Freedom's Choice

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Summary: Freedom's Choice
Review: A wonderful pick-up where the last one ended. Enjoy the story because you will want to finish the series.

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Summary: Excellent, Anne McCaffrey does it again.
Review: I have always enjoyed Ms. McCaffrey's books, perhaps it is her ability to draw you into these worlds and make them exist. I have often found myself wondering what it would be like to bond with and fly a dragon between. In "Freedom's Choice", I was absorbed into a community of exiles fighting for survival. The mental picture drawn for me by Ms. McCaffrey was graphic and complete. You can be part of a group trying desperately to hide one of its members from the tyrants that imprisoned you there. The adventure is yours when you read this book. As usual this writer takes you in and you become an on-site observer. I highly recommend this book for any Anne McCaffrey fan and any Science Fiction fan.

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Summary: Great story, but read all 3 books one right after the other.
Review: I was hooked immediately when I bought the audio version of Freedom's Landing, the first in the series. But you should read all three books one right after the other so the story flows better. (I hate it when a book ends suddenly and leaves you hanging until the next publication is available). This next book in the series picks up right where Freedom's Landing left off. Freedom's Choice has the same action as the first book. You find yourself reading in anticipation the more the "dropped" discover about the original owners of Botany. Looking forward to listening to the third installation of the Freedom's Series (Freedom's Challenge) because, though I choose to read Freedom's Choice in the written form, I think the audio version helps creates a more interesting vision.

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Summary: This is a good book for a budding science fiction fan
Review: If you read Ann McCaffrey for her high level of character development, dialogue and plotting, you will be disappointed with this one. This is a story that seems to have been written for a younger audience, an audience that has not been exposed to the cliche's of the genre. Take for instance, the capture of the ships. One ship was believable, two, barely, but not three. Add on the successful trip to the other planet, and now you have something you might see on tv. The characterization is extremely sketchy, so sketchy in fact, that the reader is left wondering why Kris is in love with Zainal, the dumped Catteni.Another point is the way everybody fits in with the program. There is no angry feminist furiously protesting her new role in society; that is; as being an empty womb needing filling. There are no slightly psychotic women clutching a pillow, weeping for a lost baby on another world. Andthere are no men wishing for a lost wife or loved children. These people were ripped from their homes and no one weeps? And who are these aliens that were dumped with them? How do they fit in with the humans so easily? What about cultural differences? Oh, the Turs are so anti-social that they are immediatly ex-communicated. The "why" is never discussed. I laughed out loud when the Farmers showed up. Their physical appearance was steriotypically godlike alien. And the Mentats seem more spoiled brats than actual threats. This is definatly not one of McCaffrey's best works. I wonder how it passed by her editors in its present form. Bypass this one, unless you are looking for something light and somewhat brainless.