A review by bibliophile80
Lock In by John Scalzi

5.0

Recommend by the Writing Excuses podcast. I can't find much to complain about with this novel. It was inventive, edgy, and funny. The world-building was like a masterclass for new writers. Scalzi did a great job revealing just enough of the technology to give the reader a handle on things, but not so much that he explained every single aspect of the world and its unfamiliar aspects. I love his characters, his secondary plot arcs, his use of slang that's both familiar and strange (Dodger Dogs and threeps). The science was technical enough (for me) to be believable but not so complicated that I felt lost. I think this will be a book I'll both recommend and reread.