Review: Barely an outline of a story
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2012
The premise of the book has promise, but it's so underdeveloped, it reads more like a high school writer's idea of a dystopia/alien/contagion story. It can't quite decide which to be or how to incorporate these three themes coherently. The plot speeds along so briskly that it's over before it even gets going. The writer needs to research topics on which he writes, such as Antartica or work prisons, even if the story is primarily about an alien (which, in fact, takes up very little of the story). I won't even go into minimal character development, awkward dialogue, or poor grammar/proofing. The ending is the best part because of the greater implications.With a good writers' group providing honest input, with research, with multiple drafts, this could be a good book. Right now, it's just an idea.