This book is a wonder. The writing is crisp and evocative; the plot is innovative and exciting. The characters, even minor ones, are given compelling or humorous or just explanatory descriptive details. While some of the actions seem over the top, one certainly knows, or knows of, individuals who act out of the motives identified as driving each character. The sci-fi elements are generally believable, since much of the technology identified has a basis in things going on today. The main protagonist, Will Stark, and his small coterie of cohorts are understandable and delightful. You care about Will and his family and friends. The bad guys are a little campy, but, as I said, not out of the realm of understanding. This is a page-turner. I stayed up way too late/early on Saturday (thank heavens) to make good use of Sunday. Had it been a weekday I would have been toast.
I do have two complaints - one fairly trivial, one more substantive. The heftier complaint relates to the method of telling the story. The tale does not progress linearly, but hops about from place to place, time to time, and person to person. The various points of view are fascinating, so no problem there. However, the jumps in time make the thread of the story confusing for the first few paragraphs after each shift. The author always makes it work out fairly quickly and the technique does raise the elements of mystery and suspense, but it does cause moments of disorientation. It also tends to make the book feel ponderous when, in fact, there is really no excess to cut out. As to the minor quibble, the editing is less than pristine. I read my books on a Kindle, so it may be (aargggh!) due to that. Further, it is not so egregious as to be highly distracting. It is more of a minor irritation. If it is the author, another edit run through would have been a good idea. If it's the Kindle, please, please, please get it fixed!
Because I read a Kindle and have a service where I can acquire new books for free or minimal cost, I have so many books that I will have to live to a very ripe old age to read them all, but I am just compelled to buy more. So if a book isn't compelling rather quickly, I stop reading, something I would have never of dreamed of doing earlier in life. However, it also means that I can be annoyed if a book can't stand alone and I am supposed to purchase another book to continue the story. Arguably, one could stop reading at the end of this book, since one generally and vaguely knows what is going to happen next, but one would miss all the wonderful, intriguing details and how the author gets to the unknown, but expected ending. (One expects a happily-ever-after ending, but I could be seriously wrong.) In this case, I will be cheerfully buying the next book in the series, which fortunately is not outlandishly priced. I highly recommend this book and likely the series. For even minor sci-fi fans, it is a fun, yet fulfilling read.
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