Review: Futuristic technology with a very real relationship story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2013
This is a book for a long distance flight. I found that I needed to keep flicking back a few pages and re-reading parts of it. Much of the scenes involving the interactions of both the real and the virtual characters were pretty whimsical, to be honest. The idea that the remaining parts of the post-apocalyptic world supporting civilised developed life were ruled by a higher power of sorts (in the form of the `Server' in this book) is one which has been explored before, but at least in this book, the author does manage to convey a sense of impending menace.I'm not sure the somewhat rambling trips into the back story are helpful to the plot development, but at least they provide a little bit of contextualisation. Otherwise, I think you might find yourself having to fight your way through this book if you choose to read it, and it will take a little bit of effort if, like me, you feel that once you've started reading a book, you have to finish it. Once you do, like me, you might struggle to understand the ending the author manages to conjure up from all the competing story-lines though.I'm sure it's a pretty clever concept - combining futuristic technology with a very real relationship story. I just struggled to be able to use my imagination in order to be able to assimilate it all together.