Review: Depressing Story of Seven's Life
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2014
I have mixed feelings about SEVEN.  I picked it up because I'm on a m/m science fiction futuristic kick.  What bothers me about this story is it focuses so much on the experiments on humans, the sadistic glee from Dr. David Stone in his 'project' which was based on money and power.I don't mind reading of evil madmen but usually it's a step removed from their intentions.  This book has it all front and center.  The climatic joy Dr. Stone experiences with each torture. . . He knows what he's doing could kill and does kill but he doesn't care.  It's all about his agenda and getting results as well as keeping his 'project' a secret.  Instead of valuing his creations he treats them like dirt beneath his feet.  He lacks humanity, common decency, a conscience, and abuses his position of power over others.  No one stands up to him.  This book details the helplessness, the despair, the depression of which these men were created and raised.  They go through everything from starvation to isolation and can't fight back.Yet somehow Seven and a few others have morals and a will to survive.  Yet who knows how long each will live due to the stress and lifestyle they've encountered so far.  And some don't have their other half to ground them, their 'center'.  Fortunately Seven found his center in Chase.This is a depressing story.  It isn't the type I immerse myself into, expecting a happy outcome.  Seven and Chase will always be looking over their shoulders, never having a full life, never knowing if another from their past life will find them, report them, or work against them.  As nine did.  And I feel for Chase's dad.  He lost his son all over again.  - Dan's Wife