Review: An unusual but awesome endeavor
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2013
I wasn't totally sure what to expect with this novella. The synopsis pretty much sums up everything that happened, but when I first read it I wasn't sure how the intercourse related to the plot of the mystery/bioterror part. I'm still not totally sure to be honest, aside from the fact that the people who participate in this intercourse are the same people investigating the case.(I'm going to try and be vague enough to not give anything away) I really enjoyed the mystery aspect. Trying to decipher who was a bad guy and who was a victim of circumstance was fun and I definitely did not see a lot of that coming. That in and of itself is a feat, because I've found that I tend to guess the major points of a story pretty easily, so I loved that this wasn't a pushover. How the professor tied to the terrorist group was fun, as was the villain that was revealed in the end. It was absolutely entertaining and I wanted to keep reading.I'm not sure why the story is told from Neil's point of view, but also basically omniscient. It was unique to be sure, and it didn't rub the wrong way, only made me curious. Is it that Neil did his own sleuthing after the fact and discovered all of this on his own? Perhaps. It's not going to keep me up at night worrying about it.I actually really enjoyed the parts about Jack and Rachel. Being geniuses, they each had their little quirks that made them just a bit unusual. I found it a bit overwhelming at first--Rachel's sidejob, AND she's a addicted to intercourse AND she's a genius? Jack is a genius AND a musical virtuoso AND a wannabe gangster kind of? But they actually flowed really well, and while I still couldn't help chuckling when I read Jack's parts (the "up-nods" were amazing) I found that I liked reading about their lives.Again, I'm not sure how all of this ties together. The good thing is that there will be a part 2, so hopefully some things will be answered