Reviews - The Body Scout | The StoryGraph

192 reviews for:

The Body Scout

Lincoln Michel

3.61 AVERAGE

bgold19's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

belathora's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sidpeanut's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It was ok! Made me realize that I kind of love noir??

pastapatrick's review against another edition

4.0

A futurist baseball american dystopia? I’m in. A fun romp and a delicious story, juicy down to the last drop. Perfect for the commute or the beach!

siriface's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Content Warnings

eeden33's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny sad tense fast-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

ronpayne's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A biopunk story set in a future where performance enhancing drugs and gene modifications are allowed in baseball and the teams are owned by big pharma. We follow a washed up baseball player/scout who is buried in medical debt from his playing career as he tries to solve the murder of his superstar slugger brother. I think it went a bit over the top with the world building (think Snow Crash), but it does it in the service of a fun story, and is very on point with its themes.

kcoveles's review against another edition

3.0

Clever sci-fi meets stereotypical hard broiled detective novel.

navik's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

cyberbb's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

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