Kraken Rising
(Alex Hunter 6)
by Greig Beck
copyright 2015
read in August 2019
rated 7/10: well worth reading
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. And yes, it is silly -- but good. Almost worth an eight, really quite good... but no, it's just a bit too silly. And I mean that in a good way :-)
The goodies are all solid muscle yet, usually, quite intelligent. Some of the lesser goodies have more brains and less muscle, they take on the traditional cowering in fear role. Though some do tough it out.
Men, women, no bias... Well, okay, most of the muscles are male but not all the wimps are female. In a tough person's world the author does a solid job of reducing standard stereotyping.
There's an awful lot of fist-bumping... is that really a thing? And smiling? Not by the most heroic of goodies, oh no, we're too tough to smile.
The villains are also tough... just not quite as tough. The human villains, that is. The Kraken of the title is very very tough. Even tougher that the hero! Luckily the hero has access to super powerful weapons of villain destruction.
In fact, everyone has powerful weapons. The goodies, luckily, have weapons that are just a little bit more powerful. And, of course, the goodies are better than the baddies at using their weapons.
The action is violent, plenty of people get killed -- but plenty of people survive. And the goodies are doing it to save the world... while taking time to save weak individuals and to crack the occasional tough-person joke.
There's even romance! Very light, just enough to let you know that these super-tough people are actually human.
It's all just way over the top! Yet... very enjoyable. Unbelievable but very enjoyable.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
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