Crisis on Doona
(Doona #2)
by Anne McCaffrey & Jody Lynn Nye
science fiction
copyright 1992
read in October 2019
rated 6/10: read to pass the time
This is a sweet book. Almost, sickeningly sweet. It's easy to read but everyone is so *nice*. Except for the villains, who snap and sneer and rub their hands in evil anticipation as they swagger through the book.
The heroes maintain their ethical standards while they solve the various mysteries. The heroines are just a tiny bit more lawyerly in the ways that they interpret the law. Some of the women's ethical standards are maintained only because, that's the way that their boyfriends would want it.
The women do do some heroic things. Unfortunately they spoil the opportunities for equality by sobbing, clapping and gasping with excitement, then retiring to the kitchen to make sandwiches. It's not bad enough to be embarrassing, just very, very dated.
The book does include several problems with continuity, with facts which change. Monsters which can grow up to 20m, for example, then shrink to a maximum of 12m. Is this a problem with a writer in a hurry? Perhaps it's a problem of two authors and no proofreader. Not that it affects the plot, which flows quite happily from sweet-home beginnings to the that's-ridiculous overly happy ending.
The characters are sweetly cloying but not unlikeable. The plot is good fun. The action is unlikely -- but who cares!
This is a lightweight book. I enjoyed reading it. If I had not read it I would not have missed it.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
... Agamedes Consulting / Problems ? Solved
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