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faltiska's review
3.0
This book started so well...
It was fresh and interesting and I had such high hopes for it.
But then it started fading slowly into a flat recounting of each and every move the main character takes, told in painful detail, down to individual body parts. Everything is in first person and all that happens involves Nik's body or is something he did, saw or feel. The story turned into an enumeration of little facts and deeds that I couldn't care about. Page after page are just a slow motion description of what Nik personally did with his own two hands:
"I eased forward, reaching as far as I could", "I grabbed a rung as tightly as I could with my right hand", "I pushed, felt some give, and pushed harder", "I found a helpful piece of metal".
Don't think I had to look through the entire book to find these examples. They sit very close to each other on on page the middle of chapter 20.
The entire second part of the book is either this or continuous chase. They run around getting hurt and or shooting people with little sense of purpose. I have no idea what they intend to do, and I have a feeling the author didn't either:
"I didn't halt. I spun and ran, making for the door I’d just come through. A quick, loud explosion behind me; I flinched and dodged." then "I ran through the Prime Administrator’s office" then "I ran down the hallway, glancing behind me for other guards or robots" then "I closed on the elevator door quickly "
Again, all these examples are from just one first page in chapter 22.
Not awful. I mean I was able to finish it. I usually throw away books I don't like. Life is too short to read through a book you don;t enjoy. I don't think I'll read Push.
It was fresh and interesting and I had such high hopes for it.
But then it started fading slowly into a flat recounting of each and every move the main character takes, told in painful detail, down to individual body parts. Everything is in first person and all that happens involves Nik's body or is something he did, saw or feel. The story turned into an enumeration of little facts and deeds that I couldn't care about. Page after page are just a slow motion description of what Nik personally did with his own two hands:
"I eased forward, reaching as far as I could", "I grabbed a rung as tightly as I could with my right hand", "I pushed, felt some give, and pushed harder", "I found a helpful piece of metal".
Don't think I had to look through the entire book to find these examples. They sit very close to each other on on page the middle of chapter 20.
The entire second part of the book is either this or continuous chase. They run around getting hurt and or shooting people with little sense of purpose. I have no idea what they intend to do, and I have a feeling the author didn't either:
"I didn't halt. I spun and ran, making for the door I’d just come through. A quick, loud explosion behind me; I flinched and dodged." then "I ran through the Prime Administrator’s office" then "I ran down the hallway, glancing behind me for other guards or robots" then "I closed on the elevator door quickly "
Again, all these examples are from just one first page in chapter 22.
Not awful. I mean I was able to finish it. I usually throw away books I don't like. Life is too short to read through a book you don;t enjoy. I don't think I'll read Push.
norma_cenva's review
4.0
This was really good, I will be defo checking out the next instalments in this series!
chymerra's review
5.0
This was a great book. A combination of sci-fi/dystopia/YA, it had enough action in it to keep you reading. You didn’t know what was going to happen from chapter to chapter and it did make my heart rate go up with the action.
This book takes place 100 years after a biochemical attack wiped out 90 percent of the world population. The survivors called it the Bug and it could kill you if your heart rate went over 140. To help the survivors watch their heart rate, a digital wrist monitor was developed. The Papa puts the survivors asleep when their heart rates get too high.
Then you meet Nik Granjer and his friends. They like to “Push” their heart rates to the limit because, well they are 15/16 years old and kids that age like to push limits and buck the system. Nik has also figured out how to bypass getting his nightly Knockout from his Papa.
I will say that I enjoyed Nik’s character. I was once a 15/16-year-old who liked to push limits and he came off to me as realistic.
I also enjoyed the alternative spellings (Nik, Tek, Pol….etc). It added the right flair of different to the book and kept my attention!!
I will say that there is a huge twist that I didn’t see coming. Like 100% huge and I was taken aback by it (like Nik was) and a little shocked. Actually, a lot shocked.
The story itself was fascinating and very well written. If I had to picture a dystopian society, New Frisko would be it. Oh, and it takes me a minute to realize what city it was supposed to be.
How many stars would I give Beat? 5
Would I recommend to family and friends? Yes
Would I read this book again? Yes
Age range? Teen on up.
**I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book**
Blog Link: https://readwithme2018.com/2016/05/05/beat-book-1-by-jared-garrett/
This book takes place 100 years after a biochemical attack wiped out 90 percent of the world population. The survivors called it the Bug and it could kill you if your heart rate went over 140. To help the survivors watch their heart rate, a digital wrist monitor was developed. The Papa puts the survivors asleep when their heart rates get too high.
Then you meet Nik Granjer and his friends. They like to “Push” their heart rates to the limit because, well they are 15/16 years old and kids that age like to push limits and buck the system. Nik has also figured out how to bypass getting his nightly Knockout from his Papa.
I will say that I enjoyed Nik’s character. I was once a 15/16-year-old who liked to push limits and he came off to me as realistic.
I also enjoyed the alternative spellings (Nik, Tek, Pol….etc). It added the right flair of different to the book and kept my attention!!
I will say that there is a huge twist that I didn’t see coming. Like 100% huge and I was taken aback by it (like Nik was) and a little shocked. Actually, a lot shocked.
The story itself was fascinating and very well written. If I had to picture a dystopian society, New Frisko would be it. Oh, and it takes me a minute to realize what city it was supposed to be.
How many stars would I give Beat? 5
Would I recommend to family and friends? Yes
Would I read this book again? Yes
Age range? Teen on up.
**I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book**
Blog Link: https://readwithme2018.com/2016/05/05/beat-book-1-by-jared-garrett/
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