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bulldog_guy's review against another edition
1.0
Matrix, Walking Dead, Terminator rolled into one pretty badly written story.
The "techie" expert soups up a laptop by putting a SSD drive into it. I got a pretty good chuckle out of that. The rest of the story is one simile rolling into another from sentence to sentence.
Not something I found exciting or semi-believable. I could not sympathize with any of the characters but I have to admit that some of the sillier lines they said brought a grin to my face at times.
The "techie" expert soups up a laptop by putting a SSD drive into it. I got a pretty good chuckle out of that. The rest of the story is one simile rolling into another from sentence to sentence.
Not something I found exciting or semi-believable. I could not sympathize with any of the characters but I have to admit that some of the sillier lines they said brought a grin to my face at times.
pablcol's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
lakmus's review against another edition
I made it to page 100. This book has now contributed to my "I am allowed not to finish every book just because" challenge.
It's basically a high school drama, but with hackers. Like some school kids were made to go on a basketball/art/singing/any_activity camp by their parents, and now they have to deal with mean teachers and mean cool kids. Idk, may be it gets better later on, but I don't care to find out.
Should be ok for long plane trips though, the writing is pretty swift and paced.
It's basically a high school drama, but with hackers. Like some school kids were made to go on a basketball/art/singing/any_activity camp by their parents, and now they have to deal with mean teachers and mean cool kids. Idk, may be it gets better later on, but I don't care to find out.
Should be ok for long plane trips though, the writing is pretty swift and paced.
634's review
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
woodbyte's review against another edition
4.0
Great concept, but it really takes a left turn about halfway through the story.
michael_gallipo's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
yodisborg's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
More formulaic than some of his other books. Solid techno thriller
ingo_lembcke's review against another edition
Got an email from Bookbub whem this was really cheap as an ebook and snatched it up, blurb sounded interesting. Had this for quite a long time before finding the interest to start reading.
Beginning reads good. Hopefully for once not a DNF?!
Beginning reads good. Hopefully for once not a DNF?!
trhodes2319's review
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
bookph1le's review against another edition
4.0
I very much enjoyed this one. The characters were great, and their dynamic was fun. It's an interesting blend of some really horrifying elements with some lighthearted, on point bantering, which I enjoyed. Kept things from getting too annoyingly angsty. Plus, the whole concept is pretty killer, by far the scariest machine takeover scenario I've come across in some time.