Review: 3.5 stars; A Plausible Concept For A Cautionary Tale
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 29, 2013
The Good: The best thing about this story is the plausibility of the concept. Great idea from the author. Seeing how people have taken to smartphones, I believe that the "Seed" would be successful in the real world, were it ever introduced. Someone else described this book as "1984 for the Facebook generation." I feel like that is an accurate description. I did enjoy learning about the possible uses and creative apps that were created for the seed.The Ok: This book has very little action. Most of the book is simply dialogue between the main character and the other players in the story. I felt that the conversations were a bit too long, and several times I found whole paragraphs that could have been left out (or glossed over by the reader) with no detrimental effect on the story. As a reader I don't need constant action, but I just found the excessive conversations grew dull after awhile. The pacing went as follows- dialogue, conversations, discussions, more talking, BAM! action, ending. That being said there was a lot of interesting dialogue, my complaint is just that some of it was a little excessive.The Bad: The ending. I wont go into detail to avoid spoiling it for anyone, but I was not satisfied by the ending. It felt rushed and abrupt, almost as if the author wrote himself into a corner and wasn't sure how to wrap things up. Sadly, the ending failed to resolve the story line in any meaningful way. I don't know if the author was going for the "open ended" type of story or if this is a set up for a sequel book, but after investing so much time in the story I would have liked to found out how things played out. Did the bad guy get his comeuppance and the good guy find redemption? If you don't mind not knowing the answers to these questions then check the book out. In my opinion, a better ending would have made this a 4 star read.Summary: Great concept, presented in a slightly long-winded way, with an open ending that doesn't actually resolve the main conflict of the story.(The story seems to be professionally edited with minimal typos and errors found)