Review: Martin & Martine
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2013
Martin and Martine by Lawrence Bridges is a two hundred and nine page, sci-fi/romance story written in third person, present tense. Apocalyptic fiction is definitely trending in books at the moment. Highly speculative sci-fi fans will like the premise to this book.The story takes place inside the walled off city of Paris where life is ruled over by the controlling Server, an artificial intelligence. There is a looming sense of dread that runs throughout the book that we are near the end of the human race due to disease and oppression. Life has become a place where your best friend is a device that takes you into the virtual world, rather than having a real person in it. Martina and Martine thought their virtual mates were only that, virtual. They meet and their romance goes from fantasy to real.While the idea is good and I liked the characters, the story could have been edited a bit to have a much better execution.