Review: Could have been (better) written with 30% of the words
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2014
I tend to read several e-books simultaneously.  I rotate among them often on a daily basis.  When this book would come up in the rotation I would utter a mental groan, knowing I would be spending more than half of my mental energy cherry picking actual plot points and conversations relevant to the story line.  Nuttall needed a (better?) editor.  Way too much prose, usually telling the reader what someone was thinking, often lasting 2-3 pages, until something actually happened, meaning people interacted.  His technique of providing extensive background information, either for context (ironic) or in a vain attempt to develop a character, was ineffective and downright boring.The story itself was fairly interesting, though I grew tired of the comparisons to Independence Day by the characters.  When I reached the end of this book only to discover it was To Be Continued, I felt very dissatisfied.  I will not be picking up the sequel, and can live without getting closure on the many two-dimensional characters inhabiting this two dimensional book.