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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
This book takes absolutely ages to get going and the set up takes nearly half the book .The bits I was most interested in were the effects of the blindness epidemic on the population ,once they had their electronic vision back life seemed much as normal and was far less interesting .
It’s a rather blokey book lacking much by the way of character development which is what I enjoy in a novel even a sci fi of dystopian book
The author has a clear easy to read prose style
The story picks up once the narrator takes off his video vision and there are some exciting sections towards the end just as I was tempted to give up on the book
I read an early copy on.NetGalley uk The novel is published in uk on 4th April by Little Brown Book Group Uk
It’s a rather blokey book lacking much by the way of character development which is what I enjoy in a novel even a sci fi of dystopian book
The author has a clear easy to read prose style
The story picks up once the narrator takes off his video vision and there are some exciting sections towards the end just as I was tempted to give up on the book
I read an early copy on.NetGalley uk The novel is published in uk on 4th April by Little Brown Book Group Uk
Thomas Mullen is an author I’d never come across before, but his other books have gotten rave reviews. And this one had an intriguing premise: imagine a world where in the course of a few months, every human being is blinded. (That’s a lot easier to do now after the COVID pandemic.) The next step is a little bit less plausible: imagine that scientists come up with a way, using a device implanted in your head, to allow people to see again.
That’s implausible not because scientists can’t create amazing solutions, but because of the very possibility that such devices, connected to the net, could be manipulated. And that’s the heart of this imaginative science fiction / police procedural set in the near future.
A device that not only replaces your vision but “enhances” it by showing you the nearest restaurants, the local weather and so on is almost certainly going to be used for evil purposes. And it is.
I won’t give the main plot line away — suffice it to say that this is a well-crafted, gripping novel with characters that have some genuine depth. The author has taken a sci-fi premise and run with it, imagining all the issues that would come up in such a world. A world, by the way, that I would never want to live in.
Riveting thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat in suspense. Several years ago everyone lost their sight but technology has made it possible to see again. That is, until someone starts hacking into that technology to commit murders. The suspense and real life potential for this made the plot believable. Interesting read. Definitely recommend! Thank you NetGalley for the chance to read an advanced copy!
This would be a really cool Black Mirror episode. I gave one less star because the ending wrapped up too quickly for me.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I am on the fence with this one. I really enjoyed the first book... full disclosure, I have not read the original series that this one branched from. I was all-in with this one. I was ready for more Letty Davenport. She's a very strong female character we can all get behind.
I will say, I'm not a fan of political leaning fiction books. I don't care which way the leaning is, it's just not my thing. While there is some leaning in this one, it wasn't too heavy going each way, so it balanced out, mostly.
I was glad to be on the wild ride with Letty in this adventure. I will definitely check out the next book whenever it comes out.
I will say, I'm not a fan of political leaning fiction books. I don't care which way the leaning is, it's just not my thing. While there is some leaning in this one, it wasn't too heavy going each way, so it balanced out, mostly.
I was glad to be on the wild ride with Letty in this adventure. I will definitely check out the next book whenever it comes out.
An unknown agent spread around the world causing everyone to completely lose their eyesight. Fast forward several years and they have discovered a way to make people see again by implanting a transistor in their brain.
Not everyone believes in this science and some have chosen to remain in the dark. The police had first dabs on the new sightseeing goggles and they had bad cops taking advantage of those without sight.
Now it appears that they have dark blobs killing people and nobody is able to see them to tell who they are. The MC must figure out who is behind this and stop them before they can take over the world.
This was a great dystopian with loads of mysterious twists and turns that I didn’t see coming.
Not everyone believes in this science and some have chosen to remain in the dark. The police had first dabs on the new sightseeing goggles and they had bad cops taking advantage of those without sight.
Now it appears that they have dark blobs killing people and nobody is able to see them to tell who they are. The MC must figure out who is behind this and stop them before they can take over the world.
This was a great dystopian with loads of mysterious twists and turns that I didn’t see coming.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced