing was one of x Audible Original audiobooks bachelor free for Audible members in the month of June 2020. It is available to everyone for a standard price.
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As an gorging reader of the Milky way's Edge series, I've pondered whether or not The Legion would always be placed, politically, into a situation of 'wokeness' similar real life militaries take been. I've long understood the stance that Anspach and Cole accept fabricated regarding The Legion being the most grueling (physically and mentally) co-operative of military machine in their book world; that while there were proficient men able and willing to face the toughest moments of warfare
See the galaxy's boxing through a heroine'due south eyesAs an avid reader of the Galaxy'southward Edge series, I've pondered whether or non The Legion would ever be placed, politically, into a situation of 'wokeness' like real life militaries have been. I've long understood the stance that Anspach and Cole accept fabricated regarding The Legion being the most grueling (physically and mentally) branch of armed services in their volume earth; that while in that location were adept men able and willing to face the toughest moments of warfare, they should. In real life I imagine they feel strongly that women shouldn't be expected to exist the tip of the spear, the elite special forces, or placed into the hell that is up-close, dingy, warfare that breaks a human downwardly; that dauntless, dutiful men would - perhaps should - stand up and have that role and burden. This story is about a Commonwealth Marine who is on her way upward in a career where she has pushed herself across expectation and continually thinks, not of glory, near being amend to save the Marines she commands. The Firm of Reason wants The Legion to be more than progressive and inclusive, in spite of the unexpected consequences and potentially serious complications so that the politicos tin exist viewed in a more modernistic lite. Dini Broxin, daughter of a former Legionnaire, wants cipher more than to offering the best service possible, with honor and diligence to duty. Her invitation to enter Legion training wasn't a request she fabricated. Helping a group of Dark Ops Leejs and the Iron Wolves defend the Marine firebase, however, presents a hard decision for a very intelligent, well-trained soldier; should she go out the duty she is already doing well at the risk of becoming cleaved and scarred by the operational intensity expected of Legionnaires or can she remain with the Marines and still serve the Republic in protecting it from a rising insurgency (the Mid Core Rebellion, or MCR) while forgetting nothing her father, training, and her experience have already given her? Glad to read a GE book from the perspective of a female protagonist and very much enjoyed high item given related to military action written in this story. It was a very well-paced story I was sorry to finish and so quickly as I was drawn into the characters and events taking place but looking forward to seeing where this heroine may end upward has me in broken-hearted anticipation. Great job to bring Michelle Meyers into the GE world because she nailed it. Admittedly my second-favorite book in the entire serial, including the side series, stand-alones, and season books (1 and 2). Only. Awesome.
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This was a free audible this month, then idea I'd requite information technology a try. Information technology's a well written starter story to endeavor out the Galaxy's Edge Universe, which I wo Daily life and grind in the Commonwealth marines takes a deadly turn when the battle hits home. The story concentrates on the story of one female marine Major Broxin, with lots of detailed ground fighting in a galactic universe. She's tough and dedicated, which opens up a new career path for her with the elite special forces, known as the Legionnaires.
This was a complimentary audible this month, so idea I'd requite it a endeavor. It's a well written starter story to endeavour out the Milky way's Edge Universe, which I would be sure to proceed with, if I was more than inclined to read military sci fi.
Warning on the aural: I love Kristine Hvam's narration skills with the Jane Yellowrock series. I retrieve she did a good job on this sound also in relating the no nonsense character of Major Broxin, with the exception of mispronouncing corpsman. So take in consideration before going with the audio version. ...more
And so I grabbed it, and surprisingly, Jason and Michelle C Meyers managed to pull off a good ending, and even th I decided to give this and the serial Milky way's Edge another try, having read the kickoff volume The Legionnaire, and its prequel, Can Man, despite at the time having decided that MilScifi, especially that which involved a ground based war, isn't really my thing. Upwards until now, I've never really looked back... but hey, this book was offered up free from Audible for the month of June, soooooo...
So I grabbed it, and surprisingly, Jason and Michelle C Meyers managed to pull off a proficient catastrophe, and fifty-fifty though there was boku footing fighting, they got me to give 'em a thumbs up inspite of myself!
