Reddit reviews Blue Hope: (Book 2) (Red Hope)

Hello all! Moving along to survive another day. Hey, if any of you are into webcomics, Questionable Content is a long time favorite. I usually read it, get all caught up, forget about it for a couple months, then binge read again. He has been going since about 2004, and has almost 4,000 comics at this point. He has the main core cast of characters, but he keeps changing the situations, so it doesn't get stale. Much better to read from the beginning, as it is not one of those comics where each comic is self-contained. He's gotten to the point with Patreon that it is his full time job, and he sometimes will do live drawings of the strip online, which is really cool to watch. Just thought I would share that with you.

QOTD: Was actually reading two at once (not uncommon for me...usually one audiobook and one physical/ebook). Just finished 2 yesterday: Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan and Blue Hope by John Dreese.

Altered Carbon is the basis for the new Netflix series of the same name. Very cyberpunk, which is not my usual fare, but it was pretty good. I wanted to read it before I started to watch the series, and now I have to read the rest of the trilogy. It starts fairly straightforward, but then he starts peeling back all of the layers of what is actually going on. Warning though...a couple of very explicit sexy time scenes, just to let you know. Thankfully, they weren't major parts of the story, but just wanted to warn you.

Blue Hope is the second book of the Red Hope series. OK, so I take this two ways. Yes, the story was very good, and continues from where the first book (his freshman work) leaves off. The first book was fairly short, more like a novella, and had some good concepts, but you can definitely tell that this was his first novel, as there are some parts that easily could have been developed more, some parts which seemed a bit trite and unnecessary, etc. And Dreese is not subtle with his "cliffhangers". The part where, in a story arc, an author will usually take a few chapters to come down from the end of the main conflict, and maybe hint at a possible follow on story. Nope....60mph to 0 in about 3 pages. With that said, moving onto the second book, Blue Hope. This one seems like he took his time in doing. Still some scenes that he seemed to rush, and that could have been developed a lot more, but the storyline gets into more detail about the mission, the problems, etc. The climactic scene at the end is good, but again seemed rushed. But he did it again. Screeching halt at the end, and it screams for another story.

If you guys want to read Red Hope and Blue Hope, they are both on sale for $0.99 on Amazon.