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A review by siobhan27
SYLO by D.J. MacHale
3.0
Do you remember the show Are You Afraid of the Dark? Well the you know D.J MacHale. He was a writer for that show and since I was a huge fans growing up I knew I had to pick up his latest book. Sylo follows fourteen-year-old Tucker who is living on Pemberwick Island. Everything seems fine until one night Tucker and his best friend Quinn witness something that changes their lives forever.
I liked this book for many reasons, but the main reason was Tucker himself. I loved that he was naive to everything that was going on around him, and we found out everything right along with him. He was funny and sarcastic, which is a win-win for me and he felt like a real kid. Another aspect that I really enjoyed was the element of the unknown that appears throughout the book. Tuckers home has been quarantined by SYLO, a military based unit who arrive unexpectedly and set up camp--not letting anyone leave. There are a lot of secrets in this novel, and not all of them are resolved at the end, and I think it will be interesting to see where this series goes in the future.
There were a few things that left me feeling disappointed and one of those things was the secondary characters. Although they had a purpose (sometimes), I felt like they lacked something. I couldn't connect with them on any level, which made it very hard to care when something happened to them. I also found the inclusion of a mysterious drug a little forced at times, and I really didn't understand its overall purpose in the story. And then there was the reveal at the end. Although I was surprised and I did not see it coming, I wasn't convinced that it was believable. But I am very interested in seeing where this series goes in the future and I will definitely pick up the next book solely to read Tuckers voice because it was so fantastic!
I liked this book for many reasons, but the main reason was Tucker himself. I loved that he was naive to everything that was going on around him, and we found out everything right along with him. He was funny and sarcastic, which is a win-win for me and he felt like a real kid. Another aspect that I really enjoyed was the element of the unknown that appears throughout the book. Tuckers home has been quarantined by SYLO, a military based unit who arrive unexpectedly and set up camp--not letting anyone leave. There are a lot of secrets in this novel, and not all of them are resolved at the end, and I think it will be interesting to see where this series goes in the future.
There were a few things that left me feeling disappointed and one of those things was the secondary characters. Although they had a purpose (sometimes), I felt like they lacked something. I couldn't connect with them on any level, which made it very hard to care when something happened to them. I also found the inclusion of a mysterious drug a little forced at times, and I really didn't understand its overall purpose in the story. And then there was the reveal at the end. Although I was surprised and I did not see it coming, I wasn't convinced that it was believable. But I am very interested in seeing where this series goes in the future and I will definitely pick up the next book solely to read Tuckers voice because it was so fantastic!