Review: Mandate 33
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2014
I would best describe this as a futuristic horror themed story. I thought it was somewhat a homage or fusion of the movie "ZPG" that I saw many years ago, and "1984"I did enjoy the premise of the story, a totalitarian, shadowy government that is evil, corrupt and incongruent.  I enjoyed the world building and the dark and sinister atmosphere.However, the timing of events was off in places and didn't quite gel. I would have liked more character development particularly with Salinda, she was the most interesting character for me. I felt that the plot fell away at the end and really didn't quite fit into events as they had played out. Finally, I wanted to know what had happened to let the country be in such a state. From what I read into the ending the future was going to, had changed rapidly.It's a bit of a depressing read, there isn't any lightness or shade to alleviate the grimness of such a world as described. I'm giving it 3 stars, for my mind there was too much left open to supposition.