Tag: Michael C. Grumley

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#BookReview: Ripple by Michael C. Grumley

Same Great Adventure, Less Formatting Issues. In this fourth installment of the BREAKTHROUGH series, we get even tighter action than the first three, even more gut wrenching drama, and yet more players in the mix. Overall a great addition to the series, though this reader is beginning to wonder just how long the series will continue. Start with BREAKTHROUGH, but by the time you finish this one you’ll still have enough questions to bring you back for the next one.

This review of Ripple by Michael C. Grumley was originally published on April 15, 2018.

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#BookReview: Catalyst by Michael C. Grumley

Great Story, Suffers Same Formatting Problem As LEAP. In this entry into the BREAKTHROUGH series, Grumley doesn’t have near the revelations of the previous two books – though there are a couple thrown in, they just don’t have the impact of the previous books – but manages to raise the stakes even more. Our team faces genuine peril this time, with one major character actually dying – and staying dead through the end of the book. Other characters feel like cannon fodder when introduced, and are never really fleshed out to be much more than that. Whereas the previous two books left on a bit of an ominous cliffhanger of the reader knowing more was to come but the characters not, this book leaves us with the characters having a clear direction – even if they don’t know exactly where they are going. Arguably the weakest book of this series, but still an excellent read that promises even more to come.

This review of Catalyst by Michael C. Grumley was originally published on April 14, 2018.

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#BookReview: Leap by Michael C. Grumley

Great Tale Poorly Formatted. Overall, this tale was a great followup to BREAKTHROUGH, starting a few months after the end of that tale with many of the same characters involved. All of the elements that made BREAKTHROUGH so great continue here, and some more excellent elements get added as well. But there were so many formatting issues when jumping between scenes in chapters! So many that I just couldn’t ignore it and had to ding the book a star just to bring them to attention. Overall a truly great tale, loving this series. Just needs a better editor.

This review of Leap by Michael C. Grumley was originally published on April 11, 2018.

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#BookReview: Breakthrough by Michael C. Grumley

Starts Slow and Easy. Then WOW. The build in this book starts as a low simmer. You meet up with a man getting out of the ocean onto his boat in the Caymans. You meet a research team in Antarctica. You meet another research team trying to learn how to talk to dolphins in Miami. … And then all of this begins coming together. When it does… sci-fi done with some things that seem reminiscent of things, and other things I’ve never seen. It was a great combination and produced a great story.

This review of Breakthrough by Michael C. Grumley was originally published on April 6, 2018.