Okay so I have about 10 books I haven't written a review for yet. But I just finished this one, so I am going to review it now.All in all, it was okay. An entertaining read. Predictable. Slightly boring. He could have taken things to a much more exciting level. But then he didn't. For Orson Scott Card, it was disappointing. Of course, you can't really hold everything up to "Ender's Game" or you'd never appreciate any of his other work. Although, you'd think the editors would have caught the three glaring typos I found. It's a HUGE pet peeve of mine when I find typos in a book. I know there are typos on my blog, so who am I to judge...I guess it's just...sloppy...and if you're making a living at it, instead of a hobby-while-the-baby-is-nursing thing like my blog is to me, well, I think you should be able to avoid 99.9999999% of typos. One is forgiveable. Two is a bad editor. Three? Unacceptable.
Maybe I found this book boring because my husband and I talk a lot about DNA. Maybe if I weren't married to somebody working on the Thousand Genome Project, this stuff would have been more interesting. The whole time I was reading the book, I kept hearing Danny's laughter, "ha. Yeah....right." Basically, it's a crazed-scientist-wants-to-take-over-the-world plot, but involving some facts about DNA mixed with a lot of fiction. And homeless people and a scary, weird religion. And an "obedience drug" which is never explained or elaborated on. And a Mary Sue main character.
I guess what really sums up how I feel about this book is how I read it: I got it out of the library a few months ago, read the first three chapters, renewed it the maximum amount of times but then had to return it. It wasn't in the library the next time I went, or the next, or the next...I always checked. My library lets you request books and they will hold them for you. I didn't get around to doing that. But I always checked. I wanted to finish the story, just not THAT badly. And when it finally was there, I got it out and read the book in a few days.
I think it would make a good, entertaining movie. Kind of the equivalent of "Cellular". That was a fun, successful thriller that was never a huge blockbuster success. It isn't the next "Inception". The book reads like a movie.
Danny will enjoy it, I think.
I didn't know Danny is working on the Thousand Genome Project! That's super cool! My husband is graduating this December in Biology and really wants to get into the Genetics field. Where's Danny working? Do you guys like it there?
ReplyDeleteYeah so he's working in Houston in the med center. It's a cool project really! As far as I know, they are always looking for competent biologists/bioinformaticians in this area. Boston also has TONS of job prospects for bio tech jobs.
ReplyDeleteWe LOVE Houston! Don't let people fool you with the weather. It's actually only intolerable for about a month, and the rest of the year is nice. Like right now it's October and it was in the mid-high eighties. Warm weather is good. I guess we haven't lived through a real Hurricane yet, though.
The people here are super nice, and the houses are WAY affordable. Check out the har.com website (houston area real estate) and it might shock your socks off!