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git_r_read's review against another edition
5.0
I have to thank the woman at Jeanne Stein's book signing at Broadway Book Mall for turning me onto the Wild Card series. She assured me I could start at any point among the twenty-one books, so I began with the one she handed me, FORT FREAK, the latest.
The premise of the series is that an alien virus struck in 1946, killing 90% of the population, deforming others and giving a small percentage of the population superpowers.
FORT FREAK takes place in New York City's 5th Precinct, aka "Fort Freak".
This could be called an anthology, but George R R Martin, the editor of the shared-world series, calls it a mosaic novel. Each author continues the story seamlessly, giving the reader a look at the police precinct, the detectives, the good guys and the bad and everyone in between. It's a police procedural thriller at its finest, and the characters with their abilities and disabilities add to the gritty 'charm'.
This is a keeper since its signed by most of the authors as well as the editor. I am going back for more.
The premise of the series is that an alien virus struck in 1946, killing 90% of the population, deforming others and giving a small percentage of the population superpowers.
FORT FREAK takes place in New York City's 5th Precinct, aka "Fort Freak".
This could be called an anthology, but George R R Martin, the editor of the shared-world series, calls it a mosaic novel. Each author continues the story seamlessly, giving the reader a look at the police precinct, the detectives, the good guys and the bad and everyone in between. It's a police procedural thriller at its finest, and the characters with their abilities and disabilities add to the gritty 'charm'.
This is a keeper since its signed by most of the authors as well as the editor. I am going back for more.
jonmhansen's review against another edition
4.0
I am a sucker for a police procedural. This one scratches that quite nicely.
silas_rnold's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't realize this was twenty-first in the line until I did some looking online, but it was certainly a fun read! Nothing amazing, but nothing terrible.
amdame1's review against another edition
3.0
I was looking for something else by George RR Martin to tide me over til the next Game of Thrones book comes out... I was disappointed to realize that this series is only edited by Martin. There are lots of contributors each writing a short story that contributes to the whole. It is a really interesting new world-building and it did suck me in - but still left me vaguely disappointed. Maybe if I had not had that image in my mind I would have been more satisfied, might check out some of the others in the series though...
booksnsims's review against another edition
2.0
The stories are decent but unless you've been involved in the whole wild cards series for awhile it's pretty confusing. Not something you can easily jump into without some background information. I made it about halfway through and I'm just not driven to finish it.
silas_rnold's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't realize this was twenty-first in the line until I did some looking online, but it was certainly a fun read! Nothing amazing, but nothing terrible.
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