Review: A very interesting and unique story, and very well told.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2013
I found this story to be quite interesting and entertaining. The first half was a little slow moving for my impatient brain, but the second half more than made up for that. That's not even a bad thing. I'm just saying if you find yourself looking for action, wait for it, it's worth it.It had a strong finish that I liked very much, and will really enjoy seeing where the story goes from here.The narration of a book is often something that I find very interesting, and can often make or break a story for me, and in this case, while there were little things about the narration that I didn't quite get, overall, the author used a very unique point of view, and an interesting mechanism to tell this story, and I did very much enjoy that.To elaborate on what I really liked about the narration, let me ramble on for a moment. I thought that the method used in telling The Princess Bride was very interesting and unique, in how it allowed the author to skip parts of the story and just give a brief recap on some things that transpired. I thought that was brilliant, and really only worked with the method the author used in telling that story. It was a bit over used, but it was unique and enriched the story.Nick Cole also has a unique talent for narration, as evident in The Old Man And The Wasteland, as well as The Savage Boy. He shared the thoughts of lions in one scene, and I thought that was a unique and brilliant method of story telling. Where am I going with this?I felt that Chad Huskins style of narration for this story, and the point of view it's told from, sort of blends both of the aforementioned styles. Allowing for smooth transition from scene to scene, as well as providing characters thoughts and insight through a unique method.I'm rambling on here, but narration is such an important part of telling a story, and I felt that, even if I took issue with it in some places, this narration was very very good.Back to the actual story.The characters, few as there were, were very interesting. The Cerebs, to me, as vastly different as they were, right down to their core, reminded me very much of humans, oddly. Maybe it's their cold ability to wipe out anything they see as a possible threat, with cold calculation, and a "them or us" mentality that cost humanity everything.I can't wait to read the next one.I also really liked the authors notes at the end. I wish more authors would give some incite into things like what inspired their story, or like in this case, interesting thoughts on the advanced technology used.