Review of Luray

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[Following is a volunteer review of "Luray" by Dennis Haupt.]

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2 out of 4 stars

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Luray is a risk assessment agent; the best of SafetyNet, the company she works at. She is discharged to EE-297, one of the new colonies outside planet Earth, to validate the menace of an alien attack and block the finances provided by the investors. Once she reached EE-297, she was escorted by kailoon, the commander tasked with escorting and assisting her through her investigation. She found him intriguing and a far cry from the bulky and dull soldiers assigned to safeguard the dome. Midway through the investigations, they unraveled treason and together started searching for the traitors. Meanwhile, they are trying to block alien intrusions and prevent them from invading planet Earth by keeping the gate address of Earth undisclosed.

Luray is the ideal book for readers who indulge in reading about war strategies, politics, investigations, and tons of extremely developed and advanced technology. I wouldn’t recommend it, though, to readers who like a fast-paced plot and a limited dose of details.

I admire Luray's character; she is witty, capable and funny. Bin, the AI implanted in Luray's head, has a special place in my heart as well; he made all the scenes amusing specially after he was updated and the new version had an independent strike. Moreover, I found the writer, Dennis Haupt, brilliant, and resourceful. She illustrated the world, the technology and the characters as if she had firsthand experience with it; besides, she described the world with such acquaintanceship and details that you start doubting if such a place exists and whether the author is living on EE-297. Plus, I would like to comment on the efficient editing of the book that made reading it effortless.

I found the chapters either, agonizingly slow and boring or fast-paced and exciting. Thus more than half the book was uneventful and filled with irrelevant details, which made reading it a bit challenging and I struggled to finish it. Beside that, I don’t have a particular reason why I didn’t revel in it; it’s just the way it is.

I give it a rating of 2 out of 4. I think the book consists of 30% plot and 70% description and details. And I subjectively tend to appreciate books with a solid plot and a fast-pace; that’s the reason I rated it 2 and not 3. I hope that the next books in this series are more focused on the plot rather than world-building and technology descriptions, even if it was a sci-fi series.

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