Review: VERY worthwhile!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2013
To be fair, I was reading this out of my genre so I am floundering at how to put a relevant review. I also wanted to mention that at first I was given this as an email attachment to read and review per request but after the 2nd chapter I got so involved that I ended up purchasing the book so that it was available on my PC-cloud at work. I really reheheheally kindasorta got into the book. I actually bought it. That IS kind of hardcore because I only buy books I want on my shelf permanently so...I noticed right away that its written simply without the new-author-syndrome which involves way too many big words/concepts that make the read sluggish. The characters may be lacking a bit in depth, but the story made up for it. I don't know that it's easy to actually form emotional bonds with characters from hardcore fiction to be fair, though. The story itself rocks and that's the hardcore truth. I cannot find anything to compare it to, as I rarely read sci-fi. So, to me it's very original.The author stayed true to the story the entire way through meaning that it didn't wander off in too many tangents and the focus didn't bounce around. Just as I was done reading for a bit he would leave me with a grain of "need" to continue. It's all in his endings! It started with Chapter one. The author alludes to things/explains things very nicely without telling. For instance the man on the phone at the end of the chapter tells the reader key details about Bruno and his past but it's not given freely by the author. It's not all penned out in paragraphs you have to pick it up as you go in nice little packages like a phone call from yourself lol. I liked that a lot. You find out that the man on the phone IS Bruno -in the future!This was the first book that I really noticed names in. The characters each have unique identifiers such as Felix (Future Evolved Lifeform series 4), Mutt, Pilot, Arella and Dren. Since I didn't form too deep of an attachment, the names were great because they went with their respective personalities and made them easy for me to remember. When you get names like  Lucy, Dan, Don blah blah blah then they all melt together in my brain. This author penned nice, original character titles.Very few errors that I noticed which was great. As a comparative to other new author works, this was incredibly well written. The only errors I found really were with the font sizes that changed here and there but it wasn't distracting. Towards the end there's a section with a HELLO!-sized font which was pretty funny because I thought it meant the section was important and I read it twice just to realize it was a mistake.The book ends primed and loaded to spit you into book 2.In total it was a fun and fast read, light with some loaded action. Again, not great character depth but decent development and great plot. Few errors, mostly with fonts but not distracting. Fun character names and flowing story-line. Dialogue is not overly unique but that is what helps it be a light read. Though it seems I may have said some negative things about the book as far as characters, the characters themselves were great and unique to themselves. Another reviewer felt that they sort of melded together but though the dialogue may have been general, the individual creations of each character was personalized and specific. Along with their names, I think he did a darned great job as a whole.