A review by librariann
Anyone by Charles Soule
4.0
Unbelievably exciting and hard to put down, yet with a huge plot hole.
I've never read any of Soule's other titles, but when I read the description of this one I knew it was right up my alley. Loved the back and forth in the timeline and the world building. However, when it came to [HUGE BOOK RUINING SPOILER]
It's possible I missed something at the beginning of the story that would have explained this as a less stupid decision, but it really took a lot away from the reveal, because rather than saying 'AWESOME' I was saying 'DOES NOT COMPUTE.'
Slightly less than satisfying resolution, but still, a flash bang concept and whirlwind read.
I've never read any of Soule's other titles, but when I read the description of this one I knew it was right up my alley. Loved the back and forth in the timeline and the world building. However, when it came to [HUGE BOOK RUINING SPOILER]
Spoiler
the fact that Annami had been in Anna's body the whole time, I couldn't believe that she hadn't been discovered. You're telling me 1) the flash exists, 2) Hendricks has a hypermonitoring network that extends through a whole city, yet Annami/Anna/Gabrielle was able to work at NeOnet FOR FIVE YEARS AND NO ONE KNEW WHO SHE WAS? I mean, I get it, mom doesn't want to abandon child's body because it's like abandoning her child. But for almost all of the narrative I had this picture in my head of a slight Asian girl whose body had been flashed into for ultimate anonymity, and it was ANNA'S FACE ALL ALONG.It's possible I missed something at the beginning of the story that would have explained this as a less stupid decision, but it really took a lot away from the reveal, because rather than saying 'AWESOME' I was saying 'DOES NOT COMPUTE.'
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Also unresolved: was Kring Bleeder? What did the decision at the end of the book really mean for the world? Will people keep flashing? So many questions.Slightly less than satisfying resolution, but still, a flash bang concept and whirlwind read.