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bec_cann 's review for:
Glass Houses
by Madeline Ashby
The comp titles call this a whodunit meets Black Mirror and, as is so often the case, I think this does this book a disservice. Yes, there is a science-fiction thriller element to this book but to go in with the expectations that a comp title sets it up for failure. Unfortunate, because this worked for me in a way that a book hasn't worked in a hot minute.
I loved the tension. I loved the way the tech mentioned feels like it's a half step to the left of what we already have. I think the flashback chapters were perfectly interspaced into the rest of the narrative, it wasn't so much that I think you could really call this a fully nonlinear storyline, but it helped keep things interesting. Kristen isn't going to be a character everyone likes, but I always like an MC who's kind of a bitch and hates everyone near her with the exception of like two people.
My only real complaint is that I don't think the ending fully stuck the dismount. I enjoyed it, but it felt like it was a half step away from where I really wanted it to end. But this was still really solid and I can't believe it took me so long to get to. It's definitely a read that if it doesn't work for you in the first chapter or two it probably just isn't going to work at all but I skipped my planning period to finish this book so obviously I was obsessed.
I loved the tension. I loved the way the tech mentioned feels like it's a half step to the left of what we already have. I think the flashback chapters were perfectly interspaced into the rest of the narrative, it wasn't so much that I think you could really call this a fully nonlinear storyline, but it helped keep things interesting. Kristen isn't going to be a character everyone likes, but I always like an MC who's kind of a bitch and hates everyone near her with the exception of like two people.
My only real complaint is that I don't think the ending fully stuck the dismount. I enjoyed it, but it felt like it was a half step away from where I really wanted it to end. But this was still really solid and I can't believe it took me so long to get to. It's definitely a read that if it doesn't work for you in the first chapter or two it probably just isn't going to work at all but I skipped my planning period to finish this book so obviously I was obsessed.