Review: Wasted (or postponed?) premise
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2013
WhateverHugh Howeyrecommends I'll look into, and he mentioned this one somewhere. I love concepts of civilization setbacks, where "devolved" people in a low-tech future wander through the rubble of our present, and crave for or struggle to understand the stuff we take for granted today. I bought Hive the minute I saw this passage in the blurb:"Nearly two hundred years after the planet was ravaged by millions of undead Zees, the human race is still struggling to rebuild. The Zees may be long gone, but so too are centuries of scientific advancement."Alas, I feel a bit misled. As it turns out, the Zees aren't "long gone". This basically reads as a zombie story, and what little is said or revealed about earlier times is either confusing or uninteresting where it should be compelling. The writing isn't bad, per se, this just wasn't what I was looking for and it failed to suck me in. That said, the next installments might deal with more interesting issues, but the reason given for the end of our civilization isn't nearly fascinating enough for me to continue reading this series.Give it a try if you like steampunk, ShadowRun or zombies. Otherwise, I can't really recommend it.