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A review by cgcang
The Nowhere Man by Gregg Hurwitz
4.0
I'm... Not quite sure how I'm feeling about this one. I'm giving it 4 stars, simply because if the first one deserved 4 stars then so does this one. But I'm not exactly certain I like this one as much as I did the first one.
I really struggled through the first half of The Nowhere Man. I was quite unimpressed and frankly unenthusiastic about the whole story and its execution. Hurwitz seems to have found his footing around page 250 though, and I enjoyed the latter half of the book considerably more.
I will probably read more Orphan X, but I'm not sure I'm liking this series as a franchise. I mean, the first book was obviously setting up a series, yes, so by definition it was the first step of building a brand. And I have to be fair, most series struggle to build a tone and momentum and take things further in book 2. But even with these in mind, I'm not sure I'm interested enough in Orphan X to read the whole series. I'm feeling like I might lose steam around book 4, if not book 3.
I really struggled through the first half of The Nowhere Man. I was quite unimpressed and frankly unenthusiastic about the whole story and its execution. Hurwitz seems to have found his footing around page 250 though, and I enjoyed the latter half of the book considerably more.
I will probably read more Orphan X, but I'm not sure I'm liking this series as a franchise. I mean, the first book was obviously setting up a series, yes, so by definition it was the first step of building a brand. And I have to be fair, most series struggle to build a tone and momentum and take things further in book 2. But even with these in mind, I'm not sure I'm interested enough in Orphan X to read the whole series. I'm feeling like I might lose steam around book 4, if not book 3.