littlebitofe's review
2.0
Very interesting concept of a futuristic world. I am not sure how much I believed in the main character. At times he seemed dense and wimpy. The story also was a bit choppy or disjointed in areas. The ending was pretty anti-climatic. I did however was really intrigued by the character of Billie. I wouldn't mind knowing more of her story.
apostrophen's review
2.0
This was a promising set-up, a psychic detective in a future Earth. The psychic PI, though, was somewhat soft: he certainly worked with his intuitions, but after the first few, I was thinking, "Um, buddy, shouldn't you be working some more typical investigating as well?" Also, he's... well, a bit dense.
The mystery is this: some miners on a far-flung asteroid have gone missing, and the big corporation who hired him seems a tad shifty. A clerk working for the company gives the detective some information, and before you know it, our hero is having the plot handed to him, over and over.
I'm being harsh with the story, and I did enjoy parts of it, but the detective himself just wasn't... well, useful. The sidekick he ends up with (a whored out minor girl) has more savvy than he does, and pretty much solves some of the bigger chunks of the story. Also, titling the book "Wrymhole" kind of gave a whole lot of it away. Do you think it had anything to do with teleportation? Sheesh.
The good part? The setting - a city that is somewhere between nanotech and biotech, that grows itself, moves itself, and recycles itself. Your apartment may start close to New (the area most recently formed/grown), but as time progresses, it'll degrade and New gets further away, and Old closer. It's a neat setting, and enjoyable in places. But it didn't quite carry the whole tale.
For some random reason, I bought the sequel, too, but I can't even get into that one.
The mystery is this: some miners on a far-flung asteroid have gone missing, and the big corporation who hired him seems a tad shifty. A clerk working for the company gives the detective some information, and before you know it, our hero is having the plot handed to him, over and over.
I'm being harsh with the story, and I did enjoy parts of it, but the detective himself just wasn't... well, useful. The sidekick he ends up with (a whored out minor girl) has more savvy than he does, and pretty much solves some of the bigger chunks of the story. Also, titling the book "Wrymhole" kind of gave a whole lot of it away. Do you think it had anything to do with teleportation? Sheesh.
The good part? The setting - a city that is somewhere between nanotech and biotech, that grows itself, moves itself, and recycles itself. Your apartment may start close to New (the area most recently formed/grown), but as time progresses, it'll degrade and New gets further away, and Old closer. It's a neat setting, and enjoyable in places. But it didn't quite carry the whole tale.
For some random reason, I bought the sequel, too, but I can't even get into that one.
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