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horrorandscience 's review for:
The Body Scout
by Lincoln Michel
3.5 stars
The Body Scout is an interesting novel, and its synopsis is what made me request it on NetGalley. I love any kind of science fiction thriller with a dystopian future and corporate-owned identities. Watching people fight back against the corporation will forever be one of the classic parts of science fiction. The Body Scout is no different, and the way it intertwines corporations into baseball was a great idea.
Being a biology major, I love anything genetic or biology based in stories. The premise of this book was pretty fun, having baseball players be subjected to genetic alterations and drug testing in order to play better. The major drug companies now own the baseball teams.
What I didn't care for was the baseball. I'm not going to give this book a "bad rating" because I knew it was about baseball going in. The baseball really isn't the forefront of the story either, so if you're concerned about not knowing anything about the sport, don't worry. If it's something really to be explained, Michel explains it. I did have a hard time connecting to the characters because they were so passionate about something I really couldn't care less about. The passion with the author, though, helped raise my rating.
It was also pretty funny seeing the baseball teams names, such as the Monsanto Mets.
Thank you to Net Galley, Orbit Books, and Lincoln Michel for this advanced review copy! The Body Scout releases on September 21st.
The Body Scout is an interesting novel, and its synopsis is what made me request it on NetGalley. I love any kind of science fiction thriller with a dystopian future and corporate-owned identities. Watching people fight back against the corporation will forever be one of the classic parts of science fiction. The Body Scout is no different, and the way it intertwines corporations into baseball was a great idea.
Being a biology major, I love anything genetic or biology based in stories. The premise of this book was pretty fun, having baseball players be subjected to genetic alterations and drug testing in order to play better. The major drug companies now own the baseball teams.
What I didn't care for was the baseball. I'm not going to give this book a "bad rating" because I knew it was about baseball going in. The baseball really isn't the forefront of the story either, so if you're concerned about not knowing anything about the sport, don't worry. If it's something really to be explained, Michel explains it. I did have a hard time connecting to the characters because they were so passionate about something I really couldn't care less about. The passion with the author, though, helped raise my rating.
It was also pretty funny seeing the baseball teams names, such as the Monsanto Mets.
Thank you to Net Galley, Orbit Books, and Lincoln Michel for this advanced review copy! The Body Scout releases on September 21st.