ulharper1's review against another edition
4.0
I finished this book a little while ago and thought now was a good time to talk a little bit about it. First off the book has a great cover, which is nice for having it on the shelf. Secondly, I simply like the title. In addition to that the paper book actually feels really nice in your hand. I know people don't usually worry that sort of thing, but when you're like me and pretty much don't buy paper books anymore, it takes these types of things to get me into it.
Next the story doesn't rush itself. It simply tells the story. Who the reader meets make a lot of sense. The protagonist works in an office and you feel the nature of the office one hundred percent. The personalities there as well.
It takes the plot time to unravel. The unraveling of it is really the story. Dissonance is dark and foreboding, as if there is something wrong on the internally, rather than externally. It works like this. First its simple. Work, can't sleep. Oh you too. Then it's, we're screwed and what's behind this. After that it's, crap, how do we move on? Who can save us? Nobody? Well that will have to do.
Sorry if that paragraph makes no sense, but it's how I roll.
Story is well told and interesting. It is left open for a sequel. Really this felt like just the beginning of something on a much grander scale, seeing... Wait, that would be a spoiler.
Next the story doesn't rush itself. It simply tells the story. Who the reader meets make a lot of sense. The protagonist works in an office and you feel the nature of the office one hundred percent. The personalities there as well.
It takes the plot time to unravel. The unraveling of it is really the story. Dissonance is dark and foreboding, as if there is something wrong on the internally, rather than externally. It works like this. First its simple. Work, can't sleep. Oh you too. Then it's, we're screwed and what's behind this. After that it's, crap, how do we move on? Who can save us? Nobody? Well that will have to do.
Sorry if that paragraph makes no sense, but it's how I roll.
Story is well told and interesting. It is left open for a sequel. Really this felt like just the beginning of something on a much grander scale, seeing... Wait, that would be a spoiler.
colonel2sheds's review against another edition
3.0
Absolutely loved the first half. First book in a long time that I had to stop reading at night because it freaked me out. I still enjoyed the second half but when it stopped feeling like a crazy nightmare where you didn't know what was real and became sort of a Matrix type sci-fi resistance story it lost some of its appeal for me. I would eagerly read whatever the Welke creates next.
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