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Review by Nat2020 -- Solaris Seethes (Solaris Saga book 1)
[Following is a volunteer review of "Solaris Seethes (Solaris Saga book 1)" by Janet McNulty.]
Security Officer Rynah begins her morning with a happy surprise, her boyfriend proposing. In her happiness, she’s uncharacteristically late to work, and the day goes downhill from there. Her happy moment quickly unravels as events force Rynah to follow in her scandalized grandfather’s footsteps. A place she never expected or wanted to be. Now aboard her grandfather’s legacy, the spaceship Solaris, Rynah begins to follow an ancient prophesy to save her world and the universe from a weapon of mass destruction.
Solaris Seethes by Janet McNulty is the first book in a series that begins with Rynah delving into her late grandfather’s work surrounding an ancient myth, and working with his AI ship, Solaris. The story brings in several diverse characters, but none of them are given a consistent voice, especially the main character, Rynah. In the beginning, she’s introduced as someone with a military background, who is currently serving as a security officer in a lab after her grandfather’s public downfall. She quickly goes from blushing about her engagement to running into a battle scene, but then forgets why she ran into the battle in the first place. The story seems to imply that she has some combat training, but she frequently seems to lose her focus. She again forgets her purpose when she first boards Solaris, as she becomes completely distracted by how shiny the ship’s interior is, when only seconds ago she was running for her life as the planet was literally falling to pieces. Her moods seem to jump back and forth with no clear or reasonable explanation, and this continues throughout the entire book.
The storyline becomes less clear as Rynah gains companions, and they begin searching for crystals hidden on distant planets. Each time they arrive at a planet, they fight off a creature and find a hidden crystal. However, it’s not clear how they know which planet to go to next or where on the planet to start searching.
While you know from the title, Solaris Seethes (Solaris Saga Book 1), that this is the beginning of a series, the ending of book one felt unfinished, almost like the author had suddenly hit their word quota, and would just be continuing the first story in the second book.
The book is also written with an excessive amount of extra information included in either parentheses or dashes. While more information about the characters inner workings would be helpful to the story, that’s not what’s included. Most of the extras are not only unnecessary, but become a distraction when reading.
Overall, I would not recommend this book, and rate it a 1 out of 4 stars. While it has an interesting premise, the characters and storyline are confusing and not well drawn out, and the book ends with an unsatisfying and abrupt finish.
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Solaris Seethes (Solaris Saga book 1)
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Security Officer Rynah begins her morning with a happy surprise, her boyfriend proposing. In her happiness, she’s uncharacteristically late to work, and the day goes downhill from there. Her happy moment quickly unravels as events force Rynah to follow in her scandalized grandfather’s footsteps. A place she never expected or wanted to be. Now aboard her grandfather’s legacy, the spaceship Solaris, Rynah begins to follow an ancient prophesy to save her world and the universe from a weapon of mass destruction.
Solaris Seethes by Janet McNulty is the first book in a series that begins with Rynah delving into her late grandfather’s work surrounding an ancient myth, and working with his AI ship, Solaris. The story brings in several diverse characters, but none of them are given a consistent voice, especially the main character, Rynah. In the beginning, she’s introduced as someone with a military background, who is currently serving as a security officer in a lab after her grandfather’s public downfall. She quickly goes from blushing about her engagement to running into a battle scene, but then forgets why she ran into the battle in the first place. The story seems to imply that she has some combat training, but she frequently seems to lose her focus. She again forgets her purpose when she first boards Solaris, as she becomes completely distracted by how shiny the ship’s interior is, when only seconds ago she was running for her life as the planet was literally falling to pieces. Her moods seem to jump back and forth with no clear or reasonable explanation, and this continues throughout the entire book.
The storyline becomes less clear as Rynah gains companions, and they begin searching for crystals hidden on distant planets. Each time they arrive at a planet, they fight off a creature and find a hidden crystal. However, it’s not clear how they know which planet to go to next or where on the planet to start searching.
While you know from the title, Solaris Seethes (Solaris Saga Book 1), that this is the beginning of a series, the ending of book one felt unfinished, almost like the author had suddenly hit their word quota, and would just be continuing the first story in the second book.
The book is also written with an excessive amount of extra information included in either parentheses or dashes. While more information about the characters inner workings would be helpful to the story, that’s not what’s included. Most of the extras are not only unnecessary, but become a distraction when reading.
Overall, I would not recommend this book, and rate it a 1 out of 4 stars. While it has an interesting premise, the characters and storyline are confusing and not well drawn out, and the book ends with an unsatisfying and abrupt finish.
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Solaris Seethes (Solaris Saga book 1)
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes | on Smashwords
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