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A review by suzjustsuz
The Rise of IO by Wesley Chu
4.0
Perhaps a 3.5ish, maybe a little more.
I'm confused about whether or not this is supposed to be a stand alone or will be a series. If it's the former then it ended with a lot of unresolved issues, if it's the latter then it still ended with a lot of unresolved issues and read a bit like a world building book. The characters are all quite difficult to warm up to, particularly the MCs of this first book, and there was never a clear sense of anyone that could be trusted at all.
Also, I didn't realize that the MC was going to be 17? 19? going on 12. The story provides reason for this paradigm in the MC, and it certainly will enable plenty of character growth if the book becomes a series, but it was more time than I wanted to spend in the head of an angsty but plucky, defiantly surly teen with abandonment issues. Then again, YA isn't my best thing.
Still, I'd be willing to read another to see where it was going. It's an interesting take on the alien-invader-body-snatcher, trust-no-one tropes.
ETA: I just learned that this is a spinoff book (although I'm still not sure if it will be a series) of another trilogy by this author called Tao. I may go back and read the original trilogy and see if it enriches my thoughts about this book.
I'm confused about whether or not this is supposed to be a stand alone or will be a series. If it's the former then it ended with a lot of unresolved issues, if it's the latter then it still ended with a lot of unresolved issues and read a bit like a world building book. The characters are all quite difficult to warm up to, particularly the MCs of this first book, and there was never a clear sense of anyone that could be trusted at all.
Also, I didn't realize that the MC was going to be 17? 19? going on 12. The story provides reason for this paradigm in the MC, and it certainly will enable plenty of character growth if the book becomes a series, but it was more time than I wanted to spend in the head of an angsty but plucky, defiantly surly teen with abandonment issues. Then again, YA isn't my best thing.
Still, I'd be willing to read another to see where it was going. It's an interesting take on the alien-invader-body-snatcher, trust-no-one tropes.
ETA: I just learned that this is a spinoff book (although I'm still not sure if it will be a series) of another trilogy by this author called Tao. I may go back and read the original trilogy and see if it enriches my thoughts about this book.