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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
Hardboiled detective by way of dystopian, capitalist-hell cyberpunk. Good fun.
Fantastic world building but the plot was just fine. 3.5 stars
dark
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A weird-as-heck dystopian novel that creates a dark, intriguing world as a backdrop for the fuzzy, familiar classic detective trope (and the associated murder mystery plot). Generally good fun, though there is a fair bit of gore that is vaguely out-of-place.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol
The story revolves around Kobo as he tries to solve the sudden death and possible murder of his adopted brother, JJ Zunz, who is a very famous baseball player. There are twists and turns that will leave you with a feeling of genuine surprise. Honestly there's no way I could have predicted the biggest twist though. The world has the feeling of Cyberpunk but in a more subtle way. The world building and character descriptions are brilliantly vivid. Of course the story contains the typical themes of Cyberpunk: what makes humans human, greedy Corpos that have pull in the government, man vs. machine, big pharma, etc. The added plot point of sports was refreshing as that's something that I haven't ever seen in the genre.
For cyberpunk fans, I highly recommend you check this book out.
For cyberpunk fans, I highly recommend you check this book out.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Fun sci-fi mystery in a future where high-tech bodily enhancements are the norm and pharma/biotech companies rule the world (more or less)
I don’t know how to feel overall about The Body Scout. The author did a good job with the characters, and making the conflicts between them interesting. Some of the ideas he had about the world worked really well and posed interesting questions to the reader. At the same time, the world didn’t really fully realized. The plot was pretty average, but a good section of it was centered around the wrong thing. The writing was fine, but was tonally all over the place. I think this is a novel that someone people will really love, but others will have very mixed feelings about.
My full review can be found here
My full review can be found here
I don't remember much about this book, but since I don't remember hating nor loving it, I'll give it an average 3 star.
I would describe this as gritty but I want to find a better word. What word would you use to describe a pile of discarded genetically modified organs grown in a lab? Gamey? Anyway, this was a great story but not a feel-good story. It was a pretty graphic dystopian near-future story. Graphic in the sense that people lose (and gain) body parts & there is some violence. I did really enjoy the story, this was a well-written book. But there’s a lot of ick.