A review by annamolpus
Upgrade by Blake Crouch

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

Although I would generally recommend Upgrade to Blake Crouch fans, I didn't love this one the way I did Dark Matter and Recursion.  It's a sci-fi thriller with an intriguing premise involving genetic editing.  I wanted to love it more, but the pacing was uneven and I did not find the narrator to be very likable.  With Dark Matter and Recursion, there would be a creative sci-fi premise and things would get increasingly bonkers, but in a pretty fun way.  This one never really hit the bonkers stage except that the villains were kind of Bond-esque in their maniacal certainty.  Lacking in twists that challenged or surprised me.

Bottom line:  it was good not great, but worth checking out for fans of this genre/author.