Wetdryvac reviewed Citadel by John Ringo
Review of 'Citadel' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Less funny, more, "Build to win," But that's a style I like a lot, so it works for me.
Published Jan. 4, 2011 by Baen.
Citadel
by John Ringo
4 stars
(6 reviews)
Zivan reviewed Citadel by John Ringo
Review of 'Citadel' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
In Citadel Ringo takes us down from the executive level to the grunt level.
This is very good as Live Free or Die turned into a long executive meeting towards the end.
The right wing politics are still here, and they can be irritating because there is a clear ideology that is in the right and others that are set up as straw men to be wrong.
Tyler Vernon reminds me of the heiress in [a:Peter F. Hamilton|25375|Peter F. Hamilton|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1235123752p2/25375.jpg]'s Greg Mandel books, where a benevolent super rich industrialist guides humanity towards a brighter future.
Things are going well only because the author made the super rich king of tech a benevolent father figure. He could just as well have been a murderous psychopath.
In any case, Citadel is a fun read, about a humanity fighting for it's life in a hostile universe and winning. I'm enjoying myself and will …
In Citadel Ringo takes us down from the executive level to the grunt level.
This is very good as Live Free or Die turned into a long executive meeting towards the end.
The right wing politics are still here, and they can be irritating because there is a clear ideology that is in the right and others that are set up as straw men to be wrong.
Tyler Vernon reminds me of the heiress in [a:Peter F. Hamilton|25375|Peter F. Hamilton|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1235123752p2/25375.jpg]'s Greg Mandel books, where a benevolent super rich industrialist guides humanity towards a brighter future.
Things are going well only because the author made the super rich king of tech a benevolent father figure. He could just as well have been a murderous psychopath.
In any case, Citadel is a fun read, about a humanity fighting for it's life in a hostile universe and winning. I'm enjoying myself and will continue to the next book the the trilogy.
