Helpful Score: 9
Tantalizing premise for a story but such a let-down once you read the book.
What would happen if a Neanderthal from a parallel universe came to our world? What would civilization be like if the Neanderthal had dominated and Cro-Magnon become extinct? The answers that Sawyer gives are thin and implausible.
While I'm open-minded enough to entertain Sawyer's unlikely theories, what I really disliked about this book was the rape of Mary Vaughan and her immediate (next day) sexual attraction to the Neanderthal, Ponter. This part of the story was unnecessary and irrelevant to the basic premise. Besides, what woman who was just raped would even look at a man, much less a "he-man" Neanderthal that exudes mega masculinity?
Sawyer needs to understand the real world of "Gliksins" before he should write about Neanderthals.
What would happen if a Neanderthal from a parallel universe came to our world? What would civilization be like if the Neanderthal had dominated and Cro-Magnon become extinct? The answers that Sawyer gives are thin and implausible.
While I'm open-minded enough to entertain Sawyer's unlikely theories, what I really disliked about this book was the rape of Mary Vaughan and her immediate (next day) sexual attraction to the Neanderthal, Ponter. This part of the story was unnecessary and irrelevant to the basic premise. Besides, what woman who was just raped would even look at a man, much less a "he-man" Neanderthal that exudes mega masculinity?
Sawyer needs to understand the real world of "Gliksins" before he should write about Neanderthals.
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