Review: Under the Never Sky

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Yes, it's another dystopia. But it's original. And I happen to like this stuff, ok? One person has evolved more as a result of human genetic interference and another as a result of Darwinian selection, and they have to learn to appreciate and help each other, which makes things interesting. Sure, I'll buy into it, and probably the 2nd one, too. Just try to ignore the edition with the pink cover.

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Review: Under the Never Sky

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Yes, it's another dystopia. But it's original. One person has evolved more as a result of human genetic interference and another as a result of Darwinian selection, and they have to learn to appreciate and help each other, which makes things interesting.

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Review: Illuminae

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I did try. Maybe 100 pages wasn't enough of a try. I appreciate that the authors put so much work and detail into this thing. But in the end, it was WAY too much. This isn't a novel. It really is a thorough, complex, technical CASE FILE of so many different types of narrative (emails, illustrations, military reports, etc.) that it is nearly impossible for 1 person to digest and appreciate it all. In real life, this compilation of information would be given to a team of analysts to organize and then write up the summary. That's what I want. The summary (...and the story and the emotional angle of the characters). But that could just be me.

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Review: Illuminae

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I did try. Maybe 100 pages wasn't enough of a try. I appreciate that the author put so much work and detail into this thing. But in the end, it was WAY too much. This isn't a novel. It really is a thorough, complex, technical CASE FILE of so many different types of narrative (emails, illustrations, military reports, etc.) that it is nearly impossible for 1 person to digest and appreciate it all. In real life, this case file would be given to a team of analysts to organize and then write up the summary. That's what I want. The summary, the story, and the emotional angle of the characters. But that could just be me.

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Review: MILA 2.0

MILA 2.0 by Debra Driza
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

A decently entertaining book. Some of the plot lacked purpose other than shock value, such as the "tests" set up for Mila. I just felt like the book was trying really hard to be like Hunger Games or some other dystopian game-that's-really-a-war. So even though I couldn't buy everything the book was selling, it was entertaining enough for a few hours of mindless audiobook listening.

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