Review: So short the story and characters lacked development
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 29, 2013
This is likely my shortest review ever, but Re:union was a surprisingly short story that took me all of twenty minutes to read. Only because I kept flipping back to earlier pages to see if any prior text explained the current text. It did not. This short story had several issues, and I wish the author had put more effort into character development, which after all, is what drives a story. I don't read a ton of Sci-Fi, but this seemed like rehashing the same-ole, same-ole, virtual reality concept. Far too many things were left up in the air for my liking and I finished reading with various unanswered questions.Maybe this was Mr. Liu's idea of a teaser to get us to buy his next book. I'm not sure, so I can only rate it by what I read.My review may seem confusing since I've said the story seemed to lack some major ingredients, but even so, I will sample one of Eric Liu's other full novels. I don't like giving up on an author too easily.Jerry