Review: What a world. What an imagination
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 5, 2014
I enjoy Sci Fi but usually I keep it for the screen; it's easier that way for me. When I heard about Threads, I was intrigued, and thought I'd give it a go. The first few chapters hold a lot of information but with dedication I got through this and am glad I did so. It's a great story, with the right amount of background detail, techno realism and wonderful character development. Threads offers a believable world set many centuries in the future. I loved the wonderful names given to some of the technology, especially the 'pigeons' which not only entered the memory of times of yore but also somehow felt plausible and believable. I especially loved the pranks that sometimes arrived in the carrier pigeons. The author manages to fuse the old with the very new, colouring them with a futuristic sheen that simply worked magic throughout the novel. My heart went out to some of the characters like Billy Ray, and there were other characters I hoped to see suffer. This is a refreshing read and handled well.