Jerome R. reviewed on
Meh...this book could not decide what it wanted to be when it grew-up, and slugging through 500+ pages of literary puberty was not what I had in-mind when I ordered it.
Great concept, poorly executed. The premise had much potential - the whole 'serial killer in a virtual reality world' idea (although its been done before - 'The Matrix' is an example of how the whole virtual reality concept can be successfully executed). The problems begin when the author focuses unnecessarily on the romantic interest between one of the female leads and a detective involved in the story. From there, we end-up with entire chapters being devoted to what amounts to romantic introspection on the part of the female lead - not that there's anything wrong with that...if that's who you are... /Seinfeld however I picked this book up because it marketed itself as a sci-fi thriller, not as a romance novel.
Could have been a tight 250-300 page cyber-thriller, instead was a meandering and sprawling 500 page literary identity crises. A failed attempt at catering to multiple target readers.
Two stars.
- Savage
Great concept, poorly executed. The premise had much potential - the whole 'serial killer in a virtual reality world' idea (although its been done before - 'The Matrix' is an example of how the whole virtual reality concept can be successfully executed). The problems begin when the author focuses unnecessarily on the romantic interest between one of the female leads and a detective involved in the story. From there, we end-up with entire chapters being devoted to what amounts to romantic introspection on the part of the female lead - not that there's anything wrong with that...if that's who you are... /Seinfeld however I picked this book up because it marketed itself as a sci-fi thriller, not as a romance novel.
Could have been a tight 250-300 page cyber-thriller, instead was a meandering and sprawling 500 page literary identity crises. A failed attempt at catering to multiple target readers.
Two stars.
- Savage
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