A review by titusfortner
Apex by Ramez Naam
4.0
I want more near future science fiction like this. Trying to extrapolate potential breakthroughs on our horizons and explore what the world might look like with them as a fundamental part of society.
That being said, the vast majority of this book is mediocre at best. An editor should have cut at least a hundred pages out of this and reduced the number of new first person narrators in the story. There is a 5 star book here that was somewhat ruined by the middle portion of the book. I'm still giving it 4 stars because the ending is truly fantastic. This is a hopeful and emotionally satisfying resolution to a scary near future exploration. I expect to be mulling over the ideas introduced in this book for many years.
That being said, the vast majority of this book is mediocre at best. An editor should have cut at least a hundred pages out of this and reduced the number of new first person narrators in the story. There is a 5 star book here that was somewhat ruined by the middle portion of the book. I'm still giving it 4 stars because the ending is truly fantastic. This is a hopeful and emotionally satisfying resolution to a scary near future exploration. I expect to be mulling over the ideas introduced in this book for many years.