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noopener"> <i>Bug War</i> </a> in the <i>Captive’s War</i> universe.<br><br><img src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1728057091i/36029213._SY540_.jpg" width="448" height="697" alt="description" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br><b>Livesuit armour.</b><br><br>My dead pixels copy was a brief 90-pages. The book had a 2024 US copyright. <br><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._A._Corey" rel="nofollow noopener">James S. A. Corey</a> is the <i>nom de plume</i> of the writing team of American authors <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Abraham_(author)" rel="nofollow noopener">Daniel Abraham</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Franck" rel="nofollow noopener">Ty Franck</a>. Together they have written more than 20-books and several short stories, principally in their <i>Expanse</i> series, but not exclusively. I have read many of their books. The most recent being <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6718296701" rel="nofollow noopener"> <i>The Mercy of Gods</i> </a> (The Captive’s War, #1) (my review).<br><br>It’s recommended the first novel in the <i>Captive’s War</i> series be read before this one. Although, it is not completely necessary. Note that there was a reference to the events of <i> <a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/201930181.The_Mercy_of_Gods__The_Captive_s_War___1_" title="The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey" rel="noopener">The Mercy of Gods</a> </i> made in the story, as having occurred in the past.<br><br><b> <i>TL;DR Synopsis</i> </b><br><br>Human volunteers, of an elite force fight the planet-side minions of the Carryx on a level playing field with physically invasive, powered armour. However, the volunteers were unaware of the true extent of their sacrifice.<br><br><b> <i>The Review </i> </b><br><br>I typically don't review novellas, but this one merited it.<br><br>The James S. A. Corey writing team seeded the decade-long publishing of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expanse_(novel_series)" rel="nofollow noopener"><i>The Expanse</i> series</a> with novellas in the long intervals between novels to keep their readers in-the-game. After several of the novels, and with the world building under my belt, I came to like these novellas better than the novels. They appeared more frequently. They were quick reads. They contained snippets of all the hard-ish, science fiction I liked from the series. It’s apparently their intention to continue this practice with their current <i>Captive’s War</i> series?<br><br>I approached this novella expecting it to be an updated, version of <i> <a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/17214.Starship_Troopers" title="Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein" rel="noopener">Starship Troopers</a> </i>, and it was. Although, it also included a bit of the <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TimeDilation" rel="nofollow noopener">Time Dilation</a> from the <i> <a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/21611.The_Forever_War__The_Forever_War___1_" title="The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) by Joe Haldeman" rel="noopener">The Forever War</a> </i> too. Note that the Space Marines in the story were never referred to as such, or as Starship Troopers, but that’s what they were.<br><br>The story’s prose was good, and it was immaculately groomed. I found no errors. This is typical of the James S. A. Corey writing team’s work.<br><br>However, I thought the book started out differently than it ended, at least prose-wise. The first few pages, had me thinking this was a work of <i>Literary Science Fiction</i>.<blockquote>They were all sinners who’d reported to purgatory together, and together they suffered and washed away their sins.</blockquote>That was, of the same ilk as <i> <a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/20170404.Station_Eleven" title="Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel" rel="noopener">Station Eleven</a> </i> by <a href="https://goodreads.com/author/show/2786093.Emily_St__John_Mandel" title="Emily St. John Mandel" rel="noopener">Emily St. John Mandel</a>. A GR friend has previously identified these scribblings as being in-character to a <i>specific</i> James S. A. Cory partner. <br><br>Descriptive prose was good. The action sequences were on par with the high-standard of author’s previous work. Being a MIL-SF story, it was packed with combat. Although, some readers may be disappointed that they were all ground combats, and not space battles? I always enjoy the author's dialog. In particular, the <i>pithy</i> short sentences they tend to use. Interestingly, there was the appropriate use of F*bombs, something I don’t recall from previous stories?<br> <br>There was only a single POV-- Kirin. He reminded me of updated, Millennial version of <a href="https://starshiptroopers.fandom.com/wiki/Juan_Rico_(novel)" rel="nofollow noopener"> <i>Johnnie Rico</i> </a>, although more introspective and wary of authority. Kirin leaves, a good life and love to join the Space Marines with his best friend Piotr. Through natural ability and attrition, he rises to non-commissioned officer in the <i>Livesuited</i> human special forces.<br><br>There were several other humans in the human forces with Kirin. Piotr just happens to be assigned to Kirin’s mixed-gender <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSquad" rel="nofollow noopener"> <i>Squad</i> </a>.<br><br>Note there was no: “Sex, drugs, and rock’n roll” in the story, although there was no prohibition of music appreciation. However, sex and substance abuse was discussed.<br><br>There was carnage and property destruction. (Its MIL-SF!) The body count was genocidal. The Carryx <i>cleansed</i> captured human planets. The Space Marines <i>slaughtered</i> aliens, including Carryx warriors in great numbers. The violence was: physical, edged-weapons, and futuristic, infantry weapons. It was moderately graphic, as were the woundings.<br><br>Plotting was good. The number of combats, and interludes felt correct. I did see <i>The Reveal</i> coming. A niggling complaint, was the end could have been drawn-out for a few more pages. I would have liked a bit more of Kirin's dwelling on his future in the final scene.<br><br>World building was good. However, it was only vaguely <i>hard science fiction</i>. For example, the humans have <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FasterThanLightTravel" rel="nofollow noopener"> <i>FTL Travel</i> </a> (the <i>brane-slip</i>) and other “sufficiently advanced technologies indistinguishable from magic”. The space marines went between star systems in what reminded me of the <a href="https://starshiptroopers.fandom.com/wiki/Rodger_Young_(novel)" rel="nofollow noopener"> <i>Rodger Young</i> </a>. These exist alongside more prosaic, conceivable future technologies like: mosquito-sized drones, “smart” ammunition, and augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) helmets. The titular <i>Livesuits</i> were an update to the powered armor trope, using new Millennium tech-concepts.<br><br>I was left with this vague feeling that given the available tech, why was there still need for <i>boots on the ground</i> in future combat? Why not just release nano-swarms (as appeared in <i>Captive’s War</i>) into the atmosphere to re-cleanse the planet of the Carryx invaders?<br><br><b> <i>Summary</i> </b><br><br>I started this series with great expectations of a short, well-written MIL-SF story. It was better than I expected. <br><br>In particular, the story had all the high-tech <i>flags waving, cannons firing, smoke and bugles blowing</i> requisite of MIL-SF. It was a modern update of the old timey MIL-SF tropes that I had known and loved.<br> <br>The story was also a lot more cynical than those old timey stories. That also was a reflection of modern sensibilities.<br><br>This story was amongst the most: well-written, somewhat gritty, semi-hard, military science fiction I’ve read in the last year or two. It was also blissfully short. I liked the main character. 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Other than the fact that we have humans from a myriad of worlds battling some truly monstrous alien invaders of unknown origin, it remains to be seen how this all ties into the people, events and settings from the first book and the larger story that's clearly at play here.</span></div><div class=""></div></div></section></section><section class="ReviewCard__tags"><ul class="CollapsableList"><span tabindex="-1"></span><span tabindex="-1"></span></ul></section><footer class="SocialFooter"><div data-testid="stats" class="SocialFooter__statsContainer"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium Button--subdued"><span class="Button__labelItem">229 likes</span></button></div></div><div data-testid="actions"><div class="SocialFooter__action"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium" aria-label="Review unliked. 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Great exploration of how, in order to preserve humanity, we lose our humanity. I'm more interested in Dafyd and my crew with the Carryx but this was great to read.</span></div><div class=""></div></div></section></section><section class="ReviewCard__tags"><ul class="CollapsableList"><span tabindex="-1"></span><span tabindex="-1"></span></ul></section><footer class="SocialFooter"><div data-testid="stats" class="SocialFooter__statsContainer"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium Button--subdued"><span class="Button__labelItem">213 likes</span></button></div></div><div data-testid="actions"><div class="SocialFooter__action"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium" aria-label="Review unliked. 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class="ReviewText__content" dir="auto"><div class="TruncatedContent" tabindex="-1"><div class="TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large" tabindex="-1" data-testid="contentContainer"><span class="Formatted">[Original Bulgarian in the bottom, might as well write something in English as early as I am]<br /><br />The authors (I recently learned that the name is a pseudonym for two authors) continue to write science fiction that is interesting to me, someone who is not that big a fan of the genre.<br /><br />Livesuit is a pretty good addition to the pile of questions that The Mercy of Gods had already raised. The authors' style remains strong, light, and very readable, and the plot of this short novella is well-crafted and concise. The ending of the novella leaves you craving more, whether it be other novellas or the main series, but for that, you'll have to wait. If only the reader could enter subjective time to make it go faster.<br /><br />---<br /><br />Авторите (скоро разбрах, че името е чадър за двама автори) продължават да пишат фантастика, която е интересна за мен, човек, който не е никак голям фен на фантастиката. <br /><br />Livesuit е доста добро допълнение към купчината въпроси, които The Mercy of Gods вече бяха събрали, стилът на авторите продължава да е силен, лек и четим, а сюжетът на тази кракта новела е много добре изпипан и стегнат. Краят на новелата те оставя жаден за още, било то други новели или главната поредица, но за това ще трябва да се чака. Само да можеше да влезе читателя във субективно време, за да стане по-бързо.