A review by panda_meeple
Clockwork Heart by Dru Pagliassotti

1.0

I know it sounds stupid but I abandoned this book 60 pages from the end. Why? Because there was no reason to finish. The way to kill the plot is to give the readers what they want before the actual end has arrived. The bad guy was caught and the two people who acted as romantic partners for each other had already kissed. Everything after that dragged on and on. I'm sure something else dramatic must happen in the final pages but honestly, after the 'climax' of the book had been reached, which, honestly was only partially entertaining because I saw it coming from the moment the 'bad' character came on the scene, I was just bored to tears. I thought that it was mildly entertaining before that. I like the idea of icarii and of the caste system but the plot just wasn't interesting enough or even believable enough to make me stick with it. I mean, honestly...a program to help people choose an appropriate life partner? Ugh. It is just so stupid. I'm sorry but imagine something like that going to a real congress hearing or something? It's like Match.com saying that they wanted to bring a bill up. Lame. Anyway, I don't really recommend this book unless you want to be disappointed by an unfortunate loss of ending. Has anyone gotten through the whole book and honestly believed that the final 'suspense' of whatever happens after I stopped really worth it? I won't go back to it but it'll be nice to hear if anyone disagrees with me.