Shannah Jay
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Walk the Wildwoods 1 exemplaire
Flame Child 1 exemplaire
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- Œuvres
- 9
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- 2
- Membres
- 153
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- #136,480
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- 3.1
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- 3
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- 8
However, it got to the stage where I was looking forward to getting home from work to read a few more chapters, which earns it 4 stars from me.
I found the central premise interesting enough:
Galactic confederation is judging whether (relatively) primitive cultures are capable of overcoming their "belligerent" nature and earning membership.
Two warring societies on the same planet send peace-negotiating envoys to the galactic representatives but are really only interested in faking peaceful intentions to gain whatever strategic advantages they can over their enemies.
The galactic representatives are well aware of this, and it soon becomes apparent that a genuine peace is their only acceptable option and the representative envoys are being individually tested and their whole society being judged on their performances.
Although I was expecting a lot of subterfuge, double crossing, etc, in the end there were no real surprises - no real twists or dramatic changes of direction and the conclusion was fairly obvious from early on, with just a few minor details of how the main character's personal situation would end up being unknown until the end.
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