</span></div><div class=""></div></div></section></section><section class="ReviewCard__tags"><ul class="CollapsableList"><span tabindex="-1"></span><span tabindex="-1"></span></ul></section><footer class="SocialFooter"><div data-testid="stats" class="SocialFooter__statsContainer"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium Button--subdued"><span class="Button__labelItem">212 likes</span></button></div></div><div data-testid="actions"><div class="SocialFooter__action"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium" aria-label="Review unliked. 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dir="auto"><div class="TruncatedContent" tabindex="-1"><div class="TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large" tabindex="-1" data-testid="contentContainer"><span class="Formatted">If you came to The Captive's War looking for a new setting but the same excellent character work, ponderous prose regarding space and humanity's role there, intense action, and interesting factions as you experienced in The Expanse, you've found it.<br /><br />I do not intend to disparage The Mercy of Gods, but I do see the issues with relatively uninteresting characters with little to no depth. This does not continue in Livesuit, where the characters are immediately more engaging, personal, and interesting. <br /><br />This is the story you've been looking for, and it gives me great hope for this series as a whole. I am a fan of The Mercy of Gods, but where that book can feel slow and "dare I say it" low stakes at times, Livesuit opens the book of the universe, and its pages are gilded!!!!</span></div><div class=""></div></div></section></section><section class="ReviewCard__tags"><ul class="CollapsableList"><span tabindex="-1"></span><span tabindex="-1"></span></ul></section><footer class="SocialFooter"><div data-testid="stats" class="SocialFooter__statsContainer"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium Button--subdued"><span class="Button__labelItem">196 likes</span></button></div></div><div data-testid="actions"><div class="SocialFooter__action"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium" aria-label="Review unliked. 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It explores themes much like the ones in Livesuit: soldiers recruited under dire circumstances, given special suits to rely on, <i>not</i> given all the information they really should have been given. Livesuit also shares themes with Forever War, by Joe Haldeman, particularly the weirdly chaotic effects of relativistic time dilation on receiving news and orders.<br /><br />But with all those similarities, Livesuit is very much unique in its story. Humans are recruited to fight alien aggressors. They are put into Livesuits that allow them to fight in any environment and will patch them up to keep fighting if they are injured. This is then taken to what, in hindsight, seems like the obvious (and chilling) conclusion, but I didn't even come close to guessing at it before the reveal.<br /><br />This is one that I will probably revisit, now that I know the ending, to look for other clues. The most obvious one is the communication from Mina (or Mira? the name kept changing... possibly an editing issue).<br /><br />At any rate, I highly recommend this one. It is not necessary to have read the first book of Captive's War to enjoy this, but if you have read it, you will have more context for what's going on (and probably make some connections to things not yet explained in the main series).</span></div><div class=""></div></div></section></section><section class="ReviewCard__tags"><ul class="CollapsableList"><span tabindex="-1"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/21083336?shelf=plot-twist" class="Button Button--tag Button--medium"><span class="Button__labelItem">plot-twist</span></a><span tabindex="-1"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/21083336?shelf=sf" class="Button Button--tag Button--medium"><span class="Button__labelItem">sf</span></a><span tabindex="-1"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/21083336?shelf=war" class="Button Button--tag Button--medium"><span class="Button__labelItem">war</span></a></span><span tabindex="-1"></span></ul></section><footer class="SocialFooter"><div data-testid="stats" class="SocialFooter__statsContainer"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium Button--subdued"><span class="Button__labelItem">193 likes</span></button></div><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium Button--subdued"><span class="Button__labelItem">2 comments</span></button></div></div><div data-testid="actions"><div class="SocialFooter__action"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium" aria-label="Review unliked. 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want horror sf or a forever war pastiche you will like it more, but I am not a fan of either and except for having the humans seemingly as the main enemy of the Caryx, I cannot say there was anything really of interest. 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class="ReviewText"><section class="ReviewText__content" dir="auto"><div class="TruncatedContent" tabindex="-1"><div class="TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large" tabindex="-1" data-testid="contentContainer"><span class="Formatted">I always like scifi about cutting edge technology that merges the human body with some kind of tech (usually suits of some kind or another) and I got just that here.<br /><br />Obviously (and this might become important later as orientation for the next novels in this new series), humanity is fighting one hell of a war against either one huge foe or a conglomerate of many. Thus, such tech / suits might give humans the edge we need.<br /><br />The worldbuilding was off the charts for this short story what with the chaos of combat, the disprientation when you don't even know who/what the enemy actually is, but also the soldiers' surroundings.<br /><br />It's quite amazing how the two authors are great with novels but equally great with short stories (usually, authors are great at one OR the other only). <br /><br />Really cool extra though I should have waited with reading this because now I want the next novel all the more (already a problem after the first volume) though I know I'll have to be patient. *sighs*</span></div><div class=""></div></div></section></section><section class="ReviewCard__tags"><ul class="CollapsableList"><span tabindex="-1"></span><span tabindex="-1"></span></ul></section><footer class="SocialFooter"><div data-testid="stats" class="SocialFooter__statsContainer"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium Button--subdued"><span class="Button__labelItem">9 likes</span></button></div></div><div data-testid="actions"><div class="SocialFooter__action"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium" aria-label="Review unliked. 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Without a lot of pages this manages to be layered, with an interesting premise and engaging characters. The action scenes were well put together and the world building (livesuit) was presented in a way that did not feel info-dumpy but organically fit with the story. 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It doesn't necessarily enhance or rely on the Mercy of Gods/Captive War "experience" as there's not enough connecting tissue between the two to really nail down how one relates to the other even timeline wise, but it's recognizably a second piece of the same quilt and the distance works to its advantage. I was very pleased with it.</span></div><div class=""></div></div></section></section><section class="ReviewCard__tags"><ul class="CollapsableList"><span tabindex="-1"></span><span tabindex="-1"></span></ul></section><footer class="SocialFooter"><div data-testid="stats" class="SocialFooter__statsContainer"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium Button--subdued"><span class="Button__labelItem">4 likes</span></button></div></div><div data-testid="actions"><div class="SocialFooter__action"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium" aria-label="Review unliked. 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data-testid="contentContainer"><span class="Formatted"><b>“Are you going to be okay?” They both know he wasn’t talking about the one person but the war. Not the one death but the billions. </b><br /><br />The Mercy of Gods didn’t work for me at all and was a very disappointing reading experience. But a couple of people told me that I might enjoy this one better as it has more action and is paced better. It definitely is both those things but this too didn’t work for me and I’m definitely dropping this series. <br /><br />This book is supposed to be a vignette of what happened somewhere in the endless war. It doesn’t follow a character I’m invested in at all. By the end of the book, the main character discovers something that should have the reader shook but I was only indifferent. The main character, secondary characters and supporting cast all were so bland and stereotypical soldiers found in every other military/ sci-fi book. None of them had any personality or quirks. It also doesn’t add anything to the world building, and doesn’t even set up an or hook the reader with an event that has or will shape the rest of the series. And if it is intended to be a smaller taste of how the rest of the series will go, then I’m just not intrigued at all. <br /><br />One of the secondary characters is used as a device to aid the reader in understanding and connecting with the emotional journey of the main character but the secondary character is mute for most of the book and doesn’t say anything except - trust me, we’re fighting the good fight. Another secondary character leaves a message with an obvious mistake to the main character that is just either inconsistent or is supposed to serve as a red herring but what it was a red herring for we do not know. It doesn't distract me from seeing the main issue or question at that point because there was no main issue or question. <br /><br />Also, the past-present dual timeline narrative kills any sort of stakes because we know the present. I also don’t understand why they made the choice to jump between timelines from paragraph to paragraph without any indication. It only takes away from the immersion and leads to confusion. <br /><br />Coming to technology, the Livesuit idea is nice but as with Mercy, it doesn’t feel like the world or technology of a universe that is thousands of years into the future. They’re using brane technology instead of the warp drive or wormholes for light speed travel and that was exciting. Finally a sci-fi novel was using quantum mechanics concepts but except for that one word, nothing about it is mentioned and it is intentionally left without any explanation. <br /><br />All in all, this is a series that is not for me based on the first two installments. I do not like the character work, the world building and tech, or the action. I do appreciate that other might not feel the same about the stuff I’ve mentioned and your mileage might vary. <br /></span></div><div class=""></div></div></section></section><section class="ReviewCard__tags"><ul class="CollapsableList"><span tabindex="-1"></span><span tabindex="-1"></span></ul></section><footer class="SocialFooter"><div data-testid="stats" class="SocialFooter__statsContainer"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium Button--subdued"><span class="Button__labelItem">4 likes</span></button></div></div><div data-testid="actions"><div class="SocialFooter__action"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium" aria-label="Review unliked. 