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alyshadeshae's review against another edition
5.0
See my full review here: http://alyshadeshae.com/2015/10/06/pop-travel-by-tara-tyler/
Disclaimer: I received an ARC from the publisher for an honest review.
Cooper is quickly on the FBI’s radar when his search strings were flagged in relation to having been contacted by Phisner, already on their radar. When a sexy FBI agent is assigned to find out what he’s got, things get even more interesting. There’s a secret tunnel, a global chase, and plenty of interesting and entertaining characters. All in all, this was a delightful soft-sci-fi detective story set in the not-too-distant future with a version of Big Brother that, quite frankly, gives me chills. I can easily see our world ending up like this and it terrifies me.
I give this book 4.5 out of 5 stars because it kept me reading and made me think about the future of our privacy laws in addition to the potential teleportation travel that will one day exist. Maybe not in our lifetime, but we are getting to that point. I did come across one error that yanked me out of the story momentarily, but nothing that totally ruined the story.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC from the publisher for an honest review.
Cooper is quickly on the FBI’s radar when his search strings were flagged in relation to having been contacted by Phisner, already on their radar. When a sexy FBI agent is assigned to find out what he’s got, things get even more interesting. There’s a secret tunnel, a global chase, and plenty of interesting and entertaining characters. All in all, this was a delightful soft-sci-fi detective story set in the not-too-distant future with a version of Big Brother that, quite frankly, gives me chills. I can easily see our world ending up like this and it terrifies me.
I give this book 4.5 out of 5 stars because it kept me reading and made me think about the future of our privacy laws in addition to the potential teleportation travel that will one day exist. Maybe not in our lifetime, but we are getting to that point. I did come across one error that yanked me out of the story momentarily, but nothing that totally ruined the story.
imzadirose's review against another edition
4.0
Enjoyable book. Different. Not a very quick read for the amount of pages but definitely entertaining. Will read more.
urlphantomhive's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars
Read all my reviews on http://urlphantomhive.booklikes.com
In the near future, where people can 'pop' to any destination really fast, private investigator Cooper finds out that it's not all pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows.
It was a nice and quick read. Interesting from the very beginning, as it starts with someone disappearing while using the pop-device. It's far from real hard science fiction, it's just the teleportation and some androids really and it reads like a regular detective story, which I think a lot of people will enjoy.
Although I'd seen the outcome of the story coming for a long time, I actually enjoyed the story more than I thought at first. The characters, although not that original (Cooper is a widower and he has pre-existing scepticism when it comes to pop travel; Geri is the FBI-agent who has to prove herself at all costs; the Creator the genius who's utterly ignorant in all divisions), were quite likeable (or at least it worked in this book for me).
Pop Travel is the first book in the Pop Travel series, the second book is called Simulation (Review to come tomorrow).
Thanks to the publisher for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
Read all my reviews on http://urlphantomhive.booklikes.com
In the near future, where people can 'pop' to any destination really fast, private investigator Cooper finds out that it's not all pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows.
It was a nice and quick read. Interesting from the very beginning, as it starts with someone disappearing while using the pop-device. It's far from real hard science fiction, it's just the teleportation and some androids really and it reads like a regular detective story, which I think a lot of people will enjoy.
Although I'd seen the outcome of the story coming for a long time, I actually enjoyed the story more than I thought at first. The characters, although not that original (Cooper is a widower and he has pre-existing scepticism when it comes to pop travel; Geri is the FBI-agent who has to prove herself at all costs; the Creator the genius who's utterly ignorant in all divisions), were quite likeable (or at least it worked in this book for me).
Pop Travel is the first book in the Pop Travel series, the second book is called Simulation (Review to come tomorrow).
Thanks to the publisher for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
tyrean's review against another edition
4.0
A thrilling, and engaging read form beginning to end. The main character, Cooper, is believable in his growth as a character, the action scenes are gripping, and the premise was interesting.
imzadirose's review
4.0
Enjoyable book. Different. Not a very quick read for the amount of pages but definitely entertaining. Will read more.
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