Talisha Martinson and her crew respond to the distress signal of the SS Revelation, only to discover that nobody is there. It quickly becomes apparent that something monstrous is lurking aboard the SS Revelation, and it’s not going to let anyone leave with their life.
The Altar from Space by Radar DeBoard. # 1 in the Cosmic Monstrosities Series. Published by Raven Tale Publishing, 2022. Total of 201 pages.
I hate, HATE dissing on an indie author, so this review will be short… I am a pretty lenient reviewer and normally if a plot is entertaining I can over look a LOT. Unfortunately, this book had one too many issues to over look. D: I don’t want to just rip the book apart. I just want to leave a little bit of constructive criticism.
First, there are too many names that are too similar. There are 2 names that are almost the same. Then there are a few names that all start with the same letter. AND a different set of characters all have same letter of THEIR first name! 
What? It is too unrealistic that all these names are so similar.
Another super unrealistic issue is that when the space crew in this story get frightened, they start to stutter. Ok….. ok. One. Maybe two people are scared stuttering- maybe… but most of the crew did it. Even the Captain??! C’mon. No way. The characters are all harden space travelers who have had several missions together. Sorry, no way do I believe these rough and tough space crew is going to all stutter because of what they are seeing. A freak out or two is believable, but not this. Sorry, just took me right out of the tension in the story.
There are also some odd writing choices being made. Weird word choices, clunky sentences and some redundant writing. It was just odd and felt like nobody talks like that. D:
The plot is very fun and so are the monsters! I was very curious about what was going on. Sadly the issues I mentioned above are just too many to ignore. D:
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