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Corey" rel="noopener">The Mercy of Gods</a> is the first book in the Captive‘s War series (a planned trilogy) and one of my favourite SF novels of 2024. This is the first novella in this world. A nice snack between books. It can be read independently.<br /><br />At first glance a military SF. A galaxy spanning war against a multitude of aliens, some of which we have already met in the 1st novel. Human soldiers are melded to powered armour that protects them, deals with injuries, makes them stronger and self sufficient. Perfect soldiers. On the downside the soldiers are locked inside those suits—no physical human contact, no drinking or eating—and feeling no pain means missing awareness of their own bodies.<br /><br />Some food for thought in only 90 pages. Very reflective and with an ending that I eventually suspected and that was a bit horrific. Well done. <br /><br />I could see Kirin‘s story continuing. I hope we will meet him again.<br /><br />Comfortable audiobook narration by Jefferson Mays, the same narrator as for the Expanse novels.</span></div><div class=""></div></div></section></section><section class="ReviewCard__tags"><ul class="CollapsableList"><span tabindex="-1"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/978552?shelf=read-2025" class="Button Button--tag Button--medium"><span class="Button__labelItem">read-2025</span></a></span><span tabindex="-1"></span></ul></section><footer class="SocialFooter"><div data-testid="stats" class="SocialFooter__statsContainer"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium Button--subdued"><span class="Button__labelItem">3 likes</span></button></div></div><div data-testid="actions"><div class="SocialFooter__action"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium" aria-label="Review unliked. 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tabindex="-1"><div class="TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large" tabindex="-1" data-testid="contentContainer"><span class="Formatted">Now this was a great read, and I think features something I was missing from The Mercy of Gods, but didn't know I was missing when I was reading that first book. <br /><br />Livesuit follows a completely different faction of humans fighting the alien war, and they've developed a suit of technology that molds to the wearer semi-permanently. This novella follows one such livesuit soldier, detailing his life before and during his military service, and as he realizes the true cost of the war. <br /><br />It seems like a very typical, tropey premise, but I really enjoyed it. Corey have a way with words and storytelling that I appreciate, and they drew out a LOT of surprising emotion in the last quarter of this novella. <br /><br />I wonder if writing this novella that is much more action and military forward compared to The Mercy of Gods was a way to whet the appetites of those looking for more of it in that book. This does make me look back at The Mercy of Gods and wonder at what the greater plan is, considering we follow very research heavy characters in that one. I'm so CURIOUS now and appreciating The Mercy of Gods a bit more.<br /><br />Jefferson Mays continues to be one of my absolute favorite audiobook narrators.</span></div><div class=""></div></div></section></section><section class="ReviewCard__tags"><ul class="CollapsableList"><span tabindex="-1"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/279192?shelf=novella" class="Button Button--tag Button--medium"><span class="Button__labelItem">novella</span></a><span tabindex="-1"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/279192?shelf=read-2025" class="Button Button--tag Button--medium"><span class="Button__labelItem">read-2025</span></a><span tabindex="-1"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/279192?shelf=sci-fi" class="Button Button--tag Button--medium"><span class="Button__labelItem">sci-fi</span></a></span><span tabindex="-1"></span></ul></section><footer class="SocialFooter"><div data-testid="stats" class="SocialFooter__statsContainer"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium Button--subdued"><span class="Button__labelItem">5 likes</span></button></div></div><div data-testid="actions"><div class="SocialFooter__action"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium" aria-label="Review unliked. 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data-testid="contentContainer"><span class="Formatted">me wanting to read a novella for a series that isnt even out yet? groundbreaking<br /><br />IM SO EXCITED<br />——————————<br />So I don’t usually read novellas and this just reinforced that. <br />I have know idea where this fits in the new series? Or when? Or if any of these characters were supposed to be even remotely similar??<br /><br />It’s like space horror a bit a short story set in the same “world” except the world is the entire made up universe… anyways moving on from that point.<br /><br />Story was very interesting the suits were like Dune suits that never come off. Very cool and freaky science! <br /><br />There were time jumps that could have been separated by some sort of indicator?? Are there chapters in novellas? I could have used some *** between paragraphs that take place world apart.</span></div><div class=""></div></div></section></section><section class="ReviewCard__tags"><ul class="CollapsableList"><span tabindex="-1"></span><span tabindex="-1"></span></ul></section><footer class="SocialFooter"><div data-testid="stats" class="SocialFooter__statsContainer"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium Button--subdued"><span class="Button__labelItem">3 likes</span></button></div></div><div data-testid="actions"><div class="SocialFooter__action"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium" aria-label="Review unliked. 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But in terms of an actual story, it left a lot to be desired. I feel like I've read a dozen Alastair Reynolds stories that did the same thing but better. </span></div><div class=""></div></div></section></section><section class="ReviewCard__tags"><ul class="CollapsableList"><span tabindex="-1"></span><span tabindex="-1"></span></ul></section><footer class="SocialFooter"><div data-testid="stats" class="SocialFooter__statsContainer"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium Button--subdued"><span class="Button__labelItem">3 likes</span></button></div></div><div data-testid="actions"><div class="SocialFooter__action"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium" aria-label="Review unliked. 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class="TruncatedContent" tabindex="-1"><div class="TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large" tabindex="-1" data-testid="contentContainer"><span class="Formatted">I started 2024 with a James S.A. Corey story and now I’m going to end the year with one as well. “Live Suit” is set in The Captive’s War universe after the events of “The Mercy of Gods” which I had just recently read which helped me to connect with this novella’s content. The novella comes as a bit of a shock because of how different and seemingly unrelated it is to the book but then there’s a reveal that puts both it and several parts of the novel into proper context.<br /><br />If The Mercy of Gods was an allegorical life and death fight between academics than Live Suit’s conflict is more like “Starship Troopers” and what you’d expect from a space opera about interstellar war between humanity and alien civilizations. Corey had previously done their take on the Space Marine story/characters in “The Expanse” already via Bobbie Draper. While that was more about normal humans in powered armor, Live Suit is more focused on Corey’s take on super soldiers with armor that’s like a symbiotic second skin. Besides showing standard humans vs aliens that alot of military sci fi stories have, Corey uses the book to explore the question of “what is human” as more and more bodily and mental functions are taken over by the suit to keep the operator functioning. The later parts are particularly more interesting than the former. That said, the battle scenes reveal something about the war that gives this series its name and as I said flips a lot of plot points from The Mercy of Gods on their heads. Its a pretty good twist yet I’m a bit annoyed that Corey put such a big reveal not in a main entry of this series but in a spinoff (going down the Star War route are we?). I suppose if I have an issue with Corey’s approach to these short stories it is how they keep doing this like they had with The Expanse. Still, I’ve no doubt that Corey will address this in a future entry in the series and will actually take the time to explain the connections and fill in any plot holes.<br /><br />Ultimately The Captive’s War creeps ever closer to really taking off thanks to a big reveal in “Live Suit”. 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(actually a duo of authors) included novellas between each of the novel-length entries. They are apparently going to continue with that pattern in their new series, <i>The Captive's War</i>, so much so that after only one book there's already a novella before the second even has any information posted on this website. I am pleased to have found it in the local library system because my past experience with the between-books novella is that I don't get to read them unless they are collected into one volume much later.<br /><br /><a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/201930181.The_Mercy_of_Gods__The_Captive_s_War___1_" title="The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey" rel="noopener">The Mercy of Gods</a> introduced us to one planet worth of humans in a large universe, whose humans had been there for so long that they no longer had any cultural memory of Earth, or of there being other humans. This existence was interrupted by the arrival of the alien conglomeration known as the Carryx, pitiless conquerors whose only interest in these humans was to see whether they could be made to serve the empire.<br /><br />As far as I understood the first novel in the series, this was the first contact between the Carryx and humans. Yet Livesuit, the novella, presents a different idea: That there are a lot of humans out there still connected; that these humans have been fighting some menace that I believe is to be understood by the reader as the Carryx even if the livesuit soldier who has the POV does not know it; that unlike the humans of Anjiin they are perfectly capable of fighting back and inflicting damage upon the Carryx without being casually wiped out, and that there's something rotten at the core of the fascist rulership that has taken root during this permanent war.