Oh yeah, I really need to mention that I loved Khristine Hvam's narration! Great job overall, past everybody involved!😊 ...more
The Factions like the House of Reason and the mindset is repose interesting considering it plays out the biases of the fourth dimension and doesnt deal with the emergence of divergent perspectives. It plays heavily on the stereotype and the her I have problems with it coming from a onetime Us colony and understanding of history. It was an aural original and complimentary then i gave it a shot. I didn't know information technology was a Scifi retelling of Iraq Occupation and the biases of the time. It felt more like the by than the present.
The Factions similar the House of Reason and the mindset is tranquillity interesting because information technology plays out the biases of the time and doesnt bargain with the emergence of divergent perspectives. Information technology plays heavily on the stereotype and the heroine is actually more of a man - than a woman. The trouble people have voiced about Honor Harrington. ...more
Since I have not had the pleasure of reading the serial all the same, I was not a harsh critique and don't think it would take been of value to rate lower. I was just in the mood for some more infinite warfare after finishing volume four of the Beyond the Frontier series by Jack Campbell and this is w
This is a prequel novella for the Milky way'south Edge series. I would rate information technology a 3.v. No real flaws in the writing and the story was somewhat interesting. The master character'south impression of the Legionnaires was intriguing.Since I have not had the pleasance of reading the series yet, I was not a harsh critique and don't retrieve it would have been of value to rate lower. I was merely in the mood for some more infinite warfare later finishing book four of the Beyond the Frontier series by Jack Campbell and this is what was already in my aural library. It hitting the spot and has interested in the series.
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In Forget Nothing, Andien is a Marine officeholder who is going places. She is good at what she does, and has checked all the right boxes in her military career. Her merely regret is getting promoted out of leading Marines in the field. Or it was, until she saw the Legion in activity during her latest deployment.
Like many women who choose to enter male-dominated fields, Andien is following in the steps of her father, a Legionnaire and a veteran of Psydon, the Galaxy'due south Edge equivalent of Vietnam. In principle, her father's stories and her ain service should take prepared her for what she sees when her Marines support a Night Ops team, the all-time of the best in the Legion. But it did not.
The Night Ops team deals out decease and destruction at least equivalent to the company of Marines Andien was responsible for. And honestly amend. For someone every bit driven and competent as Andien, that makes an impression. Andien is used to comparing herself to the Republic Marines that she leads, only the standards of the Legion hateful that Legionnaires are on another level entirely. And while the Democracy Regular army and Navy are gender-neutral, the Legion very much is not.
Equally is the mode with Galaxy's Border, this book is as much virtually our world as the fictional one. The Legion is heavily based on the 75th Ranger Regiment. The Rangers are aristocracy soldiers within the US military, and the gateway to it is RASP, the Ranger Assessment and Choice Program. Only a relative handful of women accept completed it since information technology became possible for women to apply for information technology. If I had to guess, book two will be Andien'due south time in RASP, I mean Legionnaire training.
Andien'due south experiences every bit a Marine are of grade non mine, beingness neither a woman nor a veteran, but what I read reminds me very much of things I accept heard from women who are veterans, peculiarly those of the post 9/11 era, when the theoretical prohibition on women in gainsay began to break down in practice long earlier policy changed. Andien sounds like women I have met.
Perhaps one of the funniest things I read when I perused comments on this book were complaints that Andien was portrayed as masculine. Well, yeah, women who like activities that mostly appeal to men oft have at least some aspects of their personality that are pretty masculine. You see this in super competitive sports and among loftier-intensity conditioning enthusiasts as well, which is a world that increasingly overlaps with the US military. We go a pretty heavy dose of workout pr0n in Forget Nothing, which is another note in favor of its verisimilitude. I find Andien a conceivable character because I think I've met her.
I discover that my idea of a well-written character is someone who seems similar a real person to me, who reacts in the way that a person with that collection of traits and wants would react in a given situation. This seems to differ from what other people hateful when they utilise that phrase. If information technology seems similar military characters in books are often like, I think that is considering the war machine attracts specific kinds of people, and the experiences you lot take in the armed services push button your personality in specific directions. A job well washed is is when you vividly illustrate the walking collections of stereotypes that people are.
