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3.31 AVERAGE
3.31 AVERAGE
3.25, 4/6 of the Forward Collection. I really like the concept of the story because it involved genetic engineering and being able to basically choose your child’s life. I thought the ending was pretty unresolved though.
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Not the best
Ostensibly this story is about picking the characteristics of your unborn child and it hints at lots of creepy things but it never really pays off on any of those things.
Ostensibly this story is about picking the characteristics of your unborn child and it hints at lots of creepy things but it never really pays off on any of those things.
This is a short story in a series, The Forward Collection, giving the authors a prompt for something in the near or far future. This one centered on a man at a fertility clinic, where technology now helps give the choice to preview and pick a possible personality of their unborn child. It isn't quite what he expected.
This was a fascinating of what if , and a bit dark.
This was a fascinating of what if , and a bit dark.
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book talks about life as a three-act performance. The premise of a fertility clinic whose USP is genetic engineering with statistical projection of a child's future, is pretty blatant about this. But this is also embedded in the story's structure. A promising first act, an interesting second act, and a third act that absolutely plummeted - a pretty striking departure from the ambivalent/washed-up/vaguely optimistic third acts of each projection shown to Sam. A bit disappointing come end up, when it could have gone in so many fascinating directions but seemed instead to throw in the towel abruptly and in the weirdest way. Feels like the latter part was written by a completely different guy who was told "there is a nepo baby man whose wife is called Annie" and just ran with chaotic evil.