Acitve Reading: "Yellow Eyes" by John Ringo and Tom Kratman

I'm working my way through Yellow Eyes, one of the series of books set in Ringo's Posleen-invaded Earth setting.

So far, and I'm about 400 pages in, my only response has been 'ho-hum'. I will post a more detailed review when I have completed the book. So far, it is neither particularly a terrible book nor particularly a memorable book.

I have noticed a larger than usual number of grammatical or typographical errors. Regardless of their source, proofreaders or editors should have caught them and did not. The authors could have caught them as well, if they were not introduced subsequent to their manuscript submission (which may have occured).

The most memorable moment so far was a bit of humour, when a decision is being made about the 'gender' of a vessel. The rough paraphrase is 'Traditionally, ships are female. Most navies use female gender for vessels. The Russians use male ship names, but they are mostly gay.'

I found it funny to be poking fun at the Russians and their Navy in such a fashion, quite in line with the overall geopolitical leanings of the authors. It was worth a good chuckle in any event. Obviously, some readers could take such comments as amiss for various reasons, but if you are reading Ringo or Kratman, one presumes you have already abandoned any expectation for political correctness in any form.

More later, once I have worked my way through the rest of it. If nothing else, it is a thick book.