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sassyporcupine's review against another edition
1.0
Awful book. AVOID. Premise sounded great but the book was so disjointed and so much stuff seemed thrown in at a random whim or just for shock value.
skateanddonate's review against another edition
4.0
what a fun read. great world building. love the raccoon. had me lol many times. 4 stars
felinity's review against another edition
1.0
Think of it like a lesser, cruder version of The Minority Report crossed with one of the later, formulaic James Patterson books to add an evil genius ("The Mastermind"? Really?). Not that great. Other reviewers have talked about the excessive sex scenes (which weren't interesting or even relevant, so I just flipped straight past after the first one). The world concept was interesting (the need for biofuels, Web 4.0) but barely touched upon and not explained. In fact, the biofuel problem just seemed to be scene-setting and the tech was the equivalent of an ACME bag of many things.
In short, I only finished this because I woke too early and I couldn't find another book without waking my husband, and even then I was considering staring at the wall instead.
In short, I only finished this because I woke too early and I couldn't find another book without waking my husband, and even then I was considering staring at the wall instead.
tarana's review against another edition
2.0
I listened to this on audiobook (special at audible). The reader is fine. Good voice. Fine pace. But, this book does not lend itself to audio. The shortcut codes used on the Internet are inappropriate for a book, much less an audiobook.
As for the book, I didn't care enough to want to listen to the end, but i did. It's not a bad book, but not a keeper for me. The only thing going for it was action. The characters were difficult to care about. The main character was intended to be a jerk, but there simply wasn't any reason to root for him. What is with the impossibly beautiful women? Geez, what's wrong with pert or pretty?
I wasn't inspired enough to buy the next in the series.
As for the book, I didn't care enough to want to listen to the end, but i did. It's not a bad book, but not a keeper for me. The only thing going for it was action. The characters were difficult to care about. The main character was intended to be a jerk, but there simply wasn't any reason to root for him. What is with the impossibly beautiful women? Geez, what's wrong with pert or pretty?
I wasn't inspired enough to buy the next in the series.
magis1105's review against another edition
2.0
The plotline overall sounded good, the futuristic world, even with all the inconsistencies with the logic of the technology, well you could ignore that a bit and it was still good.
The bad part that is, the nonsense is too much. There are way too many sex scenes that were not necessary at all.
The main character who is a badass who can against all odds pull off stunts no other human being can, ok very typical action movie. The evil genius who is orchestrating it all "behind the scenes" putting the blame on the only man who can stop him, ok again another classic (cliche) still somewhat acceptable. But then a lot of the characters are plain disgusting, the sex is referenced in a bad way, the women just can't seem to resist the main character, he got the girl, the other very few females who are mentioned want him so bad they have to gang rape him, seriously?
There are things that put me off reading mood, the overly mentioned sex being the main one. Also, he seems to be the only good person along with his super hot wife that every other man seems to want (lust over).
I had wanted to read the story because t sounded interesting, a world where there is no more crime, where there are technological advances that allow you to see the past,
*SPOILER COMING*
The other universes where the multiple possibilities of the same life exist, it all sounded good. I always want to read something along those lines. The good guy being framed, the typical no one but himself and the love of his life know the truth, betrayals from the people the hero trusts.
Even the cliche evil genius kidnaps the loved one and makes the run, the hero must decide if saving the world is most important, and yet... all the other things make it unenjoyable.
This book was just not for me really.
The bad part that is, the nonsense is too much. There are way too many sex scenes that were not necessary at all.
The main character who is a badass who can against all odds pull off stunts no other human being can, ok very typical action movie. The evil genius who is orchestrating it all "behind the scenes" putting the blame on the only man who can stop him, ok again another classic (cliche) still somewhat acceptable. But then a lot of the characters are plain disgusting, the sex is referenced in a bad way, the women just can't seem to resist the main character, he got the girl, the other very few females who are mentioned want him so bad they have to gang rape him, seriously?
There are things that put me off reading mood, the overly mentioned sex being the main one. Also, he seems to be the only good person along with his super hot wife that every other man seems to want (lust over).
I had wanted to read the story because t sounded interesting, a world where there is no more crime, where there are technological advances that allow you to see the past,
*SPOILER COMING*
The other universes where the multiple possibilities of the same life exist, it all sounded good. I always want to read something along those lines. The good guy being framed, the typical no one but himself and the love of his life know the truth, betrayals from the people the hero trusts.
Even the cliche evil genius kidnaps the loved one and makes the run, the hero must decide if saving the world is most important, and yet... all the other things make it unenjoyable.
This book was just not for me really.
bezzarina's review
1.0
An interesting premise with lots of action and momentum, but the characters were pretty one dimensional and I really didn't care what happened to them. Having a villian be evil just because he's evil (or with a very thin motive) cheapens the plot. The writing style was trying so hard to be edgy that it came off as cringey and often pulled me out of the story. .
michelleherron's review
2.0
The plot is super interesting, but the unnecessary sex scenes sounded like they were written by a 14 year old boy. I'm all for a good sex scene but these were ridiculous.
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