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A review by christajls
Amped by Daniel H. Wilson
3.0
Originally reviewed at Hooked on Books
Robopocalypse by Daniel H Wilson was one of my favourite reads last year. So I jumped at the chance to review Amped when I saw it up on NetGalley. I loved the innovative way Robopocalypse was set up and I was happy to see Daniel H Wilson kept certain elements in this books. Court case rulings, press releases etc. These little extras give Amped a much more authentic and in-the-moment feel.
Amped, is an exciting and action packed read. It is like there is a consistent level of adrenaline running through this book at all times. Lots of fighting, lots of running. It's a book that'll make your heart pound. If you insert some military grade, human being amplification tools in people's brains there are bound to be some great fight scenes. If all that action wasn't exciting enough there are some really great twists that will keep you guessing.
Though I really enjoyed this novel I find that I need to bring up an issue with the female characters. Or lack thereof. There was only one female. And she was a pretty one dimensional one at that. She's a regular human in a community of amped individual. She adopted a little boy, cooked food for elderly people, is the love interest for the main character. A form character if I ever saw one. This was incredibly disappointing to me. I'm not saying a woman needs to be a main character or even a central one but in a book filled with characters there could have easily been more than one and at the very least one that was more significant/equal to the other characters.
As a feminist and science fiction fan I often find myself torn over certain books/movies/shows etc. On the one hand this is a really fun and exciting read. On the other I can't ignore the implications a feminist reading brings to the surface. So what it comes down to is this - while I loved Robopocalypse, I simply liked Amped. It is an enjoyable but somewhat problematic read.
Robopocalypse by Daniel H Wilson was one of my favourite reads last year. So I jumped at the chance to review Amped when I saw it up on NetGalley. I loved the innovative way Robopocalypse was set up and I was happy to see Daniel H Wilson kept certain elements in this books. Court case rulings, press releases etc. These little extras give Amped a much more authentic and in-the-moment feel.
Amped, is an exciting and action packed read. It is like there is a consistent level of adrenaline running through this book at all times. Lots of fighting, lots of running. It's a book that'll make your heart pound. If you insert some military grade, human being amplification tools in people's brains there are bound to be some great fight scenes. If all that action wasn't exciting enough there are some really great twists that will keep you guessing.
Though I really enjoyed this novel I find that I need to bring up an issue with the female characters. Or lack thereof. There was only one female. And she was a pretty one dimensional one at that. She's a regular human in a community of amped individual. She adopted a little boy, cooked food for elderly people, is the love interest for the main character. A form character if I ever saw one. This was incredibly disappointing to me. I'm not saying a woman needs to be a main character or even a central one but in a book filled with characters there could have easily been more than one and at the very least one that was more significant/equal to the other characters.
As a feminist and science fiction fan I often find myself torn over certain books/movies/shows etc. On the one hand this is a really fun and exciting read. On the other I can't ignore the implications a feminist reading brings to the surface. So what it comes down to is this - while I loved Robopocalypse, I simply liked Amped. It is an enjoyable but somewhat problematic read.