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A review by jordantaylor
47 by Walter Mosley
2.0
In 1800's Georgia, 47 is a young slave who picks cotton on a plantation. He has always been resigned to his position in life as the way that things work. It is not until a mysterious boy named Tall John arrives at his home that he begins to question everything he has been taught to accept, and begins to shape his own foretold destiny.
This book is certainly unique - I don't think that I have ever read another book that blends Historical Fiction with Sci-Fi. I thought that the historical elements of this book were more dominant, but there are definite, quite obvious science fiction leanings as well.
Despite a bold, adventurous and revolutionary idea, I don't think that Mosley was able to pull it off. All the scenes where the two genres inter-mingle seem forced and out of place, and the scenes that are sci-fi altogether - when 47 meets people from another galaxy, for example - seem completely foreign and unexpected.
A great idea - but not a great book.
This book is certainly unique - I don't think that I have ever read another book that blends Historical Fiction with Sci-Fi. I thought that the historical elements of this book were more dominant, but there are definite, quite obvious science fiction leanings as well.
Despite a bold, adventurous and revolutionary idea, I don't think that Mosley was able to pull it off. All the scenes where the two genres inter-mingle seem forced and out of place, and the scenes that are sci-fi altogether - when 47 meets people from another galaxy, for example - seem completely foreign and unexpected.
A great idea - but not a great book.