Review: Fast paced look into science/technology and human nature
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 6, 2012
Life, Inc. was definitely a face paced thriller that kept this readers attention at all turns. The one thing that I loved most about this book was the character development. There are a few main characters, and quite a few side ones that play significant roles as well, and their individual stories are told really well. When a new character is introduced my thought was sometimes "what does this have to do with anything else?"; but it all becomes clear within a few chapters and by then they are fully immersed into the story. While there are plot twists and turns everywhere, they are not the kind that leave your head spinning and needing to read it over just to figure out what happened. Just a very well written book.The subject matter is why I decided to read the book, science and technology vs human nature is always a fun one for me. Life, Inc. dives much further into both and showcases a future in the sci/tech world as well as the pretty realistic affect on society that it will have. While talking about hover cars and other futuristic technology (that I don't want to talk about to ruin for other readers) it never delves into the world of unbelievability or fantasy; there were no "yeah, right, cause that could ever happen" moments that are frequent with this subject matter. Combine that with a story that doesn't slow down and you have a book that is very hard to put down because you can't wait to see what happens next or how a plan will play out.I haven't read anything else by Kevin George yet, but this book has put him on my radar and I will be doing a little looking into his library...Drinking Life is one that has already piqued my interest...