Review from In Ashes Born →
The narrator sounds like a 1940 mystery / crime narrator – I really miss the writer ( which read the preceding books) – but I guess he is busy writing more books and had to dole out the reading to somebody 😂 – to bad . I can tolerate the narrator – but it’s not..
Review from Starship Eternal →
would not pay for this, seems to be written for sexist men. otherwise good story, the reason for the stars.
Clive Barker is my most favorite author, now and forever!! He is a wizard of words! A Sorcerer of Storytelling. He is The Great Imaginer! All The Barker!
Review from Cthulhu Armageddon →
This book is kinda out there but fun as hell to listen to. I like that it isn’t a generic zombie or nuclear winter apocalypse story. It has a great hook and I really enjoyed the journey.
I tried 3 or 4 times and just couldn’t get into it. Constant laments and no real movement in the plot line.
Review from Earth Alone →
The main character is a complete loser. It’s like he’s intentionally written as a loser to make everyone else more impressive, but they’ aren’t. All the characters are mind-numbing caricatures, tropes and stereotypes. To add to that, the story is moved forward by absurd contrivances and coincidences. Just bad. I couldn’t even finish the book…
Review from Apocalypse Machine →
Love Jeremy Robinson and this one did not disappoint in the least. It’s jammed packed and keeps the story and action moving, fast. I like that.
Review from Hard Wired →
As always this book was well written and well narrated. The scenes are described beautifully and to me this was a page turner.
With some cool bumps and bounces into intriguing “what if ?” Territories . This was my first book by this author — I look forward to diving into more of his sci-fi. The characters, both the main folks and the supporting ones, were particularly well drawn, funny, human and created with a respect and understanding..
… but, alas, nothing ever did. It reads more like a diary of Ishmael’s wonderfully perfect and privileged life aboard the Lois than a well-developed story. He never encounters any major problems, everyone in the entire universe admires him in some way, he’s a genius, and there’s never a shortage of women to describe in..