A review by middlekmissie
Deviant by Adrian McKinty

2.0

Deviant has its high points, but is mostly a disappointment. McKinty does the POV of a disaffected teen pretty well, but inserts bizarre asides from the POV of other characters randomly. Instead of showing attitudes through reactions, he takes this lazy way out to tell what the other characters are thinking. Another sour note to me was the occasional slang or other cultural reference that was clearly dated pre-2000, when the main character was a typical young teen boy (no special education or intelligence indicated). The conclusion was so overexplained that it was no longer very creepy. I could go on, but the bottom line is that I didn't like it, which is too bad, because there was real potential here.