Review: Disappointing novella
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 7, 2013
This first "book" of three is actually just a novella, and is fairly mediocre. It seems like Hunter had some good ideas, but his execution was lacking. One of my biggest problems with this work is that I just could not connect with the protagonist. He comes off as dull, and often kind of lifeless. Until the very end he also never seems to have the strong emotional reactions you would expect out of a person in his situation, which was just kind of creepy.There are also interjected bits throughout the book that were (at least at first) confusing. This sub-plot, for most of the book, seems like just something Hunter may have stuck in there to liven things up a bit. The plots do come together at the end, but really the sub-plot wasn't really useful. It did serve to help get our protagonist to move along from what he had been doing, but I don't think the time spent on the sub-plot was worth it just for that. Perhaps this book would have been more interesting if it had followed a survivor from that sub-plot instead of the chosen protagonist.While reading this book I just kept hoping it would be over soon, and I will definitely not be purchasing book 2.*Review re-posted from Goodreads.com