krodgers9's review against another edition
4.0
This was a great book.. I got it for my free book for joining the library summer reading progra. and mostly just picked it because the cover looked cool.. it ended up being a really good story. I finished it in 2 days because I really wanted to know what happened!! The ending was great and left me feeling satisfied rather then dissapointed!
abmgw's review against another edition
2.0
Zu viel Pseudowissenschaft, zu unlogisch, zu lieblos, zu kompliziert, zuwenig durchdacht...
moober_26's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
4.0
Complicated and crazy. There should have been no way to pull this story together and yet it makes sense before the end. Definitely a different take on an amnesia maze story. Between the duplication and singularity and falling between worlds, there is definitely too much going on. But the characters are interesting and the use of flashback works. Definitely a stick with it kind of book though, so not unlikely that some readers will just give up.
jmcphers's review
2.0
This was a fun page-turner with a unique plot and fascinating premise.
Unfortunately it required an almost Herculean suspension of belief (the physics, especially, made absolutely zero sense), and the twists were pretty obvious only a few chapters in.
Unfortunately it required an almost Herculean suspension of belief (the physics, especially, made absolutely zero sense), and the twists were pretty obvious only a few chapters in.
anjreading's review against another edition
3.0
This was probably my second-least favorite of McIntosh's books to date (Burning Midnight was my least favorite). He definitely comes up with really creative premises, and this book is no exception to that, but perhaps the pace of listening to it rather than reading it made it harder for me to get into. It starts with the protagonist waking up in a fractured world where he and everyone around him have mass amnesia. Faller, as he later dubs himself, has some clues in his pocket - a photo, a map drawn in blood, and a toy soldier with a parachute. Every other chapter gives a flashback to the pre-amnesia, pre-fractured world, where we slowly piece together what happened. There are two huge things that happen to cause the present-day mess, and I felt like a book focusing on one or the other might have been more successful. Not a bad book by any means, but if you haven't read McIntosh I'd recommend starting with Hitchers or Love Minus Eighty.
brockboland's review against another edition
4.0
I liked it. Interesting world building, and the parallel storylines filled in the gaps nicely.
birgittesilverbae's review against another edition
protagonist is an insufferable self-righteous cunt, science side is horrendously nonsensical
bmcraec's review against another edition
2.0
The physics of this space really bothered me. The author eventually throws in the idea that singularities are so weird they can completely change the physics, but how does air stay breathable? If each of the islands are so far apart it takes multiple days to fall to them, surely the volume occupied by this piecemeal distended earth would be similar to a gas giant or even a star?
Other reviewers have commented on the B-movie logistical challenges; how do our main characters replenish their ammunition? Evacuating one’s waste in free-fall, mentioned late in the book, would be problematic in action and aftermath. I’m glad I read it, and it would possibly make a watchable SyFy channel series, but my disbelief was insufficiently suspended.
Other reviewers have commented on the B-movie logistical challenges; how do our main characters replenish their ammunition? Evacuating one’s waste in free-fall, mentioned late in the book, would be problematic in action and aftermath. I’m glad I read it, and it would possibly make a watchable SyFy channel series, but my disbelief was insufficiently suspended.