I too discover the interplay betwixt Andien and her male parent interesting. Andien'south father likely pushed her into the war machine, in both subtle and not-so-subtle ways. He did this because he loves her and he loves the military machine, but doing such a affair is not without regret, every bit the global war on terror style military machine that Galaxy's Edge is based on is intensely destructive of mind and body both, quite bated from the risk of getting shot or blown upwardly. Just trying out for the Legion could destroy Andien's body, equally women are congenital less robustly than men. Thus, her begetter is both intensely proud and horrified at what could happen.
I don't think Milky way's Edge gets plenty credit for telling interesting adventure stories while still providing a vehicle for authors to speculate almost our world. Merely now I've done my part to make it more than clear. I think this is a fine volume of its style, and I enjoyed it, fifty-fifty as it gives me interesting things to ponder.
I did not receive an advanced readers re-create of Forget Zip. I bought it fair and square with my ain coin.
...more On one hand information technology'south a little generic, merely it's also very well written and never boring. It'south a actually good teaser for the universe and the bodily combat bits are better than near military fiction.
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Pretty good for military machine scientific discipline fiction, though there is little character evolution and no real overlying story. Only I guess that's sort or what yous go when a book sort of works as an advertisement for the series that you can mind to without extra cost on your aural subscription.On one hand it's a footling generic, but it's besides very well written and never dull. It's a really good teaser for the universe and the actual combat $.25 are meliorate than most war machine fiction.
I call up my one outcome is that the female protagonist sort of falls into the category of men writing women though maybe it's women writing men? Don't get me wrong, she is a bad ass character and I really don't remember it'due south ever described how she looks, simply every time the character reflects herself or women in general in the men around her it's always nigh sex. It doesn't ruin the volume past whatever ways, merely information technology'due south basically in every single out of gainsay clarification of the men around her.
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Audiobook Quality (iv/v): The narration for this audiobook was fine. It was easy to listen to and I didn't take any complaints.
Story (3/v): This was okay. This is basically a prequel explaining to the reader how Andien got into Legionnaire preparation every bit a woman (women are but newly being allowed into that grooming). Information technology
Serial Info/Source: I got this as a gratuitous Aural Originals audiobook through my Audible membership. This story takes place in the Milky way'southward Edge universe which I am not familiar with.Audiobook Quality (4/v): The narration for this audiobook was fine. It was like shooting fish in a barrel to listen to and I didn't have any complaints.
Story (iii/v): This was okay. This is basically a prequel explaining to the reader how Andien got into Legionnaire training every bit a woman (women are just newly beingness allowed into that grooming). It's very GI Jane, Andi is super badass and always "nigh" able to upstage the Legionnaire men. This is a very anticipated story interspersed with a lot of "deep" thinking from our heroine virtually her place in humanity and the adept soldiers can practise. These thoughtful meanderings are interrupted by sudden attacks and intense action scenes.
Characters (2/5): Andi is a fleck too rah-rah for me and the other characters are pretty stereotypical. Of grade Andi has an ex-armed forces begetter and of course, near of the other war machine men endeavour to plough Andi into some fantasy object. This is okay though because Andi is just i of the guys and expects this. As I said, typical male written armed services fantasy. There are strong female characters just this is undercut by the idea that it's okay for the guys to mock them, expect them to work harder, or fantasize about them.
Setting (3/v): The setting is on an alien planet that we never learn a lot about. It seems fairly Earth-similar although the citizenry have a somewhat avian wait to them. There is quite a bit of info dumping and sci-fi terminology thrown at the reader, but it wasn't too bad. It'due south written as an intro to this globe so I never felt lost. However, I never really felt similar I could quite picture this world either.
Writing/Cartoon Style (3/five): This was a pretty typical military sci-fi. I felt like it was very anticipated and the transitions between graphic symbol story and action scenes were really choppy. At that place was likewise a pattern here, nosotros'd go some character development and Andi would experience sentimental then an attack would happen...and so repeat that pattern over and over.
My Summary (3/5): Overall this is exactly what I would have expected of a military sci-fi and is the reason I am not a big fan of the genre. Characters are over-characterized, the story is predictable, huge infodump on the world and sci-fi terms, and male person-centric attitude towards women. I personally won't be picking up more of this series considering of these issues.
