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My favorite book of 2021 is a tie between this one and Bear Head.

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Bear Head, the sequel to Dogs of War was a let-down.
I don't think Adrian Tchaikovsky had an actual plot planned. He just wanted to play with some ideas. I guess you could technically say there was a plot, but it was so disjointed and devoid of any real motives or messaging.

The main character was this archetype that I hate: That guy who is resistant to any good sense, and all he knows how to do is be combative and belligerent for no good reason. No redeeming qualities at all. He's just "leave me alone! I don't want any part of this!" the WHOLE way through the book. It gets so tiresome.

The returning character Honey gets cut down into a generic wordy scholar archetype.

It kept re-explaining simple concepts, while not doing much with them. There's this politician character who is pretty much a Trump strawman. And he has an assistant who is fitted with a chip that forces her to do whatever he says. And Adrian spends paragraphs and paragraphs reinforcing the fact that she's powerless to this man due to the chip. And it's like "yeah, we get it. Charismatic politician is a misogynist. Boys club, rape culture, toxic masculinity, all that stuff... Please move on now." Or at least DO something with it. He did more telling than showing.

The pacing was terrible, because he didn't have a goal with the story, just let it meander. It was HALF WAY into the book, when Honey gets stuck in Jimmy's head. That should have happened in the first third of the book. Then, the second third should have been finding Bees, and negotiating with her. Then the third part should have kicked off with the takeover of Mars. But all of that stuff happened in the end of the book and wrapped up so quickly. In a blink it's all over. Very unsatisfying.

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Just finished Bear Head. It's amazing how consistently good Tchaikovsky's work is despite releasing 4+ books a year.

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Didn't know the Dogs of War sequel already came out. Gon b a gud read.

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