<br /><br />Those who are familiar with <a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/21611.The_Forever_War__The_Forever_War___1_" title="The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) by Joe Haldeman" rel="noopener">The Forever War</a> will not miss the similarity of soldiers who are out of joint because they are experiencing time dilation compared to the civilian lives they left behind. There's some of <a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/36510196.Old_Man_s_War__Old_Man_s_War___1_" title="Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) by John Scalzi" rel="noopener">Old Man's War</a> mixed into this dough as well with the way that these people are signing up to get all new enhanced bodies that make them into the war machines that humanity needs. As far as the novella itself, it goes between a past and a present for its POV character Kirin, first introducing us to him in the midst of a mission that starts to go awry, then going back to show us his decision to enlist into the livesuit infantry in the first place. This connection is necessary to show the creeping dread as Kirin realizes that not everything is on the level with his militarized existence.<br /><br />In the context of building out this new series, I feel that it is a strange decision to have the reader introduced to a wider humanity that's at war with the Carryx in a side story. I feel like this is a reveal that should have just happened in the second book, if that is when it is meant to be revealed, so that Dafyd's team gaining the knowledge of other humans is the same time the reader gains this knowledge. Or, if there's going to be an important non-Anjiin human POV, then at least introduce that in the second book when these people are existing along the same timeframe. I have enough self-awareness to realize that this is one of those weird hills that only I am going to die on and that most people don't particularly give a shit about it: If you're writing a series of novels, put the big stuff in the novels. Especially when up to this point there's only been one novel!<br /><br />While I'm sure that there will eventually be some explanation provided that makes it make sense that the first book in the series appears to have been a first contact with humans, while on the other hand a large group of connected humans are at permanent war with the Carryx, right now it doesn't make sense. The Carryx behavior to Anjiin's humans doesn't make sense if they have already assessed humans as a threat and have already done their share of subjugation of human planets. I am grumpy about this on the meta level. Maybe some day I'll come back and revisit the two star rating but until a future novel squares all of this I'm annoyed about it. 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data-testid="contentContainer"><span class="Formatted">This review contains very light spoilers about the preceding book in the series (but, honestly, most of what I'm referencing is revealed quite early in that book so "spoilers" is a bit of a stretch).<br /><br />So how did I follow up finishing a 1000-page fantasy masterpiece? Well, naturally, I was going to need something with a page count about two orders of magnitude smaller. And - what do you know? - one of my favorite sci-fi authors had just released a 75-page novella as a follow-up to The Mercy of Gods, which I'd recently read (and enjoyed). Perfect! I started and finished it on the same day, which is a real rarity for me. <br /><br />Livesuit offers a look at an entirely different and intriguing facet of the dramatic story introduced in The Mercy of Gods. Whereas Book 1 of the series showed us the intergalactic struggle from the perspective of the victims, this one gave us a fascinating view of the soldiers battling to defeat the invaders. The story itself is a terrific piece of military fiction with several action-packed scenes. It's quite well done, and it drives home the magnitude of the disparity between the two factions. I enjoyed reading about the Livesuit technology and its awesome power in the war for humanity. I really appreciated the polished effectiveness of the team, as well. They are an experienced bunch whose extraordinary skill make them a daunting adversary. I really connected with them, and the battle scenes in which they appeared were extremely well-written. There's a reason I blasted through 75 pages in just a few hours. This is compelling reading, and it nicely complements what came before in The Mercy of Gods, making me even more eager to read the next book whenever it's available.<br /><br />I'm marking it down a star because of the shoddy editing that took me out of the story on several occasions. These were not typos but rather glaring errors that should have been caught by a competent editor. The first was a blatant switch of a character's name by a single letter ("Mina" to "Mira"). It inexplicably changed and then, several pages later, shockingly changed back. This latter transition even occurred on the same page! How did nobody catch that? The other error was an incorrect listing of characters present in a particular group. All the names of the team were listed, and a page or two later, one of them was gone, replaced by a different character that wasn't there when the scene started. That's a major problem. By the end of these long scenes, I was very confused about who was, in fact, meant to have been there and whose name should have showed up later. That sort of distraction really ejected me from the story as I flipped back to make sure I wasn't crazy (and I don't think I was).<br /><br />Overall, though, it's an enjoyable read and a great addition to the new Captive's War saga. 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The time dilatation discussions, about war on this giant scale, what it means to live past people who you grew up with, was all great. The major story and its telling of how war changes someone, the wounds that are carried within the body, even when they are "healed", how it becomes impossible to separate the person from their experience was neat. I think the novella serves its purpose really well and confirms a few Mercy of Gods theories. </span></div><div class=""></div></div></section></section><section class="ReviewCard__tags"><ul class="CollapsableList"><span tabindex="-1"></span><span tabindex="-1"></span></ul></section><footer class="SocialFooter"><div data-testid="stats" class="SocialFooter__statsContainer"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium Button--subdued"><span class="Button__labelItem">2 likes</span></button></div></div><div data-testid="actions"><div class="SocialFooter__action"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium" aria-label="Review unliked. 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2024</a></span></section><section class="ReviewText"><section class="ReviewText__content" dir="auto"><div class="TruncatedContent" tabindex="-1"><div class="TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large" tabindex="-1" data-testid="contentContainer"><span class="Formatted">This is exactly what a series novella should be. Slightly expands the universe with interesting flash in the pan characters, but with a subtle but chilling hook at the end. <br /><br />Also helps that I love everything JSAC does. </span></div><div class=""></div></div></section></section><section class="ReviewCard__tags"><ul class="CollapsableList"><span tabindex="-1"></span><span tabindex="-1"></span></ul></section><footer class="SocialFooter"><div data-testid="stats" class="SocialFooter__statsContainer"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium Button--subdued"><span class="Button__labelItem">2 likes</span></button></div></div><div data-testid="actions"><div class="SocialFooter__action"><div class="Button__container"><button type="button" class="Button Button--inline Button--medium" aria-label="Review unliked. 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The book had a 2024 US copyright. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._A._Corey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eJames S. A. Corey\u003c/a\u003e is the \u003ci\u003enom de plume\u003c/i\u003e of the writing team of American authors \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Abraham_(author)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDaniel Abraham\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Franck\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eTy Franck\u003c/a\u003e. Together they have written more than 20-books and several short stories, principally in their \u003ci\u003eExpanse\u003c/i\u003e series, but not exclusively. I have read many of their books. 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Corey\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Mercy of Gods\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/i\u003e made in the story, as having occurred in the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\n \u003ci\u003eTL;DR Synopsis\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHuman volunteers, of an elite force fight the planet-side minions of the Carryx on a level playing field with physically invasive, powered armour. However, the volunteers were unaware of the true extent of their sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\n \u003ci\u003eThe Review \u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI typically don't review novellas, but this one merited it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe James S. A. Corey writing team seeded the decade-long publishing of \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expanse_(novel_series)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Expanse\u003c/i\u003e series\u003c/a\u003e with novellas in the long intervals between novels to keep their readers in-the-game. After several of the novels, and with the world building under my belt, I came to like these novellas better than the novels. They appeared more frequently. They were quick reads. They contained snippets of all the hard-ish, science fiction I liked from the series. It’s apparently their intention to continue this practice with their current \u003ci\u003eCaptive’s War\u003c/i\u003e series?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI approached this novella expecting it to be an updated, version of \u003ci\u003e\n \u003ca href=\"https://goodreads.com/book/show/17214.Starship_Troopers\" title=\"Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eStarship Troopers\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/i\u003e, and it was. Although, it also included a bit of the \u003ca href=\"https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TimeDilation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eTime Dilation\u003c/a\u003e from the \u003ci\u003e\n \u003ca href=\"https://goodreads.com/book/show/21611.The_Forever_War__The_Forever_War___1_\" title=\"The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) by Joe Haldeman\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Forever War\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/i\u003e too. Note that the Space Marines in the story were never referred to as such, or as Starship Troopers, but that’s what they were.