A review by ryaninc
Nomad by Matthew Mather
4.0
This is a really good book that is very thought provoking. It definitely gets a bit ridiculous at times and jumps the shark more than once, but overall it's a good read. It brings up a lot of really interesting "what ifs" that truly make you think about the future. How will humanity react if we know a near-apocalypse situation is coming? Once it happens, how will we survive?
It's definitely a good book that I recommend, even if just for the science discussions and social thought experiments it brings up. That being said, the book has WAY too many convenient situations. The characters are often saved at the last minute by something unexpected, lots of deus ex machina situations going on here. Plot lines seem way too convenient for driving the characters in one direction or another. I found myself doing a lot of, "oh come on, really?" when things would happen. It's a book that wants to be taken very seriously and has some majorly interesting science topics, but it's hampered by plot devices that seem just a bit too perfectly lined up, you know?
If you like apocalyptic stories or dystopian stories, then I recommend this one, you'll probably enjoy it. But you'll have to be ready to look past some of the all too convenient plot devices.
It's definitely a good book that I recommend, even if just for the science discussions and social thought experiments it brings up. That being said, the book has WAY too many convenient situations. The characters are often saved at the last minute by something unexpected, lots of deus ex machina situations going on here. Plot lines seem way too convenient for driving the characters in one direction or another. I found myself doing a lot of, "oh come on, really?" when things would happen. It's a book that wants to be taken very seriously and has some majorly interesting science topics, but it's hampered by plot devices that seem just a bit too perfectly lined up, you know?
If you like apocalyptic stories or dystopian stories, then I recommend this one, you'll probably enjoy it. But you'll have to be ready to look past some of the all too convenient plot devices.