catbooking's review
4.0
Was the book perfect? No. There was the weak ending, the scattering of POVs, the fudging of the facts around Presence, the unanswered questions, etc. But it was still a very entertaining read!
How entertaining was it? Entertaining enough that I found myself slowing down and rereading sections of dialogue just to give myself more time to giggle at this or that ridiculous uttering. I would pause between paragraphs to better imagine this or that ridiculous setting. I wanted to put the book down between chapters so I could focus on the silliness being described, but the temptation of wanting to find out what happened next almost always won.
Was this book perfect? No. Will I pick up other books by Brockway and keep an eye out for new ones? You bet I will!
How entertaining was it? Entertaining enough that I found myself slowing down and rereading sections of dialogue just to give myself more time to giggle at this or that ridiculous uttering. I would pause between paragraphs to better imagine this or that ridiculous setting. I wanted to put the book down between chapters so I could focus on the silliness being described, but the temptation of wanting to find out what happened next almost always won.
Was this book perfect? No. Will I pick up other books by Brockway and keep an eye out for new ones? You bet I will!
mx_remy's review
5.0
Some of the best world building that I've read in a while. Also, I loved the characters. Having severely flawed people as main characters makes me really relate to them, being severely flawed myself. The plot was perhaps a little weak in comparison to the setting and protagonists, but only inconsequentially so. The whole thing reminded me a bit of Transmetropolitan, but the city here is a much more interesting extrapolation of our times. There are slums in the world today that I can almost imagine would look like this, if the level and saturation of technology was higher. This author is two for two with me now, and that's excluding his wonderful articles.
alleson's review
3.0
It just...didn't end. I was super into the entire thing (though I had presentiments that I might not be entirely satisfied), and then we get to the climax and!
mrginger42's review
3.0
Rx is one of the most in depth science fiction novels that I've read in a while. The author went great lengths to explain how every bit of nano-technology and drug worked in the small world of the Four Posts. Despite it all, I never really grasped the concept about how the gas really worked in transporting people to different time lines. Nevertheless, the beginning and middle of the novel was fantastic despite the occasional area were things started to make no sense at all. What really brought me down was the abrupt ending to the whole story. It left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth even though I do enjoy open endings to stories.
In the end, Brockway tells a great story and I look forward to his next book.
In the end, Brockway tells a great story and I look forward to his next book.
eshink117's review
2.0
"I will say that the weapons and action are inventive and well done, but they don’t make up for the boring first half and over the top attempts to be funny or gruesome. I also felt the book was bogged down by formatting and grammatical issues. The font and spacing make it look like each paragraph is a separate section and it almost seems like it was printed directly off Microsoft Word. I’m not sure who edited the book but the grammatical errors are plenty and really bog down a story with a lot of potential. Feel free to try Rx: A Tale of Electronegativity if any of this sounds appealing to you, but I would not recommend it to anyone I wanted to enjoy a book." - https://thepastduebookreview.com/2016/11/17/rx-review/
bunklesmush's review
3.0
A bit slow to start, muddled at times, and felt a bit rushed towards the end. I found myself really engrossed in the end of the book, and wishing that it had happened sooner. That said, there is no denying that Brockway is a talented writer.
Having first heard of, and read Brockway on CRACKED.com some years ago, I was fan of his already. I wanted to read this book the moment it was first published in its completed form. It took some time to get around to it, but this book is definitely worth picking up.
Brockway has a knack for creating great characters, though I feel like this book suffered
Having first heard of, and read Brockway on CRACKED.com some years ago, I was fan of his already. I wanted to read this book the moment it was first published in its completed form. It took some time to get around to it, but this book is definitely worth picking up.
Brockway has a knack for creating great characters, though I feel like this book suffered
necksbetrim's review
3.0
Interesting mix of nanotechnology and drugs, great world building. Reminded me of _A Brave New World_ with echoes of _Fear and Loathing_ and _Idiocracy_. I liked that Brockway included characters from different segments of the society so that you could see the weirdness of the different levels through the eyes of an outsider, even when it did get a little confusing sometimes. I didn't like Byron or Zippy, but I suppose that was intentional. QC and Victoria came across as a little flat, but I dug James and Albert. Red was a pretty obvious Mary Sue and it stretched credibility more than a little to have the other characters going to such extreme lengths to save his life. Only other major gripe was I was never very clear about how the gas worked exactly. Does your body physically travel through time? Or is it more like astral projection? I'm sure there is a line that explains it, I just didn't catch it. Overall a 3.5: great story, great setting, so-so characters. Really looking forward to seeing what Brockway comes up with next!
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