Havoc The Dred Chronicles Book 2 edition by Ann Aguirre Literature Fiction eBooks
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Five stars aren’t enough for this book. Perdition, a giant space station retrofitted as a prison orbits aimlessly, filled with the worst criminals...criminals who are unsupervised and sentenced to a hopeless life of fighting to live another day in a world where the sun never shines, depravity lurking around every dirty corner.Dred a.k.a. The Dred Queen is the leader of Queensland, one of four factions inside Perdition. She previously led her territory in the destruction of her greedy closest neighbors, acquiring room and supplies for her people. Unfortunately Queensland’s numbers were majorly depleted, and when the latest supply ship docks with a gift of heavily armed mercenaries tasked with cleaning out Perdition the situation looks pretty grim. As Dred herself remarks: when you’re already in hell how can it possibly get worse? Well, it can.
What follows is a fast-paced guerilla war as Dred, her champion Jael, spymaster Tam, trusted advisor Ike and lieutenant Martine defend the home they’ve built as the mercs, led by mysterious Vost, wage their own war of attrition. It’s about to get bloody(er). With the threat of the mercs there is also Mungo’s cannibals and prolific, mute killers who follow the diabolical and aptly named Silence to worry over.
While there is plenty political intrigue, makeshift bomb-making and (laser)gunfights to go around Ann Aguirre skillfully develops her characters, even as she introduces many new ones, including the secretive alien faction of Perdition that lives in the bowels of the ship. In a place filled with the refuse of society moments of fraternity and mortality are all the more poignant. Dred and her ragtag crew are bad people who have done bad things. Does that make them evil? When you have nothing to look forward to for the rest of your life and are trapped in a place where the most deviant thrive there is ample time to ponder your own humanity. When you’re not looking over your shoulder to make sure someone isn’t about to shove a homemade shiv in your spine, that is.
Ann Aguirre is a master storyteller and every element of this book is top notch. While the action is nearly non-stop it’s balanced by strong characters, vivid world building and some serious writing chops. The prose ebbs, flows and adds to the story just as much as the plot and characters. And there is some serious plot going on here. The narrative follows Dred, Jael, Tam and Vost but is never convoluted or confusing.
Another element I love about this story is a little romance between Dred/Jael and Tam/Martine. It still definitely rates science fiction but those undertones are there in just the right amount. After all, there isn’t much time for romance when you’ve learned from experience to trust no one...and are fighting for your life against insurmountable odds on top of that.
I can’t recommend Havoc (and this series - as well as Aguirre’s other sci-fi series, Sirantha Jax) enough. I only read ebooks but I’ll probably buy the paperbacks just so I can loan to friends. Despite being #2 in a trilogy readers can start here without getting lost. The atmosphere of Perdition is constantly changing and although this book has a satisfying conclusion (no cliffhangers), waiting another year for the next will be tough. I savored it as much as I could, but this gritty, adventurous story is one you will want to inhale in one go.
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Havoc The Dred Chronicles Book 2 edition by Ann Aguirre Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This is the second book in the series, and it was a little harder for me to rate and review than Perdition. I still really like Dred and Jael, and how they as individuals and their relationship is growing. And the politics and war on the ship were fascinating, as were the secondary characters. But it just didn’t quite give me the same kick in the gut that Perdition did, nor did it feel so intimate and involved. I think the influx of new characters in the form of the mercenary team, while likely necessary to the overall plot and goals of the individuals, changed the dynamics in a way that I was just not entirely ready for.
It is interesting, because since I read them back to back with no participation in the hype, I am not sure I had the same feelings as I would have, had I had to go through the interminable year long wait for this book and then another wait for the third book. It is all so near for me. But in essence, this really feels, for me, like it could and should have been an epic 1000+ page single book. Havoc just really felt like the middle of a single book to me. But I can understand that would have been a hard, if not impossible sell, even if that is how the author felt too.
I liked it very much, and it definitely made me impatient for the third book. So this is weird to say. It didn’t disappoint me, really, really didn’t disappoint me but I can’t rate it as high as I did the first one, since I base my rating on how likely I will be to read it. Perdition will absolutely get reread, in fact by the time this post actually goes live I will probably already have reread it. Havoc at this point will likely only get reread if I am doing a reread glomm on the series.
Yes, I am a strange reader, don’t let this review dissuade you if you are on the fence, because I highly recommend the series so far. I am just champing at the bit for the conclusion and kind of wishing I hadn’t become so impatient with waiting and had held out on reading until the weekend prior to the release of Breakout.
