Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 10/21/2019 + 1032 more book reviews

Pretty good YA SF novel. I really liked the world-building, Williams does a great picture of what this world looks like. I don't know that I believe his technology would result in the world he shows, but it's a very solid world for this novel. The bits about the fabbers, the lenses, where people live, all that is great. I liked Claire; she does grow in confidence through this book although again, I don't know that I believed in her new competence and incredibly fast-thinking in such a short time. She's a little bland, maybe. The other characters are all well depicted. I figured out Q's real identity within a couple sentences, no surprise there. The pacing seems a little uneven; the beginning starts off really well but the long chase in the middle does tend to drag on. At the end I was, frankly, getting confused about who was who; can't say more than that without spoilers. And the end was foreordained. I wasn't sure how Williams was going to handle that but he does it with a bang.
This is the first of a trilogy; I won't be going on to the next but it's only because I'm reading almost 30 different series right now, and I don't feel like adding another one to the list. I'd really like for stand-alones to come back in fashion for mysteries and SF (grin).

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