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story’s prose was good, and it was immaculately groomed. I found no errors. This is typical of the James S. A. Corey writing team’s work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, I thought the book started out differently than it ended, at least prose-wise. The first few pages, had me thinking this was a work of \u003ci\u003eLiterary Science Fiction\u003c/i\u003e.\u003cblockquote\u003eThey were all sinners who’d reported to purgatory together, and together they suffered and washed away their sins.\u003c/blockquote\u003eThat was, of the same ilk as \u003ci\u003e\n \u003ca href=\"https://goodreads.com/book/show/20170404.Station_Eleven\" title=\"Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eStation Eleven\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/i\u003e by \u003ca href=\"https://goodreads.com/author/show/2786093.Emily_St__John_Mandel\" title=\"Emily St. John Mandel\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eEmily St. John Mandel\u003c/a\u003e. A GR friend has previously identified these scribblings as being in-character to a \u003ci\u003especific\u003c/i\u003e James S. A. Cory partner. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescriptive prose was good. The action sequences were on par with the high-standard of author’s previous work. Being a MIL-SF story, it was packed with combat. Although, some readers may be disappointed that they were all ground combats, and not space battles? I always enjoy the author's dialog. In particular, the \u003ci\u003epithy\u003c/i\u003e short sentences they tend to use. Interestingly, there was the appropriate use of F*bombs, something I don’t recall from previous stories?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThere was only a single POV-- Kirin. He reminded me of updated, Millennial version of \u003ca href=\"https://starshiptroopers.fandom.com/wiki/Juan_Rico_(novel)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\n \u003ci\u003eJohnnie Rico\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e, although more introspective and wary of authority. Kirin leaves, a good life and love to join the Space Marines with his best friend Piotr. Through natural ability and attrition, he rises to non-commissioned officer in the \u003ci\u003eLivesuited\u003c/i\u003e human special forces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere were several other humans in the human forces with Kirin. Piotr just happens to be assigned to Kirin’s mixed-gender \u003ca href=\"https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSquad\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\n \u003ci\u003eSquad\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote there was no: “Sex, drugs, and rock’n roll” in the story, although there was no prohibition of music appreciation. However, sex and substance abuse was discussed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was carnage and property destruction. (Its MIL-SF!) The body count was genocidal. The Carryx \u003ci\u003ecleansed\u003c/i\u003e captured human planets. The Space Marines \u003ci\u003eslaughtered\u003c/i\u003e aliens, including Carryx warriors in great numbers. The violence was: physical, edged-weapons, and futuristic, infantry weapons. It was moderately graphic, as were the woundings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlotting was good. The number of combats, and interludes felt correct. I did see \u003ci\u003eThe Reveal\u003c/i\u003e coming. A niggling complaint, was the end could have been drawn-out for a few more pages. I would have liked a bit more of Kirin's dwelling on his future in the final scene.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorld building was good. However, it was only vaguely \u003ci\u003ehard science fiction\u003c/i\u003e. For example, the humans have \u003ca href=\"https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FasterThanLightTravel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\n \u003ci\u003eFTL Travel\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e (the \u003ci\u003ebrane-slip\u003c/i\u003e) and other “sufficiently advanced technologies indistinguishable from magic”. The space marines went between star systems in what reminded me of the \u003ca href=\"https://starshiptroopers.fandom.com/wiki/Rodger_Young_(novel)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\n \u003ci\u003eRodger Young\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e. These exist alongside more prosaic, conceivable future technologies like: mosquito-sized drones, “smart” ammunition, and augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) helmets. The titular \u003ci\u003eLivesuits\u003c/i\u003e were an update to the powered armor trope, using new Millennium tech-concepts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was left with this vague feeling that given the available tech, why was there still need for \u003ci\u003eboots on the ground\u003c/i\u003e in future combat? Why not just release nano-swarms (as appeared in \u003ci\u003eCaptive’s War\u003c/i\u003e) into the atmosphere to re-cleanse the planet of the Carryx invaders?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\n \u003ci\u003eSummary\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI started this series with great expectations of a short, well-written MIL-SF story. It was better than I expected. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn particular, the story had all the high-tech \u003ci\u003eflags waving, cannons firing, smoke and bugles blowing\u003c/i\u003e requisite of MIL-SF. It was a modern update of the old timey MIL-SF tropes that I had known and loved.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe story was also a lot more cynical than those old timey stories. That also was a reflection of modern sensibilities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis story was amongst the most: well-written, somewhat gritty, semi-hard, military science fiction I’ve read in the last year or two. It was also blissfully short. I liked the main character. I also liked his stoicism, when he realized just how F*ked he was, but that it was for a just cause.","rating":4,"shelving":{"__typename":"Shelving","shelf":{"__typename":"Shelf","name":"read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/7750931?shelf=read"},"taggings":[{"__typename":"Tagging","tag":{"__typename":"Tag","name":"sci-fi","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/7750931?shelf=sci-fi"}}],"webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6882756457"},"likeCount":254,"viewerHasLiked":null,"commentCount":2},"User:53587416":{"id":53587416,"__typename":"User","legacyId":53587416,"imageUrlSquare":"https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/users/1662985249i/53587416._UY200_CR100,0,200,200_.jpg","isAuthor":false,"textReviewsCount":1366,"viewerRelationshipStatus":null,"name":"Jamie","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/53587416-jamie","contributor":null,"followersCount":186},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.a4_37latU8_F3zvCUhA3fA":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.a4_37latU8_F3zvCUhA3fA","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:53587416"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1738540420878,"createdAt":1727881498188,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1731004917580,"text":"A chilling little story with a decidedly military sci-fi feel featuring some great characterizations and sense of camaraderie, sleek tech and plenty of battle action. Other than the fact that we have humans from a myriad of worlds battling some truly monstrous alien invaders of unknown origin, it remains to be seen how this all ties into the people, events and settings from the first book and the larger story that's clearly at play here.","rating":4,"shelving":{"__typename":"Shelving","shelf":{"__typename":"Shelf","name":"read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/53587416?shelf=read"},"taggings":[],"webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6782443872"},"likeCount":229,"viewerHasLiked":null,"commentCount":0},"User:5220553":{"id":5220553,"__typename":"User","legacyId":5220553,"imageUrlSquare":"https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/users/1591942430i/5220553._UY200_CR33,0,200,200_.jpg","isAuthor":false,"textReviewsCount":220,"viewerRelationshipStatus":null,"name":"Allen Walker","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5220553-allen-walker","contributor":null,"followersCount":1581},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1._yPEIXfHdtO8-Dl8lRUUnQ":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1._yPEIXfHdtO8-Dl8lRUUnQ","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:5220553"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1739986063177,"createdAt":1728826773994,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1728826852151,"text":"4.5\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eLoved it. Great exploration of how, in order to preserve humanity, we lose our humanity. I'm more interested in Dafyd and my crew with the Carryx but this was great to read.","rating":5,"shelving":{"__typename":"Shelving","shelf":{"__typename":"Shelf","name":"read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/5220553?shelf=read"},"taggings":[],"webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6922789313"},"likeCount":213,"viewerHasLiked":null,"commentCount":0},"User:51753671":{"id":51753671,"__typename":"User","legacyId":51753671,"imageUrlSquare":"https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/users/1715369117i/51753671.jpg","isAuthor":false,"textReviewsCount":385,"viewerRelationshipStatus":null,"name":"Цветозар","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/51753671","contributor":null,"followersCount":84},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.nmuzNsF2kv9pj3j8zIwFJw":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.nmuzNsF2kv9pj3j8zIwFJw","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:51753671"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1738540464296,"createdAt":1727785454687,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1727785855122,"text":"[Original Bulgarian in the bottom, might as well write something in English as early as I am]\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe authors (I recently learned that the name is a pseudonym for two authors) continue to write science fiction that is interesting to me, someone who is not that big a fan of the genre.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eLivesuit is a pretty good addition to the pile of questions that The Mercy of Gods had already raised. The authors' style remains strong, light, and very readable, and the plot of this short novella is well-crafted and concise. The ending of the novella leaves you craving more, whether it be other novellas or the main series, but for that, you'll have to wait. If only the reader could enter subjective time to make it go faster.