| I thought the book was okey but nothing extraordinary. I should probably mention that I'm not a avid sci-fi reader, this is only my second sci-fi book or something like that.
The book started of slow in my opinion and I didn't like the first third of the book - at all. After that it starts to pick up and I started to develop at least a little sense of the characters and the last part of the book is actually pretty good.
In my opinion he spends too much time laying out specifications of technology that would have been been better used describing the scenery and the environment.
Also maybe it's just me but I thought the book was overly "witty". The only part that really had me laughing was when he named his "BrainPal" asshole, for some reason...
I agree about the the characters "not acting their age" and I don't understand how the author didn't add some cynical and grumpy old man. If he really wanted to be witty that would have been presented a ton of opportunity.
Some short remarks, might add a bit more later. |