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A review by jon_stewart
The Body Scout by Lincoln Michel
Did not finish book. Stopped at 22%.
No hook, nothing to keep me reading. The prose is monotone. The voice is bland and plodding.
The book is lazy SciFi which sprinkles speculative ideas like heavy sugar frosting; any single idea could be used as a short story, but together it is shallow and noisy. So much so that I found sections of the book disorientating.
The character has so many body alterations - but I don't believe it. I feel like I am being told rather than shown.
I will use the book as an example of what not to do. I will compare it to the Tucker sections of William Gibon's Count Zero to understand how Gibson makes it feel grounded and real. I will compare it to Neil Stephenson's books to understand how Stephenson writes with a voice that has energy, a voice that carries you along.
The book is lazy SciFi which sprinkles speculative ideas like heavy sugar frosting; any single idea could be used as a short story, but together it is shallow and noisy. So much so that I found sections of the book disorientating.
The character has so many body alterations - but I don't believe it. I feel like I am being told rather than shown.
I will use the book as an example of what not to do. I will compare it to the Tucker sections of William Gibon's Count Zero to understand how Gibson makes it feel grounded and real. I will compare it to Neil Stephenson's books to understand how Stephenson writes with a voice that has energy, a voice that carries you along.