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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
A fun thriller with crazy future tech and a rogue government agency. Although I kind of wish the BTC had been benevolent and the book had focused on all the crazy stuff they did and worked on, it was still very entertaining.
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Torture, Violence
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
I enjoyed the book, the science was OK, the politics were ridiculous. But the main problem was how thinly the characters were drawn.
Lots of fun if you're not above some Hollywood-style over-the-top sci-fi every now and then. Also, best opening I've seen in a while, gets you hooked from chapter 1.
This was one of the hardest books to get through. It just couldn't hold my focus.
Another rip-roaring Daniel Suarez techno-thriller. Really fun, tough to put down.
if you're into high sci then this is a great book. I'm not so I just thought it was ok. Characters and plot are interesting.
Like The Heist, Influx read like watching a movie. It was flashy and cinematic. In fact, I think it would make a much better movie than a book. There are a few scenes that would be great on screen (because, anti-gravity).
I didn't enjoy reading this book, though. Influx was not particularly well-written. I know that this is a techno-thriller, so I wasn't expecting a lot of subtly, nuance, or well-developed characters. But if you were to consider the old writing adage of "show, don't tell," Suarez's rule seems to be "do a perfectly fine job of showing, but then tell it all as well just in case the reader didn't get it."
Also, characters reacted over-dramatically to lots of situations. The main character, Jon Grady, reminded me the most of caps-lock Harry from the 5th Harry Potter book. There are way too many instances of ALL CAPS SHOUTING in this book. And throwing things. People throw things in anger all the time.
Finally, because I've been reading a lot of women in STEM recently, I was very disappointed that there were no major female scientists at all. Would it have been that hard for one of the world-changing scientists with a speaking part to be female? Am I asking too much? In fact, there were no major female characters until halfway through the book (plenty of male scientists though).
Of the four major female characters, two have been created by men--one is the AI interface to a computer system and the other is a woman who has been genetically engineered and raised by the BTC to be a better human. In Alexa's case, better human in this case means super hot, sexy, designed to look permanently twenty-five, with overly strong pheromones. Oh, I guess she's super strong and smart too. Anyways, Alexa needs to find Rachel from Orphan Black andstart a support group for young, non-romantic, stunningly beautiful, well-dressed, genetically-engineered women who were raised by shady, powerful organizations and are really upset to discover they've been designed to be sterile.
It was an interesting story. If they make it into a movie, I'd probably go see it.
I didn't enjoy reading this book, though. Influx was not particularly well-written. I know that this is a techno-thriller, so I wasn't expecting a lot of subtly, nuance, or well-developed characters. But if you were to consider the old writing adage of "show, don't tell," Suarez's rule seems to be "do a perfectly fine job of showing, but then tell it all as well just in case the reader didn't get it."
Also, characters reacted over-dramatically to lots of situations. The main character, Jon Grady, reminded me the most of caps-lock Harry from the 5th Harry Potter book. There are way too many instances of ALL CAPS SHOUTING in this book. And throwing things. People throw things in anger all the time.
Finally, because I've been reading a lot of women in STEM recently, I was very disappointed that there were no major female scientists at all. Would it have been that hard for one of the world-changing scientists with a speaking part to be female? Am I asking too much? In fact, there were no major female characters until halfway through the book (plenty of male scientists though).
Of the four major female characters, two have been created by men--one is the AI interface to a computer system and the other is a woman who has been genetically engineered and raised by the BTC to be a better human. In Alexa's case, better human in this case means super hot, sexy, designed to look permanently twenty-five, with overly strong pheromones. Oh, I guess she's super strong and smart too. Anyways, Alexa needs to find Rachel from Orphan Black and
It was an interesting story. If they make it into a movie, I'd probably go see it.
Francamente, tras haber leído los espectaculares Daemon (con su continuación, Freedom) y el no menos espectacular Kill Decision, uno espera de Mr. Suárez sentirse absolutamente enganchado en un thriller de ciencia ficción. En este caso la idea original que reveló la editorial antes de la publicación ya me pareció sosa antes de leer el libro: [No es spoiler si está en la solapa del libro pero bueno: SPOILER] . El autor parte de una idea que es muy sosa y que además le da absoluta libertad para sacarse de la manga lo que le dé la gana en cada momento. Las tecnologías nos van siendo reveladas según le hace falta al autor, lo cual es un Deus ex machina como un castillo y además trampa, y la historia nunca llega a ser interesante. No para mí al menos, que disfruté mucho con las dos anteriores. Una pena.