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e---\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eАвторите (скоро разбрах, че името е чадър за двама автори) продължават да пишат фантастика, която е интересна за мен, човек, който не е никак голям фен на фантастиката. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eLivesuit е доста добро допълнение към купчината въпроси, които The Mercy of Gods вече бяха събрали, стилът на авторите продължава да е силен, лек и четим, а сюжетът на тази кракта новела е много добре изпипан и стегнат. Краят на новелата те оставя жаден за още, било то други новели или главната поредица, но за това ще трябва да се чака. Само да можеше да влезе читателя във субективно време, за да стане по-бързо.","rating":5,"shelving":{"__typename":"Shelving","shelf":{"__typename":"Shelf","name":"read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/51753671?shelf=read"},"taggings":[],"webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6862132580"},"likeCount":212,"viewerHasLiked":null,"commentCount":0},"User:96985161":{"id":96985161,"__typename":"User","legacyId":96985161,"imageUrlSquare":"https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/users/1702691891i/96985161._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg","isAuthor":false,"textReviewsCount":74,"viewerRelationshipStatus":null,"name":"Daria","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/96985161-daria","contributor":null,"followersCount":3},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.deOlJl-61P-b2izU74yhSA":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.deOlJl-61P-b2izU74yhSA","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:96985161"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1739986066511,"createdAt":1728006081085,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1728006141041,"text":"It's like if Starship Troopers and the Forever War had a baby","rating":5,"shelving":{"__typename":"Shelving","shelf":{"__typename":"Shelf","name":"read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/96985161?shelf=read"},"taggings":[],"webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6899891336"},"likeCount":198,"viewerHasLiked":null,"commentCount":0},"Contributor:kca://author/amzn1.gr.author.v1.vTmfA6EdDDDmXk3Qfa1iUA":{"id":"kca://author/amzn1.gr.author.v1.vTmfA6EdDDDmXk3Qfa1iUA","__typename":"Contributor","works":{"__typename":"ContributorWorksConnection","totalCount":1}},"User:19753299":{"id":19753299,"__typename":"User","legacyId":19753299,"imageUrlSquare":"https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/users/1369085851i/19753299.jpg","isAuthor":true,"textReviewsCount":70,"viewerRelationshipStatus":null,"name":"David Grose","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/19753299-david-grose","contributor":{"__ref":"Contributor:kca://author/amzn1.gr.author.v1.vTmfA6EdDDDmXk3Qfa1iUA"},"followersCount":2},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.ZDuAbLn7Ieh8EFNm2hBTQg":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.ZDuAbLn7Ieh8EFNm2hBTQg","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:19753299"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1736174055294,"createdAt":1727791395028,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1727791771080,"text":"If you came to The Captive's War looking for a new setting but the same excellent character work, ponderous prose regarding space and humanity's role there, intense action, and interesting factions as you experienced in The Expanse, you've found it.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI do not intend to disparage The Mercy of Gods, but I do see the issues with relatively uninteresting characters with little to no depth. This does not continue in Livesuit, where the characters are immediately more engaging, personal, and interesting. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis is the story you've been looking for, and it gives me great hope for this series as a whole. I am a fan of The Mercy of Gods, but where that book can feel slow and \"dare I say it\" low stakes at times, Livesuit opens the book of the universe, and its pages are gilded!!!!","rating":5,"shelving":{"__typename":"Shelving","shelf":{"__typename":"Shelf","name":"read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/19753299?shelf=read"},"taggings":[],"webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6891926725"},"likeCount":196,"viewerHasLiked":null,"commentCount":0},"User:21083336":{"id":21083336,"__typename":"User","legacyId":21083336,"imageUrlSquare":"https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/users/1370565268i/21083336.jpg","isAuthor":false,"textReviewsCount":829,"viewerRelationshipStatus":null,"name":"Amy Mills","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/21083336-amy-mills","contributor":null,"followersCount":8},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.B-vEV5rfZJ38uPimcz_UbQ":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.B-vEV5rfZJ38uPimcz_UbQ","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:21083336"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1738540562857,"createdAt":1727911998108,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1727912023680,"text":"The thing that this reminds me of the most strongly is Old Man's War by John Scalzi. It explores themes much like the ones in Livesuit: soldiers recruited under dire circumstances, given special suits to rely on, \u003ci\u003enot\u003c/i\u003e given all the information they really should have been given. Livesuit also shares themes with Forever War, by Joe Haldeman, particularly the weirdly chaotic effects of relativistic time dilation on receiving news and orders.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBut with all those similarities, Livesuit is very much unique in its story. Humans are recruited to fight alien aggressors. They are put into Livesuits that allow them to fight in any environment and will patch them up to keep fighting if they are injured. This is then taken to what, in hindsight, seems like the obvious (and chilling) conclusion, but I didn't even come close to guessing at it before the reveal.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis is one that I will probably revisit, now that I know the ending, to look for other clues. The most obvious one is the communication from Mina (or Mira? the name kept changing... possibly an editing issue).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAt any rate, I highly recommend this one. It is not necessary to have read the first book of Captive's War to enjoy this, but if you have read it, you will have more context for what's going on (and probably make some connections to things not yet explained in the main series).","rating":4,"shelving":{"__typename":"Shelving","shelf":{"__typename":"Shelf","name":"read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/21083336?shelf=read"},"taggings":[{"__typename":"Tagging","tag":{"__typename":"Tag","name":"plot-twist","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/21083336?shelf=plot-twist"}},{"__typename":"Tagging","tag":{"__typename":"Tag","name":"sf","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/21083336?shelf=sf"}},{"__typename":"Tagging","tag":{"__typename":"Tag","name":"war","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/21083336?shelf=war"}}],"webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6896991934"},"likeCount":193,"viewerHasLiked":null,"commentCount":2},"User:18676814":{"id":18676814,"__typename":"User","legacyId":18676814,"imageUrlSquare":"https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/users/1726143032i/18676814._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg","isAuthor":false,"textReviewsCount":202,"viewerRelationshipStatus":null,"name":"Tyler Patton","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/18676814-tyler-patton","contributor":null,"followersCount":5},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.DQ2NXUwkzkhdCH7vtEfnvg":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.DQ2NXUwkzkhdCH7vtEfnvg","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:18676814"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1733530752565,"createdAt":1728143475570,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1728144635162,"text":"Great twist ending! 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It doesn't distract me from seeing the main issue or question at that point because there was no main issue or question. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlso, the past-present dual timeline narrative kills any sort of stakes because we know the present. I also don’t understand why they made the choice to jump between timelines from paragraph to paragraph without any indication. It only takes away from the immersion and leads to confusion. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eComing to technology, the Livesuit idea is nice but as with Mercy, it doesn’t feel like the world or technology of a universe that is thousands of years into the future. They’re using brane technology instead of the warp drive or wormholes for light speed travel and that was exciting. 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This novella follows one such livesuit soldier, detailing his life before and during his military service, and as he realizes the true cost of the war. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt seems like a very typical, tropey premise, but I really enjoyed it. Corey have a way with words and storytelling that I appreciate, and they drew out a LOT of surprising emotion in the last quarter of this novella. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI wonder if writing this novella that is much more action and military forward compared to The Mercy of Gods was a way to whet the appetites of those looking for more of it in that book. This does make me look back at The Mercy of Gods and wonder at what the greater plan is, considering we follow very research heavy characters in that one. 