A review by alyssaindira
Pulse by Patrick Carman

3.0

I have a day where no school work is required of me, how do I choose to spend the day? I think you all know the answer. Okay, so I finished Pulse by Patrick Carman and well.....it's a novel that has its ups and downs to put it simply. First of all,I thought the beginning was kinda creepy and not a very good opening to this world. Also, I found that the authors' style of writing is kinda different, it's like every other paragraph gives insight to the main characters thoughts and feelings. It felt like many different point of views crammed together. Not very appealing and made it hard for me to keep up with the story. Which, by the way, was kinda scattered and vague itself. Granted, I liked the futuristic entails of this novel. For example, the very real concept of the "internet of things". Tablet runs your life, books are ashes, etc. But was really interesting was how the school system worked in this book. Won't go into detail, dont want to be a spoiler. Anyway, I got the gist of the plotline and stuff, but it felt a bit impersonal, I didn't find myself connecting to the characters. Not sure what or who's at fault for that, but I did like how her powers came about and some of the climactic scenes. Though they were scarce amongst the book, large gaps in action within the pages. Not a fan, especially when the non action scenes are rather boring. Probably wont read the second book Tremor, neither the third, Quake. Questions?