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A review by bookph1le
Head On by John Scalzi
4.0
4.5 stars
I thoroughly enjoy this series. Chris and Vann are both such great characters, and I love the way they play off one another. Scalzi has created a very interesting near-future scenario that gives him a way to examine some very present issues like discrimination, sexism, how the disability community is treated, etc.
I could also sense there's some setup here for future conflicts, and I'm definitely on board with those. I enjoy police procedural novels as well, but there's just something about taking that concept and placing it in a scifi or fantasy setting that I find so appealing, possibly because contemporary police procedurals feel like they deal in microcosms of society--microcosms that reflect the larger society, to be sure, but yet still small in some way I can't quite put my finger on--while using a scifi or fantasy setting allows for a more macro view.
Here's hoping for more books in this series, and soon. (Though I totally get where the author was coming from when he talked in his acknowledgements about why this book took him longer than usual. Keep doing what you're doing, Scalzi. We need forward-thinking, insightful, and thoughtful authors like you.)
I thoroughly enjoy this series. Chris and Vann are both such great characters, and I love the way they play off one another. Scalzi has created a very interesting near-future scenario that gives him a way to examine some very present issues like discrimination, sexism, how the disability community is treated, etc.
I could also sense there's some setup here for future conflicts, and I'm definitely on board with those. I enjoy police procedural novels as well, but there's just something about taking that concept and placing it in a scifi or fantasy setting that I find so appealing, possibly because contemporary police procedurals feel like they deal in microcosms of society--microcosms that reflect the larger society, to be sure, but yet still small in some way I can't quite put my finger on--while using a scifi or fantasy setting allows for a more macro view.
Here's hoping for more books in this series, and soon. (Though I totally get where the author was coming from when he talked in his acknowledgements about why this book took him longer than usual. Keep doing what you're doing, Scalzi. We need forward-thinking, insightful, and thoughtful authors like you.)