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Liked It “Shockingly realistic, an amazing read! It takes a few chapters to get into the book but if you do that you won't be disappointed. This is the very first book that I read that ever sucked me into the world and I couldn't put it down. I dreamed about these characters and felt like I really new them.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Shockingly realistic, an amazing read! It takes a few chapters to get into the book but if you do that you won't be disappointed. This is the very first book that I read that ever sucked me into the world and I couldn't put it down. I dreamed about these characters and felt like I really new them. ”
Chem G wrote this review Thursday, March 20 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I found that I waited for each new chapter with growing anticipation. Although there is truth in many of the criticisms, one should always remember that writing AND producing what is in essence an Audio Play is a very demanding challenge. Finally, there can be no question that, regardless of your personal opinion of some of the issues the book addressed, the author delivered a powerful statement of his own which both captives the listener and etches in his conciousness a message he is not soon to forget.”
ePublicist wrote this review Tuesday, February 12 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book is astounding. I found myself eagerly anticipating each released chapter, and having some tissues ready as I went through it. I've found few authors or books that caused me to pause and actually feel the emotion of the work.”
Brad P. from NJ wrote this review Wednesday, November 14 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“Socrates once said that “the unexamined life is not worth living”, and Tracy Hickman's book is a rallying-cry for such self-examination, both about our own self-worth and our relationships with others.
acameron wrote this review Saturday, November 3 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The year is 2020, and an embattled America is besieged both by civil unrest and by the rapid growth of a new and deadly pandemic – VCIDS. The authorities will stop at nothing to contain both of these fatal infections until a cure can be found. In the midst of this nightmare of society broken apart and technology run amok, one man risks all to save his son, who has fallen prey to a system where people are declared dead while still very much alive.
It's an enthralling story, although it has its weaknesses. As other readers have noticed the pace is slow and rather full of exposition to begin with, although by the end of the story thrills come thick and fast. Some of the characters (including, alas, the hero) are rather sketched-in stereotypes, probably because the author is trying to describe a realistically large number of them – but the delicacy of the description of one little orphaned girl caught up in the system is moving, and her life story heartbreaking. Likewise, the plot is a little threadbare in places, and certain plot twists can be seen coming several chapters off, but you can't help but be swept up in the story, nor be affected by the sincerity of the message.
Harrowing, yet hopeful. Recommended.”
“Fantastic read, actually made me cry at the end. Didn't think I would like it at first but Mr. Hickman has done it again to me. I cried in the Dragonlance books when Sturm and Flint died, too.”
The_Poots wrote this review Wednesday, December 19 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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