Review: Wildly Imaginative
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 28, 2012
As a lover of sci fi and things that  are odd , out of step stories ( Think of Steven King's The Odd Thomas stories) I was pleased to get the chance to read the latest version of " Information Cloud" By Peter West. I think the thing that struck me most, at least up until the final pages, was this would make a great graphic novel.  It is extremely graphic and there is never ending action going on it seems. Herein lies why I think it might work better as a graphic novel than plain "novel". You never have time to really like or dislike your main two characters as things zip much to fast for any form of character introspection. I was trying to explain it to another reader by saying it is like a chicken with so much meat that you can't find the bones (read story line) of the chicken. Occasionally the reader gets a quick glimpse as to the true meaning of this fight that has been developing between some so called rebels and the city's Security Forces. As the story winds down, or maybe in this case up...you start having a lot more understanding that there is way more going on than meets the eye. It is here toward the end that it gets much more interesting and it makes the idea of more books, sound worth looking into. Maybe I am getting too old to appreciate Science Fiction but nearing my rocking chair years, I want more depth and not so much wiz-bang . Give this a read and decide what works best for you.