eliana12's review
5.0
4.5 stars! This was a quick read and a great palette cleanser after reading some very dark things lately. The pacing is excellent and the plot is fascinating. The drama and suspense were built up beautifully. I came to love the characters, even though the book was only around 200 pages, which is an incredible feat. The ending left me with my jaw on the ground and me staring blankly at a wall for a good while after. I really want to read the next book in the series, but can’t find it available anywhere. After reading, I learned that the author has lost her battle with cancer. I am so incredibly sorry to hear that and send my love to her family. Her books are fantastic and have entertained many! Her strength really shines through in her writing.
lolasreviews's review
4.0
Wow this book surprised me in the best possible way, for a story of only 100 pages, it sure packs a lot of action and story into it. I won this book during a giveaway during The Telepath Chronicles release day party, I am looking for more sic-fi books to read and I entered a few giveaways for books that looked. Imagine my surprise when I actually won one! Then my moodreader tendencies came into play and I just had to read this book now.
Legacy Code is a fast story focussed book. We get to know Era, a women aboard the spaceship Paragon. She is pregnant and about to find out whether her baby has the defect. A lot of things happen and it almost seems impossible how much story there is in only those 100 pages. I just had to keep reading, there was so much going on and I wanted to find out how it all tied together. The story was done really well and it really carried this book.
I also have to mention the ending, Autumn really takes a risk there, but I think it was a great ending. Although it was a bit of a shock. This book is also pretty emotional, lots of emotional things happen and as it's all packed into a small amount of pages it all follows each other pretty quickly.
The characters was given less attention, but still enough to get a feel for them. It is told in the third person perspective, but it really worked for this book. Also we get to know Era not through what she thinks, but mostly through her actions. Her actions really speak for her and show a lot about her characters and at the end of the book I felt like I knew her. The side characters are less important, but I really liked Era her best friend Zephyr and her husband Dritan. The other characters were more on the background.
There isn't much focus on the world building, but we do get to know quite a bit about the fleet and the spaceships thanks to what happens with Era. I liked getting a feel for how this society worked and how they lived on the fleet all their lives and were searching for a new planet. While I would've liked a bit more world building, I really liked the world building we did got and I was able to create an imagine in my head of what it all looked like. There is also some new technology and terms that take some getting used to, but usually from the context it was easy enough to figure out approximately what it did or meant.
To conclude: I was happily surprised when I read this book. I started it on a whim, but quickly got sucked into the story. This books is fast paced, filled with story and has some emotional scenes. I liked the characters and the world building and how as the story progressed you got a good idea of them, even though the focus was on the story. All in all I would recommend this to fans of the sci-fi genre and I can't wait to get my hands on the next book in this series!
Legacy Code is a fast story focussed book. We get to know Era, a women aboard the spaceship Paragon. She is pregnant and about to find out whether her baby has the defect. A lot of things happen and it almost seems impossible how much story there is in only those 100 pages. I just had to keep reading, there was so much going on and I wanted to find out how it all tied together. The story was done really well and it really carried this book.
I also have to mention the ending, Autumn really takes a risk there, but I think it was a great ending. Although it was a bit of a shock. This book is also pretty emotional, lots of emotional things happen and as it's all packed into a small amount of pages it all follows each other pretty quickly.
The characters was given less attention, but still enough to get a feel for them. It is told in the third person perspective, but it really worked for this book. Also we get to know Era not through what she thinks, but mostly through her actions. Her actions really speak for her and show a lot about her characters and at the end of the book I felt like I knew her. The side characters are less important, but I really liked Era her best friend Zephyr and her husband Dritan. The other characters were more on the background.
There isn't much focus on the world building, but we do get to know quite a bit about the fleet and the spaceships thanks to what happens with Era. I liked getting a feel for how this society worked and how they lived on the fleet all their lives and were searching for a new planet. While I would've liked a bit more world building, I really liked the world building we did got and I was able to create an imagine in my head of what it all looked like. There is also some new technology and terms that take some getting used to, but usually from the context it was easy enough to figure out approximately what it did or meant.
