I did not expect to like Endurance: The Complete Series based on the Amazon blurb: “A disrespected ship, exiled to lonely patrol in the dark corners of the solar system. A crew of screw-ups, written off by the entire fleet. They’re about to change everything.”
Doesn’t that sound awful? Just like so many other really really space opera wanna-be novels? Actually Endurance was pretty easy to read and I mostly enjoyed it. As with almost all space opera you have to breeze right past the obvious plot holes and go along for the ride, enjoy the book for what it is and not expect either a science treatise or great literature.
Endurance is the name of the space ship and the story is the complete series because author Spahn wrote this as a set of vignettes, more like television episodes, each focusing on one or two of the quirky characters and each more or less resolving the situation within the episode. The format works because there are ongoing plot points that tie the individual stories together.
Overall I liked Endurance. It is a very fast read – think two hours or so – and I was glad it was free via Book Bub. The humor is inherent in the story and the characters, not forced ha-ha stuff. The Kindle version has a preview for Enchantress Under Cover by the same author which looks quite different and possibly worth checking out.
3 Stars
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