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A review by laurenl5876
Pulse by Patrick Carman
3.0
This book was recommended to me by one of my friends, so being the good friend I am, I decided to give this book a try. You know what? I am glad that I picked this book up. It was quick and entertaining and very easy to read. I understand why my friend likes this book so much, and I'm glad they did, but I had a few problems with this book that could not be ignored. Let the Grinch be unleashed.
The characters were overall a bit underdeveloped for my liking. They seemed very much so like standard protagonists from about any typical dystopian novel. For example, we rarely get to see any of Faith's personality traits other than how she likes Dylan, but we don't know much about her. We know her abilities, but never her sense of humor, and that's why I couldn't give this book five stars, because it made the book fall into the average category. The characters didn't seem memorable, and it was a struggle to remember the names of the main characters at times. There was no emotional connection, and that's a shame because the author could have given the characters more personality to create a more diverse novel.
I personally thought the world that Carman created was very interesting. Telekinesis has always been a topic that interests me, but Carman really created a world that I was heavily invested in. I thought the way he had Drifters and people with the 2nd pulse categorized was explained very well, and there was no info dumping which made it very enjoyable to ease myself into the world. I got to fully understand this dystopian society, which rarely happens in dystopians lately, and I was very glad that Carman took the time to develop this book. This world was unique, which seems to be harder to find in books, so I really enjoyed the thought that Mr.Carman put into building this world.
I also thought the writing style was very well done. It is definitely a book I would recommend to reluctant readers because it was very easy to read. I was immersed into the plot quickly, and while the pacing was not all that fast, I was always interested. Mr. Carman proved that to write a good dystopian, it doesn't need to be an action packed book filled blood and gore. It was slow paced, but that was fine and actually made this book a little something different.
Overall, I liked this book and would give it the rating of 3.5 stars out of 5, and I will continue on with the trilogy because I have been told it gets even better.
The characters were overall a bit underdeveloped for my liking. They seemed very much so like standard protagonists from about any typical dystopian novel. For example, we rarely get to see any of Faith's personality traits other than how she likes Dylan, but we don't know much about her. We know her abilities, but never her sense of humor, and that's why I couldn't give this book five stars, because it made the book fall into the average category. The characters didn't seem memorable, and it was a struggle to remember the names of the main characters at times. There was no emotional connection, and that's a shame because the author could have given the characters more personality to create a more diverse novel.
I personally thought the world that Carman created was very interesting. Telekinesis has always been a topic that interests me, but Carman really created a world that I was heavily invested in. I thought the way he had Drifters and people with the 2nd pulse categorized was explained very well, and there was no info dumping which made it very enjoyable to ease myself into the world. I got to fully understand this dystopian society, which rarely happens in dystopians lately, and I was very glad that Carman took the time to develop this book. This world was unique, which seems to be harder to find in books, so I really enjoyed the thought that Mr.Carman put into building this world.
I also thought the writing style was very well done. It is definitely a book I would recommend to reluctant readers because it was very easy to read. I was immersed into the plot quickly, and while the pacing was not all that fast, I was always interested. Mr. Carman proved that to write a good dystopian, it doesn't need to be an action packed book filled blood and gore. It was slow paced, but that was fine and actually made this book a little something different.
Overall, I liked this book and would give it the rating of 3.5 stars out of 5, and I will continue on with the trilogy because I have been told it gets even better.