I am also ridiculously curious if Jael will get the opportunity to meet back up with Sirantha and Vel. I hope so, even though I doubt the series will require it.
In the end, this has pointed me to an editor I must follow, and Aguirre has the distinction of being the only author who has tempted me to look back into her YA/NA offerings. I haven’t done it, but I will admit to being tempted. And now I am just rambling because I am putting off finishing this review because then all I will be left with is how much I want that last book, dang it.
While I like the nature and ambiance that the author has created with this series, this book did have a couple of issues that prevented it from earning a higher rating.
The bad
1. The entirety of this book felt like a really long fight scene or the recitation of an action video game more than a novel.
2. There really isn't a lot of character development or world development occurring, almost as if the whole book was really just a long set-up for the next one.
3. The author has a weird thing about introducing characters that you think are going to be important and then turning around and arbitrarily offing them. I realize that this series is basically "Oz" in space, but c'mon!
4. I'm not buying the romance angle. Not that I dislike either of the primary characters, but the romance feels a little arbitrary and considering the rich thematic playground that the author has created, I don't think a romance angle is even really necessary. Still, this point isn't exactly a deal breaker.
The good
1. Again, the background world and richness of the theme are really amazing and unique.
2. The main character is very well written, and the author has found that fine line for her main character that lingers between "good guy" and "bad guy" and straddles it fairly masterfully.
3. The secondary characters are well written as well and some of them are fairly intriguing, though I wish the author would stop with all the perspective shifting.
Five stars aren’t enough for this book. Perdition, a giant space station retrofitted as a prison orbits aimlessly, filled with the worst criminals...criminals who are unsupervised and sentenced to a hopeless life of fighting to live another day in a world where the sun never shines, depravity lurking around every dirty corner.
Dred a.k.a. The Dred Queen is the leader of Queensland, one of four factions inside Perdition. She previously led her territory in the destruction of her greedy closest neighbors, acquiring room and supplies for her people. Unfortunately Queensland’s numbers were majorly depleted, and when the latest supply ship docks with a gift of heavily armed mercenaries tasked with cleaning out Perdition the situation looks pretty grim. As Dred herself remarks when you’re already in hell how can it possibly get worse? Well, it can.
What follows is a fast-paced guerilla war as Dred, her champion Jael, spymaster Tam, trusted advisor Ike and lieutenant Martine defend the home they’ve built as the mercs, led by mysterious Vost, wage their own war of attrition. It’s about to get bloody(er). With the threat of the mercs there is also Mungo’s cannibals and prolific, mute killers who follow the diabolical and aptly named Silence to worry over.
While there is plenty political intrigue, makeshift bomb-making and (laser)gunfights to go around Ann Aguirre skillfully develops her characters, even as she introduces many new ones, including the secretive alien faction of Perdition that lives in the bowels of the ship. In a place filled with the refuse of society moments of fraternity and mortality are all the more poignant. Dred and her ragtag crew are bad people who have done bad things. Does that make them evil? When you have nothing to look forward to for the rest of your life and are trapped in a place where the most deviant thrive there is ample time to ponder your own humanity. When you’re not looking over your shoulder to make sure someone isn’t about to shove a homemade shiv in your spine, that is.
Ann Aguirre is a master storyteller and every element of this book is top notch. While the action is nearly non-stop it’s balanced by strong characters, vivid world building and some serious writing chops. The prose ebbs, flows and adds to the story just as much as the plot and characters. And there is some serious plot going on here. The narrative follows Dred, Jael, Tam and Vost but is never convoluted or confusing.
Another element I love about this story is a little romance between Dred/Jael and Tam/Martine. It still definitely rates science fiction but those undertones are there in just the right amount. After all, there isn’t much time for romance when you’ve learned from experience to trust no one...and are fighting for your life against insurmountable odds on top of that.
I can’t recommend Havoc (and this series - as well as Aguirre’s other sci-fi series, Sirantha Jax) enough. I only read ebooks but I’ll probably buy the paperbacks just so I can loan to friends. Despite being #2 in a trilogy readers can start here without getting lost. The atmosphere of Perdition is constantly changing and although this book has a satisfying conclusion (no cliffhangers), waiting another year for the next will be tough. I savored it as much as I could, but this gritty, adventurous story is one you will want to inhale in one go.
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