If one word was to sum up my feelings of Only Human, it would be disappointing. The problem is nothing really happens in this book. The giant robots/alien invasion story was pretty much wrapped up by the end of the second book. What else is there? Well, the author tried to wring another 300 pages out of nothing and this is what we get.
This book is divided into two parallel story lines, one on Earth in present time after our characters return and one of their time on the alien planet. In both story lines, almost all of the time is spent with them talking about what they should do, hand-wringing through every possible facet of every possible choice, but doing so little. These tedious discussion of every minutiae makes me feel like I'm dumb and need everything spelled out for me, lest I be too stupid to catch on.
The characters are flat and one-dimensional, taking a side and sticking to it no matter what. Rose really likes science and learning about alien cultures, but she's so sad that people had to die. Vincent wants to get Eva back to earth. And Eva wants to stay on the alien planet. There, I just summarized 200 pages. When they argue with each other, there's no understanding of the other person's point of view. They pretty much just talk over each other through the whole book, making the same points over and over again.
The author should have stopped at two books. There is absolutely no point to this third book. It is completely forgettable and I would've missed nothing by skipping it.
Readaroo Rating: 2 stars
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