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adamrbrooks 's review for:
Lock In
by John Scalzi
Every other Scalzi book I've read has felt like something really new. Inventive, interesting, thoughtful and funny/
"Locked In" has a kinda interesting setup, and scratches the surface of some ideas about identity and disability communities, etc. But it's really just a buddy-cop show, and feels like something Fox would do on TV that looks promising but comes off kinda flat. (In fact... didn't it have a cop show a couple years ago about a human cop with a robot partner? This is similar.)
In the end, the good guys are clearly good and commit to their noble ideals, and the bad guys confess to their evil, greedy ways. When I compare that the to complexity of motivation in "Ghost Brigages," for example, it really suffers.
My rating is probably more like a 3.5. I originally had it as a 4-star, but after reading this review, I realized a 3 was better.
"Locked In" has a kinda interesting setup, and scratches the surface of some ideas about identity and disability communities, etc. But it's really just a buddy-cop show, and feels like something Fox would do on TV that looks promising but comes off kinda flat. (In fact... didn't it have a cop show a couple years ago about a human cop with a robot partner? This is similar.)
In the end, the good guys are clearly good and commit to their noble ideals, and the bad guys confess to their evil, greedy ways. When I compare that the to complexity of motivation in "Ghost Brigages," for example, it really suffers.
My rating is probably more like a 3.5. I originally had it as a 4-star, but after reading this review, I realized a 3 was better.