To conclude: I was happily surprised when I read this book. I started it on a whim, but quickly got sucked into the story. This books is fast paced, filled with story and has some emotional scenes. I liked the characters and the world building and how as the story progressed you got a good idea of them, even though the focus was on the story. All in all I would recommend this to fans of the sci-fi genre and I can't wait to get my hands on the next book in this series!
sheadra's review
4.0
Loved the pacing of this book. It grips you from moment one and doesn't let go. I do wish she had wrapped up the end just a bit more. Given you some taste of the future to encourage you to read the next book. If you like SciFi, Dystopian, stories with a female voice at their core, this is a good book to try.
distgenius's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
oceanwader's review
2.0
This book started off well enough and the writing overall (grammar, structure) is good. However, the story began to fizzle about halfway through and became repetitive, as though the author was attempting to fill pages.
This isn't a long book anyway and I came upon its completion sooner than expected.
As to the ending, it contained neither the climax one expects of an ending nor the required cliff-hanger to set the stage for a sequel. Had anyone asked me an hour after I'd finished the Legacy Code how it had ended, I couldn't have told them. In other words, I found the story forgettable, which is unfortunate because the concept wasn't bad.
I won't be reading the sequel.
This isn't a long book anyway and I came upon its completion sooner than expected.
As to the ending, it contained neither the climax one expects of an ending nor the required cliff-hanger to set the stage for a sequel. Had anyone asked me an hour after I'd finished the Legacy Code how it had ended, I couldn't have told them. In other words, I found the story forgettable, which is unfortunate because the concept wasn't bad.
I won't be reading the sequel.
tracythewriter's review
5.0
I'm still in shock over Legacy Code. This book freaking wrecked me. I finished last night at 3am because I couldn't put it down, and I honestly don't think I've been this anxious for a sequel in a WHILE.
Autumn's writing is beautiful: simple and poignant. Her world-building is spectacular....I loved all the technical and societal details she shared and how they worked together to drive her plot forward.
I have MAD respect for how she took her story to its realistic, brutal conclusion, working within the confines of the world she created. I didn't expect that, which gave it that much more of a punch.
I'm so glad I discovered this book and author. I will absolutely be reading the next in the series...and anything else Autumn writes!! I highly recommend you check it out!
Autumn's writing is beautiful: simple and poignant. Her world-building is spectacular....I loved all the technical and societal details she shared and how they worked together to drive her plot forward.
I have MAD respect for how she took her story to its realistic, brutal conclusion, working within the confines of the world she created. I didn't expect that, which gave it that much more of a punch.
I'm so glad I discovered this book and author. I will absolutely be reading the next in the series...and anything else Autumn writes!! I highly recommend you check it out!
lenoreo's review
4.0
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!!
Well, I somehow managed to *not* bawl in the middle of the Chateau Lake Louise lobby where I was reading this while waiting for my husband to finish skiing, though it took a miracle and a lot of willpower. So there's a little bit of anger at you Ms. Kalquist. I was prepared for some sadness, not for snotty tears. Don't worry, I'll forgive you eventually.
OK, so with that aside -- thoroughly enjoyed this book and can't WAIT for more! I tend to *watch* sci-fi more than I read it, but not for any particular reason, I just haven't had a lot of sci-fi novels waved in front of my face. I'm so glad that this book was waved in front of my face though. I had a hard time getting past all the new terms and slang at first. It made for a bit of a slow start. I'm not sure if it's just b/c I'm not used to it? But I tend to be a perfectionist, so even when the context essentially tells me what a new word means, I have this burning desire for a glossary at the end to verify that I got it all exactly right. And quite honestly, that was my biggest issue with this book (ie what took it down to 4 instead of 5). I just found myself stumbling over those words until I got used to them. But once I did, I was so sucked in. And this book was totally not what I was expecting either. It kind of had an initial feel of Battlestar Galactica -- a civilization that has to abandon their planet and go in search of a new one. I enjoy all the thought that goes into what that might look like 300 years later, and what kinds of conflicts it could bring up. How society would evolve and change. Ms. Kalquist did a great job of painting that world.
Era was a great protagonist. We were thrust right into her story, but she gave us such a unique perspective -- someone sweet and innocent and good, but who has had struggles to deal with. I wish we had gotten to see more of the relationship with Dritan, b/c what I did see was fabulous. And Zephyr was hilarious, a good counterpart to Era -- fingers are crossed we get to see more of her in the next book.
