I absolutely love reading John Scalzi and have re-read almost all of his stuff multiple times. He's one of my go to authors when i don't know what to read next (that and diskworld). BUT, i finally got around to The Interdependency Series (36% into book 1) and i can't even make myself finish book 1.
What i like about his books is the the main characters are almost always common people thrown into extraordinary situations that they overcome with humor\sarcasm and thinking through their options. This books characters are an intergalactic princess who has just become the ruler of all the known planets, a rogue scientist who has proof that their entire civilization will collapse within months, his brilliant scientist son, a starship captain, and others that i just don't care about. He just keeps throwing more characters on the page to move the story and I can't tell who is important and who is just a plot device.
And the plot is predictable in the first 50 pages. Everything after that is just setting up the playing field and presenting the story where you already know where everything should go.
Can anyone give me a reason for continuing the series? This is my first dnf in 6 years.
by dog2k