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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
A Solid 4 Star Read
In a world where 1% of the population interacts with the rest of the world in something akin to C-3PO this was a game that was bound to be invented.
I'd totally watch this sport if I lived in this world.
Full review to come.
In a world where 1% of the population interacts with the rest of the world in something akin to C-3PO this was a game that was bound to be invented.
The reason Hilketa is so popular is that the players score points through simulated decapitation, and go after each other with melee weapons. It’s team gladiatorial combat, on a football field, with a nerdy scoring system. It’s all the violence every other team sport wishes it could have, but can’t, because people would actually die.
I'd totally watch this sport if I lived in this world.
Full review to come.
I really enjoyed this sequel to the original lock in. Yes it also massively helped that Wil Weaton was reading it to me. This one picks up about a year after the first book ends and we can see how some stuff has changed for the better and some for the worse. With the new law passed by Congress everything could be on the verge of changing, but then why would there be a death when there should have been no harm to the human body? Amazing, and love the twists and turns of how they get to prove who did it.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Una gran continuación para [b:Lock In|21418013|Lock In (Lock In, #1)|John Scalzi|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1438701397s/21418013.jpg|26115712] que mantiene todos los puntos fuertes de su predecesora sin agotar los recursos que la premisa aporta y explotando todops los recursos del thriller policiaco. Gran narración a cargo de Will Wheaton que contribuye a que de nuevo se me haya pasado un "detallito". Si en el primer libro tardé en darme cuenta de que el protagonista podía ser negro, éste se me ha pasado entero sin darme cuenta de que, en realidad, no se cual es su género. Es lo que tiene ser un varón heterosexual blanco en los cuarenta, que se dan por sentadas demasiadas cosas. ¡Puto patriarcado!
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Excrement
I am a huge Scalzi fan, but this is not, in my opinion, his best writing. The dialog has a certain sarcasm and wit but feels a bit formulaic and lacks the extra sparkle that his best novels have. However, this book is still well written. Somehow the pages just keep flowing by. Not because you can't put it down but just because reading it feels so easy. If I had the time, I think I could read it end to end in one sitting.
The plot itself is pretty well crafted with a a fair amount of intricacy and moving parts that all have to get untangled by the detectives. However, it was so intricate that you had to wait until the climactic confrontations to start to understand what was going on rather than being drawn in along the way by peeling back the layers one by one.
The plot itself is pretty well crafted with a a fair amount of intricacy and moving parts that all have to get untangled by the detectives. However, it was so intricate that you had to wait until the climactic confrontations to start to understand what was going on rather than being drawn in along the way by peeling back the layers one by one.
It’s a fine mystery story. I liked it better than the first of the series (Lock In). Maybe because it’s fun sports and not economic takeover and the ending isn’t a big dialogue dump of Columbo-style “we got ya”.
But it’s definitely more of the same–nothing new but nothing broken. If John Scalzi is anything, he’s consistent with tone from series to series. And you’re 90% not likely to read the second book before the first, so just look at my review of that one for more info. It doesn’t stand out from his other works, but it stays on the themes of robots, police procedural, and disability.
But it’s definitely more of the same–nothing new but nothing broken. If John Scalzi is anything, he’s consistent with tone from series to series. And you’re 90% not likely to read the second book before the first, so just look at my review of that one for more info. It doesn’t stand out from his other works, but it stays on the themes of robots, police procedural, and disability.
It was great to get back to Scalzi's near future world of Threeps and Haden's Syndrome. In Head On, we get a little bit deeper into the Lock In universe, delving into Threep sport Hilketa. I found Chris Shane's unravelling of the murder case more compelling in Scalzi's second book, but perhaps that's because it was slightly less bogged down in exposition and explanation of the universe he had created.
I didn't leave Lock In a review, just a blank 3 Stars. Head On, is a very similar 3 Stars. Its enjoyable, but not all that deep or compelling. I'm a pretty big Scalzi fan so its hard for me to say, but Head On feels like filler to me or just trying to meet a deadline. Not sure I would read a third.