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ericwelch's review against another edition
4.0
Firstly, this really is not a Retrieval Artist novel. Flint plays a very minor role and only appears toward the end. I enjoy the world that Rusch has created and the series has always appealed to me when I have a hankering for some light sci-fi. The writing is good mystery, if you can call it that, keeps you reading. I know this one is labeled #8 in the series, but it has the feel of the beginning of a longer, different series to track down the planner of the attack. I won't say more other than that I enjoyed it.
vailynst's review against another edition
3.0
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This author doesn't really know how to pace a story. Still, it's a good build up for what will happen later in the series.
This author doesn't really know how to pace a story. Still, it's a good build up for what will happen later in the series.
melrailey's review against another edition
4.0
Truth be told, I'd forgotten this series was out there. I went on a binge a couple of years ago and listened to every audiobook there was in the series and then just forgot about it. As I listened to this book, it kept coming back to me just how much I loved listening to them before. The characters are terrific and there's not just one that I love. Yeah, sure, Miles Flint is wonderful but Noelle DiRicci and Nyquist and Talia are wonderful characers. Rusch does a terrific job of switching back and forth between viewpoints and it never feels wrong. Jay Snyder is a terrific narrator. I didn't feel like any of the voices were off and ingenuine. I just wish there was another Retrieval Artist book out there.
rhodered's review against another edition
4.0
Wow. This is the start of a new story arc in the Retrieval Man series. At first it returns to old material, the day of the dome explosion four years before. This time experienced through Nyquist's eyes. And it's very well written, but you start to think, retread. Getting bored now.
Then Armstrong's Mayor is assassinated, and the story splinters into dozen or so viewpoints. Various detectives, politicians, their assistants... Everyone is rushing about, doing this, doing that. It's well written, but not this author's strength. She's really really good at delving into just one to three protagonists viewpoints and focusing on in depth on a particular story line, often with personal development for the characters. Not this ceaseless action and flipping from perspective to perspective to perspective.
So, I was feeling disappointed in this book. Like, well, I guess the good days of this series are over.
And then BAM! The final third brings all the strings and perspectives together in a crescendo that you really were not expecting. Wow. Fantastic.
And I'm left hooked on the other side of the last page. Thank goodness I have the next books in this series set to go right now. Thank goodness they are all written! This is not a series you would want to wait for each installment of. I'm not saying it's a cliffhanger so much as it is a compelling story with a lot of legs left to it.
Well done.
Then Armstrong's Mayor is assassinated, and the story splinters into dozen or so viewpoints. Various detectives, politicians, their assistants... Everyone is rushing about, doing this, doing that. It's well written, but not this author's strength. She's really really good at delving into just one to three protagonists viewpoints and focusing on in depth on a particular story line, often with personal development for the characters. Not this ceaseless action and flipping from perspective to perspective to perspective.
So, I was feeling disappointed in this book. Like, well, I guess the good days of this series are over.
And then BAM! The final third brings all the strings and perspectives together in a crescendo that you really were not expecting. Wow. Fantastic.
And I'm left hooked on the other side of the last page. Thank goodness I have the next books in this series set to go right now. Thank goodness they are all written! This is not a series you would want to wait for each installment of. I'm not saying it's a cliffhanger so much as it is a compelling story with a lot of legs left to it.
Well done.
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