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A review by ceskykure
The Uploaded by Ferrett Steinmetz
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
CAWPILE SCORE
C- 6
A-8
W-7
P-9
I-7
L-8
E-7
TOTAL-7.43/10
CAWPILE
Characters
Sometimes I had a hard time remembering that most of these characters are 15-17.
Amichai—I was really hoping he would become a hacker or programmer and do something that way, he turned out to be the worlds best Social Media Influencer. Has a moral character that won’t be shaken, but is totally or could totally be corrupted at the end of the book
Dare—what a flippy floppy character. Wish he’d had a secret shrive after betrayal. Would be better. Went from super scared to taking charge. Mastering Programming, felt a little too unreal
Peaches—interesting, nice, committed.
Mama Alex—master hacker, easily taken out by Drumgroole. Very competent
Ian Drumgoole/gumdroole—Wow, unexpected that he’s shrived Mortal since he was 11 basically. He’s a throughbred Psychopath, with super control issues.
Wickliffe/Wickcleft—Lost his ideals. Lived too long and can’t see the solutions
Izzy—wish we’d seen more of her.
NeoChristians—can totally see this actually happening, but have to remember it wasn’t mainstream Christians that turned but mostly spinoff’s etc
Evangeline—didn’t need her Love Triangle section. But was good as a reminder of other belief. Very grief stricken, had to kill her parents after they were mind wiped
Atmosphere
Well written Atmosphere. Dark world, everybody is secretly/not secretly suidicidal. Nice use of showing how the world has deteriorated with the advent of Upterlife
Writing
Writing was good, some spots I felt switched from Adult to YA. Shrive.
Plot
Good plot. The dead won’t leave the living alone, the Living only want to die. Amichai must figure out how to fix the “system”. Didn’t love or feel the real need of the “love Triangle”
Investment
Good desire to keep reading, Lots of False turns that were given to me. Small part in middle where I started to lose interest, but it picked up again.
Logic
Lots of things made sense, the power of the dead, them watching all the time, their investment in basically destroying the Physical world, The hyper-addiction of the Dead to the hyper addicting drug of VR basically. The way everyone wants to die and move on to Upterlife.
Interesting and thoughtout application of loss of death.
Enjoyment
I enjoyed the book, small-medium issues, but overall worth it.
Life guard as they heroically hurled themselves underfoot.
Misc
Sneaking a Pony in.
Rewriting peoples brains
Gumdroole at the end, what a loser
There is no perfect solution something will always go wrong in the long run, but those are new problems to fix and change when they happen. Nothing remains the same forever.
The OLD Platitude. Life’s Short and Then you die. Totally flipped on its head
Nice way to give propaganda- video pov is forced to watch as punishment in Isolation.
Amichai “blocking” Ian Drumgoole.
LifeGuard Sucks, cause they turn every mission into a suicide mission
Explosions bring us closer to God.
Amichai’s Parents SUCK
Even though Neochristians and “regular” people hated each other, they both had the intense desire for a life after this life. Didn’t care about the Physical world.
I will be talking about it on Libromancy https://libromancy.podbean.com/ on 10/29/2023
C- 6
A-8
W-7
P-9
I-7
L-8
E-7
TOTAL-7.43/10
CAWPILE
Characters
Sometimes I had a hard time remembering that most of these characters are 15-17.
Amichai—I was really hoping he would become a hacker or programmer and do something that way, he turned out to be the worlds best Social Media Influencer. Has a moral character that won’t be shaken, but is totally or could totally be corrupted at the end of the book
Dare—what a flippy floppy character. Wish he’d had a secret shrive after betrayal. Would be better. Went from super scared to taking charge. Mastering Programming, felt a little too unreal
Peaches—interesting, nice, committed.
Mama Alex—master hacker, easily taken out by Drumgroole. Very competent
Ian Drumgoole/gumdroole—Wow, unexpected that he’s shrived Mortal since he was 11 basically. He’s a throughbred Psychopath, with super control issues.
Wickliffe/Wickcleft—Lost his ideals. Lived too long and can’t see the solutions
Izzy—wish we’d seen more of her.
NeoChristians—can totally see this actually happening, but have to remember it wasn’t mainstream Christians that turned but mostly spinoff’s etc
Evangeline—didn’t need her Love Triangle section. But was good as a reminder of other belief. Very grief stricken, had to kill her parents after they were mind wiped
Atmosphere
Well written Atmosphere. Dark world, everybody is secretly/not secretly suidicidal. Nice use of showing how the world has deteriorated with the advent of Upterlife
Writing
Writing was good, some spots I felt switched from Adult to YA. Shrive.
Plot
Good plot. The dead won’t leave the living alone, the Living only want to die. Amichai must figure out how to fix the “system”. Didn’t love or feel the real need of the “love Triangle”
Investment
Good desire to keep reading, Lots of False turns that were given to me. Small part in middle where I started to lose interest, but it picked up again.
Logic
Lots of things made sense, the power of the dead, them watching all the time, their investment in basically destroying the Physical world, The hyper-addiction of the Dead to the hyper addicting drug of VR basically. The way everyone wants to die and move on to Upterlife.
Interesting and thoughtout application of loss of death.
Enjoyment
I enjoyed the book, small-medium issues, but overall worth it.
Life guard as they heroically hurled themselves underfoot.
Misc
Sneaking a Pony in.
Rewriting peoples brains
Gumdroole at the end, what a loser
There is no perfect solution something will always go wrong in the long run, but those are new problems to fix and change when they happen. Nothing remains the same forever.
The OLD Platitude. Life’s Short and Then you die. Totally flipped on its head
Nice way to give propaganda- video pov is forced to watch as punishment in Isolation.
Amichai “blocking” Ian Drumgoole.
LifeGuard Sucks, cause they turn every mission into a suicide mission
Explosions bring us closer to God.
Amichai’s Parents SUCK
Even though Neochristians and “regular” people hated each other, they both had the intense desire for a life after this life. Didn’t care about the Physical world.
I will be talking about it on Libromancy https://libromancy.podbean.com/ on 10/29/2023