Starship: Mutiny Book

Though Mike Resnick's "Mutiny" is supposed to be his "first real military sci-fi book", it is much, much more military and fi, than sci. Basicaly there is no science in this science fiction book. It doesn't necessary mean that it is a bad thing, though. Mutiny is a very simplistic, straightforward, plot-based action book with a huge emphasis on military. And while I'm not really a die-hard fan of this genre, sometimes (especially after reading such a mammooth like Hyperion Cantos series) this kind of book is just the right thing you need to relax and just chill a bit without giving a flying... one about what is going on.

Both the plot and characters are so thin that they are almost translucent. There's nothing, absolutely nothing that could be perceived as at least a minor character development throughout the book. The plot is so standard, that it can be called generic. Villains are dumb and heroes are almost geniuses. But then again, as I've already said, that is not necessarilly bad. It's just the right kind of book for me at the moment, and despite all those drawbacks I actually enjoyed the book. I didn't enjoy it immenesly, I will never call this book great or terrific or wonderful, but.. It was fun and very easy to read and a real pageturner and I didn't have to even try to think anything while reading it, and for all those pros, well, I guess my 3* rating is well deserved.

P.s. - this book finally and irrevocably confirmed that "page number" is the most useless book stat in all Goodreads. It took me about 4 hours to get through all these 286 pages, while "The Rise of Endymion", at 700 pages, took me not 10, not 15, and most likely even more than 20 hours to finish. I subjectively guess that it took 23-25 hours. Statistically, that makes me reading "Mutiny" at around 1,19 page per minute, and "The Rise of Endymion" - roughly just 0,49 ppm. Hmm...