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Too, I have written this review in a "rolling up
**Equally per all of my reviews, I like to preface by saying that I listened to this book in audiobook format. This does indeed slightly skew my rating. I have institute that audiobooks, give me a better "relationship" with the characters if done well, but besides kills the book for me if narrated poorly. As well due to the nature of listening to the text, names and places may be spelled incorrectly hither as I often do not take the concrete volume in forepart of me.Also, I accept written this review in a "rolling updates" fashion. In that I basically chronicle my reading as I progress. This may brand for a jarring and spoilery review so be warned.**
And so...this is i of Audible's free books that you get as a subscriber. Information technology's 4 hours and information technology's actually part of a larger science fiction military machine story series called "Milky way'southward Edge". (Sound familiar Star Wars fans?) Boy...um... hope first let me say that this book's dialogue is well done....? There's nothing in this book that makes me desire to always explore what the Milky way's Edge series is. I think the highlight of this book comes in the form of a political upkeep hearing where they're talking most letting other races into the 'marines' and how it would be morally a practiced determination, just strategically, practically non so much... umm yea, this book is just as generic equally a science fiction combat book as y'all tin observe. A cliche group of marines on a cliche remote planet, fighting a cliche group of rebels. I didn't care what was happening, it offered nothing unlike that makes me want to explore this series any further. It's dime a dozen sci fi, big tanks, guns, outnumbered troops, and actually just feels like they're trying to be Warhammer 40k and Starship trooeprs wrapped into a hilariously thin veil. The characters who take no interest or caring about all perform stereotypical gainsay roles, all proverb the proper generic military things. "Gunny's downwards, covering burn..."
This book, if supposed to be an entry way into this Galaxy's Border series does a piss poor task in separating itself from the must generic and tired guns and glory story. If you similar hearing random words about guns, and bravado stuff up and the military lifestyle..sure...get for it...
Alright, and then I still stand by everything I've said above...*but* I will admit there is a tiny sliver of extra to the narrative here...They do seem to make a sparse effort at atleast broaching the subject of fair rights to men/women and other races. The "legion" as information technology were was all men and supposedly the aristocracy nearly bad ass people in the galaxy. I do similar how it's described that the normal rank and file marines, train in the gym and wait at girls, talk to each other, joke around, and BS. But the Legions preparation authorities is dedicated cocky penalty. They're in tune with their own bodies over any adult female'southward who would come in.
And so the 'social stratification' of the corps is kinda absurd I'll admit...but that's about information technology, everything else hither is pretty dull. I have no thought who they're fighting, they don't brand any attempt to build up interest as to what and why they're being attacked, but hoping that showing war machine actions and cliche 'out numbered' scenarios is expert enough to satiate the power hungry war gamers this is targeted towards.
In that location is what is supposed to be a touching emotional scene between her and her father who is frantic most hearing of this boxing that she'due south in, and she comes home and they share in the 'joy' of her becoming some elite killer armed forces unit of measurement....
Yea there isn't much that this book leaves in wanting me to return to the series. There is no sense of actual narrative every bit to what the world is, and bluntly doesn't do annihilation to make me care. This book will satisfy if yous like to see explosions and hear absurd armed forces battles with surface level depth.
I don't know if this book didn't have an editor, or if the editor had something meliorate to do than edit the book because it could take benefited from a decent editor, so you could, you lot know, understand what is going on.
Having finished the volume, I still don't know:
1. Why the ii sides are fighting?
2. How long they take been fighting?
3. How they even became enemies?
4. What a battle bolt is?
Strange. But the battle scenes are good.
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This story worked really well, peculiarly cinsidering how short it was and how piddling really happens. There werent any surprises or twists in the story that you couldn't see coming, but it was all really well put together and the characters were really well done and believable.
Some of the themes that were interesting to consid
I hover around three.5 for this one, but round it upward to 4 because I establish myself going back ocer some of the themes in this story and enjoying them more the second time around.This story worked really well, especially cinsidering how short it was and how picayune really happens. There werent any surprises or twists in the story that you couldn't come across coming, but it was all really well put together and the characters were really well done and believable.
Some of the themes that were interesting to consider were the means xenophobia was handled and how it, rightly, differentiated that xenophobia away from racism and didn't try to compare the two as they are very different. Now in a literary sense these two ideas can be rum as syninyms or allegories for one another and washed quite well, just in the example of this story it shows it as slightly more than complicated than that. I will be interested to run into where things go with this story in that regard.
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