Review: SpecOps by Craig Alanson

I really enjoyed the first book in the series, but this second entry was a bit of a let down. It did have a few genuinely laugh-out-loud moments, and a little bit of interesting Sci Fi battles, tactics, and strategy, but the vast majority of the book was:

Skippy: “all humans are dumb monkeys”
Joe: “I have an idea”
Skippy: “no way could dumb monkeys have a good idea”
Joe: “My idea is this: first, we’ll do A, B, …”
Skippy: interrupts Joe part way, “I already though of that and it won’t work, you dumb monkey”
Joe: “Actually, my idea was a bit different: we’ll do A, B, and then C.”
Skippy: (long pause)
Joe: “Skippy, you still there?”
Skippy: “oh my god, I can’t believe I got outsmarted by a dumb monkey.”

Repeat that about 20x, and you have this book.

Rating: 3 stars