I'm
a senior citizen and while I do play some online games, they are
nothing like portrayed in this novel. The players here are high
school kids who get deep into a game asking them to do increasingly
harmful tasks to gain power and personal desires. Computer speak is
important to understanding much of what is going on and I am lacking
there. A great deal of the book was over my head. I also think there
must be television programs or movies related to what was going on in
the book. Since I don't watch television and rarely go to movies, I
was again lost for much of the action. I did not find the characters
engaging either. None of them was crafted so that I really cared
about how their life turned out.
I
had a hard time reading this novel. I felt the plot was slow for the
much of the book. It is an interesting study in power and acceptance
at the high school level. There is also an element of greed
permeating the characters. All something this senior citizen did not
find particularly captivating. I think the book is aimed at young
adults, perhaps high school age, but I felt the content was not at all
appropriate. It was more dark than what I'd like to see high school
students read. And I didn't appreciate the vulgar language either.
You
can read an excerpt here.
My
rating: 2/5 stars.
Danny
Tobey went to Harvard College, Yale Law School, and UT Southwestern
medical school. His first novel, The Faculty Club, is a sci-fi
fantasy thriller. He is a noted expert on Artificial Intelligence.
Photo by Allison V Smith.
St.
Martin's Press, 464 pages. This book releases January 7, 2020.
I
received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My
comments are an independent and honest review.
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