Review: Hard to Like
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 27, 2012
I tried to enjoy SIM by Andy Remic.  I really tried.  But I find myself not having any emotional attachment to Justice D (whatever his real name is), Snow, Emily, and other sorts of characters who appear in the book.J.D. is a so-called simulated human (genetically altered for physical attributes like strength, speed, endurance, etc.) who is brainwashed to obey all orders by the government ("GOV").  These orders include patrolling the streets, and hunting down rebels.  That being said, I find myself scratching my head over the various acronyms and slangs used in the book, along with a serious lack of world building by the author.  What was the Entropy War about?  How did humans and sims lose their eyesight and ability to see color?Andy Remic ignores all that, and goes straight from action scene to action scene to down time and back to action scene again.  J.D. might be biologically still considered human, but I find myself not having any sympathies towards him as trouble heads his way.The author tries an original tact by having the protagonist protect his kitty and fighting his fellow soldiers in doing so.  But the scenes amount to more gunfights and people dying and explosions, and I just find myself skimming the scenes out of boredom.For these reasons I rate SIM three stars.