A review by jdcorley
Hyperthought by M.M. Buckner

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Although the worldbuilding is smooth, it's a litlte bit by-the-book and the characters are a little bit flat to really make the story pop. The promise of some kind of hypercognitive superbrain is not really fulfilled.  In the end everything turns on what looked like two throwaway side adventures which aren't detailed at all - a real shame because when I read them I thought "wait, why isn't the book about these, these sound rad!" Turns out they were rad, the author just more or less skipped them.  And then once the actual hypercognition stuff starts kicking in it's just not that much to write home about. I did appreciate that the climbing and survival skills of the main character came into play in many different ways throughout the plot. But it's essentially skippable.