Review: WHAT?
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 09 24, 2013
There is no ending to this story, and that's why it gets one star. It ends with an almost literal cliff hanger. In my preferred world, every book has a satisfying conclusion even if the story line is continued in some part in a future book. This is not like that. Hard to explain without giving it all away but suffice it to say that if you've ever left a book smack dab in the middle, this one does that without it being your choice. Just for that, I will not get the 2nd book to find out what happens, because for one, I resent the tactic completely, and secondly, after figuratively putting it down for a while, I won't care what happened.  I've never seen this done before.However if you can contend with this author's wierd tactic to coerce you into getting Ascenion 2, it won't be the worst read you ever had.  I'd give it maybe 3 stars. But it was also a really difficult plot to follow with numerous characters that you can tell are all connected, but it was just really difficult to follow all the threads. A couple of those character piqued my interest and I would have finished the book if the rest of had been there to finish. Mind you, many of the characters were pretty much caricatures.The other complaint I have is that it is in no way realistic. Everyone knows death row prisoners are not held in the general population, but in this book they're everywhere, sorting out the library, managing communications on the internet, showering and eating with everyone else. Then, the description of New Orleans was not authentic. Just because specific street names and restaurants are named doesn't make it real. Jac McElroy, the attorney protagonist is all over the city flagging down cabs. No one flags down cabs in New Orleans.  They have to be called.  I'd forgive a bit of that if the book had come to a conclusion. But I'm not going to be forgiving on this one. Unless you think books should be like weekly soap operas where you have to wait to get what happens next, you too will be annoyed.