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A review by branch_c
Jack the Bodiless by Julian May
4.0
After the necessary but comparatively mundane prologues of Surveillance and Metaconcert, here's where the Milieu Saga starts to catch up with the Pliocene Exile as far as fun and excitement.
The story of Jack's beginning intertwines with the rise of Fury and Hydra, and it was almost as thrilling as the first time I read it and didn't already know the identity of Hydra. Like all great mysteries, in hindsight the clues were all there for the reader to see.
And while this book is named for Jack, the real protagonist here is Marc. The mature, world-weary, and morally questionable anti-hero we knew from the Pliocene series is reinvented here as a brilliant and scheming yet principled teenager with the mental power to get away with almost anything. His thoughts and actions here lay the groundwork for his development in the final two books.
Nostalgically familiar from prior readings, this book still manages to come across as fresh and innovative. A fantastic chapter in a wonderful saga.
The story of Jack's beginning intertwines with the rise of Fury and Hydra, and it was almost as thrilling as the first time I read it and didn't already know the identity of Hydra. Like all great mysteries, in hindsight the clues were all there for the reader to see.
And while this book is named for Jack, the real protagonist here is Marc. The mature, world-weary, and morally questionable anti-hero we knew from the Pliocene series is reinvented here as a brilliant and scheming yet principled teenager with the mental power to get away with almost anything. His thoughts and actions here lay the groundwork for his development in the final two books.
Nostalgically familiar from prior readings, this book still manages to come across as fresh and innovative. A fantastic chapter in a wonderful saga.