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A review by trisha_thomas
Blackout by Robison Wells
3.0
Interesting idea that got bogged down in the details.
I really did enjoy the first half of this book. I might even say almost 3/4 of the book was interesting and held my attention. But once it got too far into the military part of it - it just got...boring. And that is a really tough part to get boring at.
I didn't mind the lack of world building or even a real explanation as to why this all happened because we were never really with an official who knew anything. And the teens were just experiencing it and didn't know why. I found the ways their powers manifested to be an interesting slant on this idea (since we've seen this genre a lot lately) and I thought the broken out idea of their tactical usefulness and their different powers all well done.
I also really like Jack, Aubrey, Laura - even the addition of Alec and Nicole brought a different slant to the story and reminded us that there are two sides to every coin.
But they spent too long getting off course and giving me details about things I just wasn't interested in. The chapters on the testing and walking and gathering and having all of this told two different times from two different people just made my eyes glaze over.
I might still continue the series, just to see where it goes.
I really did enjoy the first half of this book. I might even say almost 3/4 of the book was interesting and held my attention. But once it got too far into the military part of it - it just got...boring. And that is a really tough part to get boring at.
I didn't mind the lack of world building or even a real explanation as to why this all happened because we were never really with an official who knew anything. And the teens were just experiencing it and didn't know why. I found the ways their powers manifested to be an interesting slant on this idea (since we've seen this genre a lot lately) and I thought the broken out idea of their tactical usefulness and their different powers all well done.
I also really like Jack, Aubrey, Laura - even the addition of Alec and Nicole brought a different slant to the story and reminded us that there are two sides to every coin.
But they spent too long getting off course and giving me details about things I just wasn't interested in. The chapters on the testing and walking and gathering and having all of this told two different times from two different people just made my eyes glaze over.
I might still continue the series, just to see where it goes.