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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
adventurous
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
fast-paced
Jurassic Park meets Planet of the Apes. A good, fast-paced read with some gore.
It was ok. Felt like a combo of Jurassic Park, King Kong and Planet of the Apes. I suspected the big “reveal” very early on and just assumed the actual twist was something more surprising, so I was annoyed when that was all there was.
Also, the author spent an uncomfortable amount of time reminding readers that the female protagonist is insecure about her weight and sleeps in the nude.
Also, the author spent an uncomfortable amount of time reminding readers that the female protagonist is insecure about her weight and sleeps in the nude.
It’s boring and the characters were annoying and such cliches
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
MIND-BOGGLINGLY INTERESTING… AND TERRIFYING.
I never thought an Afterword could unlock a deeper appreciation for a novel, but in this case, it did.
Let me start by saying that Extinction was a bit of a change reading-wise for me. I wanted a taste of something a different from my normal genres of choice, and boy did I get that here. Sure, this had a hint of Science Fiction to it… but that’s what’s so scary about it. The Fiction part may not stay that way forever.
Humanity has always had a propensity for stepping as close to the proverbial “line” as possible. Whether by some grand, species-wide moral framework or maybe just sheer luck, we’ve mostly managed to self govern ourselves away from the line time and time again.
But science has a funny way of moving that line closer to us. Extinction looks at a vein of science actively being pursued, and follows it to what seems to be a fairly possible and even expected conclusion, played to its darkest possible outcome for the sake of a thrilling novel. According to the Afterword, we may be less than a decade away from the de-extinction of the wooly mammoth.
That’s mind boggling. And terrifying. And just the tip of the iceberg for what that kind of technology could do to the world.
If nothing else, this book has me thinking in ways I don’t believe I’ve ever thought after finishing a book. Ultimately, it plays to the inevitable wonder of looking upon a living, breathing creature brought back from the dust by humankind… and the horror that could be unleashed by humanity playing at godhood.
I never thought an Afterword could unlock a deeper appreciation for a novel, but in this case, it did.
Let me start by saying that Extinction was a bit of a change reading-wise for me. I wanted a taste of something a different from my normal genres of choice, and boy did I get that here. Sure, this had a hint of Science Fiction to it… but that’s what’s so scary about it. The Fiction part may not stay that way forever.
Humanity has always had a propensity for stepping as close to the proverbial “line” as possible. Whether by some grand, species-wide moral framework or maybe just sheer luck, we’ve mostly managed to self govern ourselves away from the line time and time again.
But science has a funny way of moving that line closer to us. Extinction looks at a vein of science actively being pursued, and follows it to what seems to be a fairly possible and even expected conclusion, played to its darkest possible outcome for the sake of a thrilling novel. According to the Afterword, we may be less than a decade away from the de-extinction of the wooly mammoth.
That’s mind boggling. And terrifying. And just the tip of the iceberg for what that kind of technology could do to the world.
If nothing else, this book has me thinking in ways I don’t believe I’ve ever thought after finishing a book. Ultimately, it plays to the inevitable wonder of looking upon a living, breathing creature brought back from the dust by humankind… and the horror that could be unleashed by humanity playing at godhood.