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Review by aldoralos -- Daisy's Run by Scott Baron
[Following is a volunteer review of "Daisy's Run" by Scott Baron.]
Ellen Ripley had panache against the perfect Aliens the same way that Daisy does against subversive hostile environments everywhere along her space journey. Superior Daisy.
Scott Baron delivers a very interesting first book of the series beginning with Daisy’s Run. Mr. Baron gives us book I of a 5 book series with a quiet awakening. Clockwork Chimera is a well written account of the life of Daisy, a technician with skills beyond her ken. Brilliantly developed characters along with the superb Daisy learning about herself and her spaceships team with a learning curve faster than any humans ever possessed before. Unfortunately or not Daisy's own history is hidden from her at first. A benign beginning turns deadly by chapter 10. There is another 27 chapters to explain almost all you’d need to know about the disparities or similarities between two female humans and the rest of the crew.
Although this book does eventually explain why they are on a long journey, Daisy is central to the journey’s success. Up to chapter 9 whereby Daisy has formed meaningful relationships with two humans that are helpful in her personal development, comfort and repairing the ship, those relationships change suddenly. Love, Death and betrayal play large sub-themes and the true nature of Daisy’s fellow shipmates is revealed.
It kept me guessing even when I didn’t try to guess it made me feel something else was going on beneath the surface. The crews mission is a key point. In keeping with this chess game Daisy is always 10 steps ahead and light years beyond what the others are sure of about her. The chapters are fairly short and easy to read and concise enough to keep you from boredom. None of the dialog was rough, and in fact felt very natural and appropriate for each and every encounter or planned communication. The wit and humor were very enjoyable, along with internal dialog, all very entertaining. I highly recommend reading this superbly written tale.
If you don’t mind head banging escapes and violent encounters triggered merely by commentary from Daisy, and her paranoid responses to the crew then this story is for you. Science fiction isn’t your bag? Then perhaps the theme of human survival against impossible odds will win you over. If you don’t adore the beginning 9 chapters or find them intriguing enough then just wait till chapter ten. You’ll be on the edge of your seat hoping against hope that Daisy will solve all the problems she runs into throughout the story and the cliffhanger ending. Nothing about this story gave me pause for noting a dislike about authors abilities nor the story itself.
I’d give this book 4 out of 4 stars for the suspense, heart lurching escapes, harrowing survival battles, and panache of the main character. Its well worth a read and the series seems promising, hoping to find out more about Daisy and her abilities and whether or not she’ll save herself and or humanity. Odds being very deleterious to her survival but, with those super mental and physical abilities she’ll be the star shining in the night skies for some time if this story holds true to its current level of interesting scenarios, relationships, and importance for Daisy to see the unfolding reality she finds herself in. Hoping to find out much more about this character and her journeys, I look forward to reading all 5 books in the series.
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Daisy's Run
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Ellen Ripley had panache against the perfect Aliens the same way that Daisy does against subversive hostile environments everywhere along her space journey. Superior Daisy.
Scott Baron delivers a very interesting first book of the series beginning with Daisy’s Run. Mr. Baron gives us book I of a 5 book series with a quiet awakening. Clockwork Chimera is a well written account of the life of Daisy, a technician with skills beyond her ken. Brilliantly developed characters along with the superb Daisy learning about herself and her spaceships team with a learning curve faster than any humans ever possessed before. Unfortunately or not Daisy's own history is hidden from her at first. A benign beginning turns deadly by chapter 10. There is another 27 chapters to explain almost all you’d need to know about the disparities or similarities between two female humans and the rest of the crew.
Although this book does eventually explain why they are on a long journey, Daisy is central to the journey’s success. Up to chapter 9 whereby Daisy has formed meaningful relationships with two humans that are helpful in her personal development, comfort and repairing the ship, those relationships change suddenly. Love, Death and betrayal play large sub-themes and the true nature of Daisy’s fellow shipmates is revealed.
It kept me guessing even when I didn’t try to guess it made me feel something else was going on beneath the surface. The crews mission is a key point. In keeping with this chess game Daisy is always 10 steps ahead and light years beyond what the others are sure of about her. The chapters are fairly short and easy to read and concise enough to keep you from boredom. None of the dialog was rough, and in fact felt very natural and appropriate for each and every encounter or planned communication. The wit and humor were very enjoyable, along with internal dialog, all very entertaining. I highly recommend reading this superbly written tale.
If you don’t mind head banging escapes and violent encounters triggered merely by commentary from Daisy, and her paranoid responses to the crew then this story is for you. Science fiction isn’t your bag? Then perhaps the theme of human survival against impossible odds will win you over. If you don’t adore the beginning 9 chapters or find them intriguing enough then just wait till chapter ten. You’ll be on the edge of your seat hoping against hope that Daisy will solve all the problems she runs into throughout the story and the cliffhanger ending. Nothing about this story gave me pause for noting a dislike about authors abilities nor the story itself.
I’d give this book 4 out of 4 stars for the suspense, heart lurching escapes, harrowing survival battles, and panache of the main character. Its well worth a read and the series seems promising, hoping to find out more about Daisy and her abilities and whether or not she’ll save herself and or humanity. Odds being very deleterious to her survival but, with those super mental and physical abilities she’ll be the star shining in the night skies for some time if this story holds true to its current level of interesting scenarios, relationships, and importance for Daisy to see the unfolding reality she finds herself in. Hoping to find out much more about this character and her journeys, I look forward to reading all 5 books in the series.
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You have made me curious about Daisy's abilities. I like how you have highlighted the main themes of this series. This looks like a fascinating series. Thanks for the recommendation.
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