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incarnationblues 's review for:
The Human Division
by John Scalzi
Oh man, I wonder if he is still up at night chortling over that title? I might be. Not only does it fit the book perfectly it’s… eh, I dunno what the term is any more? “Double entendre” always sounds sexual to me…OK…googled… I guess that’s kind of what it is. Anyway, it’s clever. Perhaps too clever.
I guess this was originally published in chunks on the web or some modern magic? Part of that return to serialized fiction I’ve heard so much about… (which is a kind of interesting loop in itself…) MORE DOTS… whatever…
Anyway. The whole of the thing is clever and fits quite well together – except for one chapter about a captured soldier escaping which worked on its own but didn’t (I don’t think) feature any of the characters from the other sequences.
However. The ending was kind of just… I mean, nothing was really resolved. At least in the sense that the over-arching plot that was used to string all the stories together certainly didn’t. It’s fine if you’re leaving something open for a sequel, but it didn’t really feel that way – even though I’m sure there will be one eventually. To be fair, Scalzi has ended at least a couple other books in this series in that way, but this one felt like the worst of the bunch in that aspect.
THREE STARS
Minus at least a half for the ending.
I guess this was originally published in chunks on the web or some modern magic? Part of that return to serialized fiction I’ve heard so much about… (which is a kind of interesting loop in itself…) MORE DOTS… whatever…
Anyway. The whole of the thing is clever and fits quite well together – except for one chapter about a captured soldier escaping which worked on its own but didn’t (I don’t think) feature any of the characters from the other sequences.
However. The ending was kind of just… I mean, nothing was really resolved. At least in the sense that the over-arching plot that was used to string all the stories together certainly didn’t. It’s fine if you’re leaving something open for a sequel, but it didn’t really feel that way – even though I’m sure there will be one eventually. To be fair, Scalzi has ended at least a couple other books in this series in that way, but this one felt like the worst of the bunch in that aspect.
THREE STARS
Minus at least a half for the ending.