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Swinford","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/750618-h-j-swinford","contributor":{"__ref":"Contributor:kca://author/amzn1.gr.author.v1.cOd9DlFaLaU9PsgipskhMw"},"followersCount":69},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.LTcNP_KfgjIBBjpZwPVCdQ":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.LTcNP_KfgjIBBjpZwPVCdQ","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:750618"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1734850583671,"createdAt":1734840191899,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1734840272064,"text":"Solid read. Very excited for more in this series!","rating":4,"shelving":{"__typename":"Shelving","shelf":{"__typename":"Shelf","name":"read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/750618?shelf=read"},"taggings":[{"__typename":"Tagging","tag":{"__typename":"Tag","name":"audiobook-read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/750618?shelf=audiobook-read"}},{"__typename":"Tagging","tag":{"__typename":"Tag","name":"novellas","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/750618?shelf=novellas"}},{"__typename":"Tagging","tag":{"__typename":"Tag","name":"read-in-2024","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/750618?shelf=read-in-2024"}},{"__typename":"Tagging","tag":{"__typename":"Tag","name":"science-fiction","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/750618?shelf=science-fiction"}},{"__typename":"Tagging","tag":{"__typename":"Tag","name":"short-stories","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/750618?shelf=short-stories"}},{"__typename":"Tagging","tag":{"__typename":"Tag","name":"space-opera","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/750618?shelf=space-opera"}},{"__typename":"Tagging","tag":{"__typename":"Tag","name":"speculative","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/750618?shelf=speculative"}}],"webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7106649060"},"likeCount":3,"viewerHasLiked":null,"commentCount":0},"User:169322044":{"id":169322044,"__typename":"User","legacyId":169322044,"imageUrlSquare":"","isAuthor":false,"textReviewsCount":69,"viewerRelationshipStatus":null,"name":"Monica Lynne","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/169322044-monica-lynne","contributor":null,"followersCount":0},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.6V1ljfqNLoZfyDicI6z7Vg":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.6V1ljfqNLoZfyDicI6z7Vg","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:169322044"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1730029425647,"createdAt":1729384817767,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1729384882345,"text":"Great novella in the new series! Think I liked this story even more then main story","rating":5,"shelving":{"__typename":"Shelving","shelf":{"__typename":"Shelf","name":"read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/169322044?shelf=read"},"taggings":[],"webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6939361538"},"likeCount":3,"viewerHasLiked":null,"commentCount":0},"User:12587741":{"id":12587741,"__typename":"User","legacyId":12587741,"imageUrlSquare":"https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/users/1692068912i/12587741._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg","isAuthor":false,"textReviewsCount":150,"viewerRelationshipStatus":null,"name":"Erika George","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12587741-erika-george","contributor":null,"followersCount":9},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.pfEkUKOs1kzp92JM9WzTWQ":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.pfEkUKOs1kzp92JM9WzTWQ","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:12587741"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1728441582088,"createdAt":1722376138977,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1728441581929,"text":"me wanting to read a novella for a series that isnt even out yet? groundbreaking\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIM SO EXCITED\u003cbr /\u003e——————————\u003cbr /\u003eSo I don’t usually read novellas and this just reinforced that. \u003cbr /\u003eI have know idea where this fits in the new series? Or when? Or if any of these characters were supposed to be even remotely similar??\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt’s like space horror a bit a short story set in the same “world” except the world is the entire made up universe… anyways moving on from that point.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eStory was very interesting the suits were like Dune suits that never come off. Very cool and freaky science! \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThere were time jumps that could have been separated by some sort of indicator?? Are there chapters in novellas? I could have used some *** between paragraphs that take place world apart.","rating":3,"shelving":{"__typename":"Shelving","shelf":{"__typename":"Shelf","name":"read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/12587741?shelf=read"},"taggings":[],"webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6715606341"},"likeCount":3,"viewerHasLiked":null,"commentCount":0},"User:116395344":{"id":116395344,"__typename":"User","legacyId":116395344,"imageUrlSquare":"https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/users/1681936423i/116395344._UX200_CR0,5,200,200_.jpg","isAuthor":false,"textReviewsCount":299,"viewerRelationshipStatus":null,"name":"Benghis Kahn","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/116395344-benghis-kahn","contributor":null,"followersCount":173},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.r-hflIOkyx7ZMYARftrlmg":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.r-hflIOkyx7ZMYARftrlmg","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:116395344"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1739819307522,"createdAt":1734745271095,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1734745552477,"text":"This was a dynamite novella that had me gripped from start to finish (special kudos to Jefferson Mays' audio, which crushed it as usual). I loved seeing a very different perspective on the Captive's War than the one we got in Mercy of Gods. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis is quite an engaging take on futuristic high-tech soldiering and human vs. alien warfare, and dang am I sad I don't have the next novel to dive into immediately -- I just eat up the writing of this masterful duo.","rating":5,"shelving":{"__typename":"Shelving","shelf":{"__typename":"Shelf","name":"read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/116395344?shelf=read"},"taggings":[{"__typename":"Tagging","tag":{"__typename":"Tag","name":"scifi-fantasy","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/116395344?shelf=scifi-fantasy"}}],"webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7104018809"},"likeCount":3,"viewerHasLiked":null,"commentCount":0},"Contributor:kca://author/amzn1.gr.author.v1.euFDaG7twXDwj1cWyuXmKQ":{"id":"kca://author/amzn1.gr.author.v1.euFDaG7twXDwj1cWyuXmKQ","__typename":"Contributor","works":{"__typename":"ContributorWorksConnection","totalCount":5}},"User:55007442":{"id":55007442,"__typename":"User","legacyId":55007442,"imageUrlSquare":"","isAuthor":true,"textReviewsCount":811,"viewerRelationshipStatus":null,"name":"Curtis","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/55007442-curtis","contributor":{"__ref":"Contributor:kca://author/amzn1.gr.author.v1.euFDaG7twXDwj1cWyuXmKQ"},"followersCount":35},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.xxduCB2en06erCKqczr9yg":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.xxduCB2en06erCKqczr9yg","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:55007442"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1736087292019,"createdAt":1728314626057,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1728314718320,"text":"This acts as an interesting puzzle piece and is fun to try to figure out how you're supposed to apply it to the main series. But in terms of an actual story, it left a lot to be desired. I feel like I've read a dozen Alastair Reynolds stories that did the same thing but better. ","rating":3,"shelving":{"__typename":"Shelving","shelf":{"__typename":"Shelf","name":"read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/55007442?shelf=read"},"taggings":[],"webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6903355162"},"likeCount":3,"viewerHasLiked":null,"commentCount":0},"User:126992988":{"id":126992988,"__typename":"User","legacyId":126992988,"imageUrlSquare":"https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/users/1609441772i/126992988._UX200_CR0,37,200,200_.jpg","isAuthor":false,"textReviewsCount":1186,"viewerRelationshipStatus":null,"name":"Graham Barrett","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/126992988-graham-barrett","contributor":null,"followersCount":2},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.2lxeIBqdhh0NtJBICFUYKQ":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.2lxeIBqdhh0NtJBICFUYKQ","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:126992988"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1735433801937,"createdAt":1735427220128,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1735427229391,"text":"I started 2024 with a James S.A. Corey story and now I’m going to end the year with one as well. “Live Suit” is set in The Captive’s War universe after the events of “The Mercy of Gods” which I had just recently read which helped me to connect with this novella’s content. The novella comes as a bit of a shock because of how different and seemingly unrelated it is to the book but then there’s a reveal that puts both it and several parts of the novel into proper context.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIf The Mercy of Gods was an allegorical life and death fight between academics than Live Suit’s conflict is more like “Starship Troopers” and what you’d expect from a space opera about interstellar war between humanity and alien civilizations. Corey had previously done their take on the Space Marine story/characters in “The Expanse” already via Bobbie Draper. While that was more about normal humans in powered armor, Live Suit is more focused on Corey’s take on super soldiers with armor that’s like a symbiotic second skin. Besides showing standard humans vs aliens that alot of military sci fi stories have, Corey uses the book to explore the question of “what is human” as more and more bodily and mental functions are taken over by the suit to keep the operator functioning. The later parts are particularly more interesting than the former. That said, the battle scenes reveal something about the war that gives this series its name and as I said flips a lot of plot points from The Mercy of Gods on their heads. Its a pretty good twist yet I’m a bit annoyed that Corey put such a big reveal not in a main entry of this series but in a spinoff (going down the Star War route are we?). I suppose if I have an issue with Corey’s approach to these short stories it is how they keep doing this like they had with The Expanse. Still, I’ve no doubt that Corey will address this in a future entry in the series and will actually take the time to explain the connections and fill in any plot holes.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eUltimately The Captive’s War creeps ever closer to really taking off thanks to a big reveal in “Live Suit”. Still not at the same level of quality as The Expanse, but Live Suit was a fun and surprisingly expansive addition to the series.