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A review by therabidsnail
Terminal Mind by David Walton
2.0
When I first started reading this book, the ideas of slicers and mods and Rimmers were mildly intriguing. I found myself thinking, 'well, okay. I mean, it's not like I've read similar books with a lot of the same or similar things, but let's see where this goes. Maybe the author will add some kind of twist or something.' Unfortunately, I was pretty disappointed for the most part. Although, I did like that children had to be sliced in order for the procedure to be successful and that
I also found myself more interested in Marie's side plot than the actual plot. Even though her discovery of what really happened to her husband and children made my heart ache, I was much more compelled to stay up and finish the book when I was reading her story line.
The actual plot I found slightly dull and boring. It didn't really grab me or make me care about any of the characters (except Sammy and Marie). Plus, it seemed like there was nothing stopping the main characters from taking down Alastair towards the end of the book. In my opinion, the conflict wrapped up all a little too neatly, and I didn't like how
I also felt like the author realized some of the characters need to die in the crossfire to make the story more believable towards the end and then just decided to kill a bunch of them off. I was a little sad when Calvin died but not really. I liked that he turned it around and stood up to his brother, but I didn't care about him enough at that point to really feel sad when he died. The only person I kind of wish hadn't died was Darin.
At the start of the story, I actually really liked Darin's character and his background. I also liked his brother, Vic, and found the idea of DNA rot kind of interesting. However, as the story progressed, I found myself liking Darin less and less. Most of this I blame on the author for portraying him as a simple, flat character,
I might recommend this book to someone just wanting to read for pleasure or wanting to get their feet wet in the vast waters if sci-fi, but I would never recommend this book otherwise. I didn't completely hate it, but it had far too few redeeming qualities for me to like it.
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Sammy, the slicer, acted like a child and even experienced a lot of confusion over who he was and what his name was.I also found myself more interested in Marie's side plot than the actual plot. Even though her discovery of what really happened to her husband and children made my heart ache, I was much more compelled to stay up and finish the book when I was reading her story line.
The actual plot I found slightly dull and boring. It didn't really grab me or make me care about any of the characters (except Sammy and Marie).
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Quite honestly, I found myself not really caring when Walton killed off some of the characters in the end.Spoiler
Mark is shown in the future dealing with killing his best friend. I know it is the future and he could have come a long way in terms of healing since then, but I feel like his guilt is downplayed too much. I mean, if I'd killed my best friend even if he'd done some bad things and shot my sibling, I'd still probably never be able to live with myself if I killed him.I also felt like the author realized some of the characters need to die in the crossfire to make the story more believable towards the end and then just decided to kill a bunch of them off. I was a little sad when Calvin died but not really. I liked that he turned it around and stood up to his brother, but I didn't care about him enough at that point to really feel sad when he died. The only person I kind of wish hadn't died was Darin.
At the start of the story, I actually really liked Darin's character and his background. I also liked his brother, Vic, and found the idea of DNA rot kind of interesting. However, as the story progressed, I found myself liking Darin less and less. Most of this I blame on the author for portraying him as a simple, flat character,
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especially after he received a new face. He just acted like a jerk from there on out, and I was really disappointed his character didn't have a little more depth, especially since he was my favorite character before I met Marie.I might recommend this book to someone just wanting to read for pleasure or wanting to get their feet wet in the vast waters if sci-fi, but I would never recommend this book otherwise. I didn't completely hate it, but it had far too few redeeming qualities for me to like it.