So yes, good stuff. It had mystery, a bit of a thriller-like aspect, humour, and a taste of romance. I'm hooked enough for another taste, now I just have to wait!!
Well, I somehow managed to *not* bawl in the middle of the Chateau Lake Louise lobby where I was reading this while waiting for my husband to finish skiing, though it took a miracle and a lot of willpower. So there's a little bit of anger at you Ms. Kalquist. I was prepared for some sadness, not for snotty tears. Don't worry, I'll forgive you eventually.
OK, so with that aside -- thoroughly enjoyed this book and can't WAIT for more! I tend to *watch* sci-fi more than I read it, but not for any particular reason, I just haven't had a lot of sci-fi novels waved in front of my face. I'm so glad that this book was waved in front of my face though. I had a hard time getting past all the new terms and slang at first. It made for a bit of a slow start. I'm not sure if it's just b/c I'm not used to it? But I tend to be a perfectionist, so even when the context essentially tells me what a new word means, I have this burning desire for a glossary at the end to verify that I got it all exactly right. And quite honestly, that was my biggest issue with this book (ie what took it down to 4 instead of 5). I just found myself stumbling over those words until I got used to them. But once I did, I was so sucked in. And this book was totally not what I was expecting either. It kind of had an initial feel of Battlestar Galactica -- a civilization that has to abandon their planet and go in search of a new one. I enjoy all the thought that goes into what that might look like 300 years later, and what kinds of conflicts it could bring up. How society would evolve and change. Ms. Kalquist did a great job of painting that world.
Era was a great protagonist. We were thrust right into her story, but she gave us such a unique perspective -- someone sweet and innocent and good, but who has had struggles to deal with. I wish we had gotten to see more of the relationship with Dritan, b/c what I did see was fabulous. And Zephyr was hilarious, a good counterpart to Era -- fingers are crossed we get to see more of her in the next book.
Spoiler
OK, so now to the stuff that would ruin it all. :) I kind of expected Dritan's death. Morbid but true. There was just this pervading feeling of hopelessness peeking out occasionally, and I honestly thought that was what was going to kill me. I honestly don't know how I expected this book to end with Era living, but I DID! So yeah, total headache-inducing-trying not to cry in public-ness. Seeing the struggle for Tadeo was so realistic too -- b/c you can know something feels wrong, but how do you go against everything you've been brought up to believe? So in the end I was quite happy with how it ended (in a totally devastated way) b/c it really ended in the only way it could have you know?? Makes me so excited to see where it's going to go in the next book. I was sad to say goodbye to Era though, b/c I felt like we just barely got to know her. One thing that was weird for me is that I actually understood why they kept the secret of the Legacy Code. In order to allow the rest of the fleet to survive, they made the hard decision to not expound supplies on a child that would only have a *chance* of living. I'm not saying I would be able to make the same choice, but it's not 100% evil you know?? Made me feel bad that I could empathize with that decision.So yes, good stuff. It had mystery, a bit of a thriller-like aspect, humour, and a taste of romance. I'm hooked enough for another taste, now I just have to wait!!
tuftymctavish's review against another edition
2.0
This is a very quick read, a light tale that wanted more background scene setting embedded within. It's pretty abrupt in its events too.
beardybot's review
5.0
I loved this book. It's the first ebook I've read where I immediately had to buy the next one.
It reminds me a lot of the Battlestar Galactica reboot. Humanity is trying to find a new home, but conspiracy abounds. The writing style is simple but incredibly easy to read, much like its well-known compatriots Divergent and The Hunger Games.
It's a deeply personal story, which is great. The wider world is only touched upon, conspiracies hinted at rather than explained. Characters are limited to who Era actually knows, making it feel more like a slice of her life than anything.
But that ending. Holy cow, I did not expect that.
It reminds me a lot of the Battlestar Galactica reboot. Humanity is trying to find a new home, but conspiracy abounds. The writing style is simple but incredibly easy to read, much like its well-known compatriots Divergent and The Hunger Games.
It's a deeply personal story, which is great. The wider world is only touched upon, conspiracies hinted at rather than explained. Characters are limited to who Era actually knows, making it feel more like a slice of her life than anything.
But that ending. Holy cow, I did not expect that.