\u003cbr /\u003e","rating":4,"shelving":{"__typename":"Shelving","shelf":{"__typename":"Shelf","name":"read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/126992988?shelf=read"},"taggings":[{"__typename":"Tagging","tag":{"__typename":"Tag","name":"2024","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/126992988?shelf=2024"}},{"__typename":"Tagging","tag":{"__typename":"Tag","name":"sci-fi","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/126992988?shelf=sci-fi"}}],"webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6925769476"},"likeCount":2,"viewerHasLiked":null,"commentCount":0},"User:3511708":{"id":3511708,"__typename":"User","legacyId":3511708,"imageUrlSquare":"https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/users/1619822324i/3511708._UX200_CR0,57,200,200_.jpg","isAuthor":false,"textReviewsCount":1078,"viewerRelationshipStatus":null,"name":"Mark","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3511708-mark","contributor":null,"followersCount":82},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.dajGFsWD9QTwFn-4Pb7FRw":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.dajGFsWD9QTwFn-4Pb7FRw","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:3511708"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1737123599261,"createdAt":1734531117380,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1734533058452,"text":"\u003ci\u003eThe Expanse\u003c/i\u003e series by this same author (actually a duo of authors) included novellas between each of the novel-length entries. They are apparently going to continue with that pattern in their new series, \u003ci\u003eThe Captive's War\u003c/i\u003e, so much so that after only one book there's already a novella before the second even has any information posted on this website. I am pleased to have found it in the local library system because my past experience with the between-books novella is that I don't get to read them unless they are collected into one volume much later.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://goodreads.com/book/show/201930181.The_Mercy_of_Gods__The_Captive_s_War___1_\" title=\"The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Mercy of Gods\u003c/a\u003e introduced us to one planet worth of humans in a large universe, whose humans had been there for so long that they no longer had any cultural memory of Earth, or of there being other humans. This existence was interrupted by the arrival of the alien conglomeration known as the Carryx, pitiless conquerors whose only interest in these humans was to see whether they could be made to serve the empire.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs far as I understood the first novel in the series, this was the first contact between the Carryx and humans. Yet Livesuit, the novella, presents a different idea: That there are a lot of humans out there still connected; that these humans have been fighting some menace that I believe is to be understood by the reader as the Carryx even if the livesuit soldier who has the POV does not know it; that unlike the humans of Anjiin they are perfectly capable of fighting back and inflicting damage upon the Carryx without being casually wiped out, and that there's something rotten at the core of the fascist rulership that has taken root during this permanent war.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThose who are familiar with \u003ca href=\"https://goodreads.com/book/show/21611.The_Forever_War__The_Forever_War___1_\" title=\"The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) by Joe Haldeman\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Forever War\u003c/a\u003e will not miss the similarity of soldiers who are out of joint because they are experiencing time dilation compared to the civilian lives they left behind. There's some of \u003ca href=\"https://goodreads.com/book/show/36510196.Old_Man_s_War__Old_Man_s_War___1_\" title=\"Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) by John Scalzi\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eOld Man's War\u003c/a\u003e mixed into this dough as well with the way that these people are signing up to get all new enhanced bodies that make them into the war machines that humanity needs. As far as the novella itself, it goes between a past and a present for its POV character Kirin, first introducing us to him in the midst of a mission that starts to go awry, then going back to show us his decision to enlist into the livesuit infantry in the first place. This connection is necessary to show the creeping dread as Kirin realizes that not everything is on the level with his militarized existence.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn the context of building out this new series, I feel that it is a strange decision to have the reader introduced to a wider humanity that's at war with the Carryx in a side story. I feel like this is a reveal that should have just happened in the second book, if that is when it is meant to be revealed, so that Dafyd's team gaining the knowledge of other humans is the same time the reader gains this knowledge. Or, if there's going to be an important non-Anjiin human POV, then at least introduce that in the second book when these people are existing along the same timeframe. I have enough self-awareness to realize that this is one of those weird hills that only I am going to die on and that most people don't particularly give a shit about it: If you're writing a series of novels, put the big stuff in the novels. Especially when up to this point there's only been one novel!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhile I'm sure that there will eventually be some explanation provided that makes it make sense that the first book in the series appears to have been a first contact with humans, while on the other hand a large group of connected humans are at permanent war with the Carryx, right now it doesn't make sense. The Carryx behavior to Anjiin's humans doesn't make sense if they have already assessed humans as a threat and have already done their share of subjugation of human planets. I am grumpy about this on the meta level. Maybe some day I'll come back and revisit the two star rating but until a future novel squares all of this I'm annoyed about it. Just like, the kind of annoyed that I'll have forgotten about by the time the calendar turns to 2025.","rating":2,"shelving":{"__typename":"Shelving","shelf":{"__typename":"Shelf","name":"read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3511708?shelf=read"},"taggings":[{"__typename":"Tagging","tag":{"__typename":"Tag","name":"science-fiction","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3511708?shelf=science-fiction"}}],"webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7096004328"},"likeCount":2,"viewerHasLiked":null,"commentCount":0},"User:44248855":{"id":44248855,"__typename":"User","legacyId":44248855,"imageUrlSquare":"https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/users/1530897497i/44248855._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg","isAuthor":false,"textReviewsCount":191,"viewerRelationshipStatus":null,"name":"Paul Grubb","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/44248855-paul-grubb","contributor":null,"followersCount":1},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.i5xUPmRxrSspAYovaVVr7w":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.i5xUPmRxrSspAYovaVVr7w","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:44248855"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1735836428545,"createdAt":1734393906051,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1734413758177,"text":"This review contains very light spoilers about the preceding book in the series (but, honestly, most of what I'm referencing is revealed quite early in that book so \"spoilers\" is a bit of a stretch).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo how did I follow up finishing a 1000-page fantasy masterpiece? Well, naturally, I was going to need something with a page count about two orders of magnitude smaller. And - what do you know? - one of my favorite sci-fi authors had just released a 75-page novella as a follow-up to The Mercy of Gods, which I'd recently read (and enjoyed). Perfect! I started and finished it on the same day, which is a real rarity for me. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eLivesuit offers a look at an entirely different and intriguing facet of the dramatic story introduced in The Mercy of Gods. Whereas Book 1 of the series showed us the intergalactic struggle from the perspective of the victims, this one gave us a fascinating view of the soldiers battling to defeat the invaders. The story itself is a terrific piece of military fiction with several action-packed scenes. It's quite well done, and it drives home the magnitude of the disparity between the two factions. I enjoyed reading about the Livesuit technology and its awesome power in the war for humanity. I really appreciated the polished effectiveness of the team, as well. They are an experienced bunch whose extraordinary skill make them a daunting adversary. I really connected with them, and the battle scenes in which they appeared were extremely well-written. There's a reason I blasted through 75 pages in just a few hours. This is compelling reading, and it nicely complements what came before in The Mercy of Gods, making me even more eager to read the next book whenever it's available.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI'm marking it down a star because of the shoddy editing that took me out of the story on several occasions. These were not typos but rather glaring errors that should have been caught by a competent editor. The first was a blatant switch of a character's name by a single letter (\"Mina\" to \"Mira\"). It inexplicably changed and then, several pages later, shockingly changed back. This latter transition even occurred on the same page! How did nobody catch that? The other error was an incorrect listing of characters present in a particular group. All the names of the team were listed, and a page or two later, one of them was gone, replaced by a different character that wasn't there when the scene started. That's a major problem. By the end of these long scenes, I was very confused about who was, in fact, meant to have been there and whose name should have showed up later. That sort of distraction really ejected me from the story as I flipped back to make sure I wasn't crazy (and I don't think I was).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOverall, though, it's an enjoyable read and a great addition to the new Captive's War saga. Bring on Book 2!","rating":3,"shelving":{"__typename":"Shelving","shelf":{"__typename":"Shelf","name":"read","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/44248855?shelf=read"},"taggings":[],"webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7091150613"},"likeCount":2,"viewerHasLiked":null,"commentCount":0},"User:50977214":{"id":50977214,"__typename":"User","legacyId":50977214,"imageUrlSquare":"https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/users/1686179624i/50977214._UY200_CR12,0,200,200_.jpg","isAuthor":false,"textReviewsCount":95,"viewerRelationshipStatus":null,"name":"X-Krow","webUrl":"https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/50977214-x-krow","contributor":null,"followersCount":1},"Review:kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.M1yiO8grB4ta3jzhqaGmTw":{"id":"kca://review:goodreads/amzn1.gr.review:goodreads.v1.M1yiO8grB4ta3jzhqaGmTw","__typename":"Review","creator":{"__ref":"User:50977214"},"recommendFor":null,"updatedAt":1730616440739,"createdAt":1730571789237,"spoilerStatus":false,"lastRevisionAt":1730571799987,"text":"That was depressing as hell. 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