Review: A Great Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2012
Great story with fantastic character development, but I have come to expect no less from Mr. Perkins.I try to read about 15-20 books a month so finding a good indie author really helps the pocket book. I also have had my experience with wading through stuff that I have regretted buying, even for the low $.99 to $2.99 I had spent. This is NOT ONE OF THOSE BOOKS :)With indie authors you always wonder when you see the first few "5's" for the reviews... is that his mom or his best friend writing those reviews????If you will so indulge me, I first met (online) Mr. Perkins after reading his debut post apocolyptic novelette series RENEWAL. I enjoyed his character builds so much I made contact to encourage him to continue writing. (Selfishly I just wanted more of his stories.)  Anxiously awaiting his full novel sequel to that mini series (DECAY) he sent me an almost finalized copy of Definition to read and edit for typos. (Ugg found three in this published copy I missed, so sorry, but heck I told you I was worth the price $.00),  I enjoyed DEFINITION so much I encouraged him to do like some of my other favorite Sci-Fi indie authors have done, and to please continue writing this story in a serialized, almost television series styled way (think SG-1 or SG Atlantis). I encouraged him to make each book about 2 to 4 hours in reading length, and to try to put them out as fast as he can, keeping the story fresh and of high quality, without ever being afraid to end it when he feels like its ready to end. I SOOO hope I have made a convincing enough argument!Please take the time to read this novel if you enjoy Sci-fi or great character reads. You will enjoy it. Mr. Perkins does a great job with character development, and even though this book started a little slower than his post apocalyptic work (as Sci-fi tends to do with the explaining of new technologies and development of futuristic timelines), I was racing toward the finish at the end, even of my second read, when I already knew the ending! :)I think my 17 year old daughter will even read DEFINITION after reading Mr. Perkins RENEWAL series, despite not being a big fan of Sci-fi. She absolutely abhors dad's "doom and gloom junk" post apocalyptic novels I buy, but finished all 10 novelettes in the RENEWAL series after I got her to "just read the first one". She still didn't like the "doom and gloom" but agreed with me that she just couldn't stop finding out what happened next to the characters :) If you like characters you can love, or hate accordingly, then Mr. Perkins writing style is for you.This book had a small amount of language maybe a very mild PG-13, a minimum of sexuality all of it being small comments at about a PG rating, and the violence would be a PG to soft PG-13 as well.Here's hoping I see DEFINITION part 2 out sooner rather than later.Thanks again Jim for another great read!(Now get back to work I want another story)  :) :)  :)P.S. If you are like me and you enjoy reading good books at a $3.00 price range, please, please leave a review after you read this book. It really does enable those authors we want to continue to hear from to be able to keep writing the stories we enjoy.