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A review by beastreader
Amped by Daniel H. Wilson
3.0
Owen Gray finds himself in trouble after the government passes a ruling that all amplified "Amp" humans inserted with a neural autofocus MK-4 brain implant chip are not considered to be protected humans. Owne learns from his father that he is considered to be an Amp. Years ago, Owen was in a bad accident one that Owen's father had no other choice but to insert Owen with a chip or lose his son forever. Now, Owen's father tells Owen to head to a trailer park called Eden in Eastern Oklahoma. There he will find others like Owen.
I was very excited to check out this book. After seeing a friend rave about Mr. Wilson's first novel, Robopocalypse, I knew I had to check our Mr. Wilson and Amped. Also, I have recently gotten into this genre. Ok, so sadly, I was not as impressed by this book as I had hoped to be. The concept was intriguing and would have worked if I had felt anything for the characters. It was like watching a remake of the Terminator, where the viewer or in this case the reader is suppose to cheer for the Amps as they are just as human as the rest of us and they have rights. So what if they have super human abilities. First in order to get someone to like or even to cheer for them, you have to make that person have a personality and second they have to have likability. In the case of this book, I never worked up to either case on a full scale. On the other hand, Lyle the leader of the Amps were one scary dude that I would not want to mess with. The Amps in this story were just as bad of guys as the humans. They picked on the humans and they thought they were above the govenment and could get away with anything. Also, the chapters read a bit choppy. There were many times that I put this book down and had no problems walking away from it. Although, I do have to say that on a positive note, there was some glimmer of brilliance. Enough that I would consider checking out Mr. Wilson's prior novel, Robopocalypse.
I was very excited to check out this book. After seeing a friend rave about Mr. Wilson's first novel, Robopocalypse, I knew I had to check our Mr. Wilson and Amped. Also, I have recently gotten into this genre. Ok, so sadly, I was not as impressed by this book as I had hoped to be. The concept was intriguing and would have worked if I had felt anything for the characters. It was like watching a remake of the Terminator, where the viewer or in this case the reader is suppose to cheer for the Amps as they are just as human as the rest of us and they have rights. So what if they have super human abilities. First in order to get someone to like or even to cheer for them, you have to make that person have a personality and second they have to have likability. In the case of this book, I never worked up to either case on a full scale. On the other hand, Lyle the leader of the Amps were one scary dude that I would not want to mess with. The Amps in this story were just as bad of guys as the humans. They picked on the humans and they thought they were above the govenment and could get away with anything. Also, the chapters read a bit choppy. There were many times that I put this book down and had no problems walking away from it. Although, I do have to say that on a positive note, there was some glimmer of brilliance. Enough that I would consider checking out Mr. Wilson's prior novel, Robopocalypse.