Review: A sci-fi novel with a little bit of everything
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 25, 2013
I was pleasantly surprised by this book, as I've read so many dystopian books lately that seem to all revolve around the same thing and read along the same lines. Ametsapolis Rising is different. It's more futuristic (I felt like it must be hundreds of years into the future, but maybe that's just me) than some other stuff I've read, I liked the fact that the book started out with a male character's point of view, and I digged the idea of a mysterious order like the Zorastrans (I was wondering throughout if the name had something to do with the religion of Zarathustra, actually!).The book is definitely not for a young audience; it's rather gritty and dark in places, but not too much for me not to enjoy the story. I am quite a big sci-fi fan, and this book felt like the old-school sci-fi I used to read when I was younger, back when things were less 'fluffy'. The concept of a 'last-place-on-earth-for-humans' is not new, but it was one of the biggest hooks in the book for me: what would happen to a society that knows it is the last city on Earth? Would the government turn corrupt? Would rich and powerful people start to abuse their power and go nuts? Would their justice system really work the way it should?The only thing that slightly bugged me about the book were the punctuation errors; there were some missing periods at the end of sentences or missing commas where I'd have expected them. Sorry, I'm a member of the grammar police! Still, this book was very enjoyable and I would recommend it to any sci-fi/dystopian fan who is looking for a book to be absorbed by immediately.