FLEX: Distilled magic in crystal form. The most dangerous drug in the world. Snort it, and you can create incredible coincidences to live the life of FLEX: Distilled magic in crystal form. The most dangerous drug in the world. Snort it, and you can create incredible coincidences to live the life of your dreams.
So, basically it's Breaking Bad but with MAGIC!!! Like hell I'm gonna miss this! Of course, I'm in....more
This was pretty entertaining and fast paced. It never lost its momentum. An Buddy read with some awesome people at Buddies Books and Baubles
4 STARS
This was pretty entertaining and fast paced. It never lost its momentum. And yet something faltered in the story towards the end and I was left feeling a bit dissatisfied. Can't quite put my finger on what and why. May be it was the way too many cool/creepy ideas were thrown into the mix in the last third of the book and almost none of them reached their full potential or were developed even a bit. There are a lot of clues this may not be the last we see from this world and Mike. I really hope we'll get more answers in future books/stories. That's why I'm giving it 4 stars although they are not very strong.
Still, this is a solid sci-fi thriller with bits of horror and even a dash of romance. Highly recommended to sci-fi geeks with love for cool modern culture references. Full review may come at some point.
June 3, 2015, Pre-reading thoughts:
This is my first Clines although I have 14 on my TBR list. Having in mind the synopsis and the first impressions of my friends who have already started yesterday(yes, I'm late as usual), I have great expectations for this one.
Also, I love the audio narrator Ray Porter. Let's dive in! ...more
"Just one more fantasy that wouldn’t come true. Just one more lie she’d constructed for herself to escape intBuddy read with Gavin
3.5 STARS
"Just one more fantasy that wouldn’t come true. Just one more lie she’d constructed for herself to escape into, never realizing she was welding the bars of her own cage."
Damn, this was really sad! And I was not in a mood for such level of sad and creepy. The story is perfect in its execution but oh, so painful!!! Hence, I'm conflicted about the rating. The mind says full 4 stars, but the heart disagrees. I'll listen to the voice of reason and round up.
This is mostly a psychological analysis on what makes us evil or more to the point, how the true villain in this series, Levana, came to be the evil, power-hungry queen we knew.
The novella starts when Levana is a lonely, sixteen-year-old princess. Living through the horrors that follow, especially this twisted flashback which is the real deal(damn her crazy, sadistic bitch of a sister, Channary), Meyer has done a brilliant job making us sympathize for Levana almost every step of the way. But at the same time, the author never let us forget, Levana is still a delusional, dangerous villain.
This is the prequel which you cannot skip. The parallels to the main books are fascinating. And no, you cannot read it before the other books. You will totally miss the point and the depth. Recommended for all Lunar Chronicles fans....more
Whoa! This was a fast, creepy and fun read. Might deserve half a star up for the original setting and the idea in general. Lots of questions still whi Whoa! This was a fast, creepy and fun read. Might deserve half a star up for the original setting and the idea in general. Lots of questions still whirling in my mind. On to book #2. Full review later....more
The investigation and search for a stolen corpse in an alternate present-day USA is the focus in this sequel to Legion. Yol Chay, who owns Innovation Information Incorporated, sends Stephen Leeds, our beloved protagonist and genius extraordinaire, in search of Panos Maheras, a researcher and supporter of open source technology ideas, whose body may hold the key to stopping a well-intentioned but disastrous project to store computing data in human cells(biotechnology nerds, GO!). Leeds gathers his multitude of personalities or aspects(all 47 of them) to investigate amid pursuit by Zen Rigby, a hired assassin working for rival high-tech company Exeltec.
Continuing the theme of Legion, Sanderson explores Leeds’s efforts to understand his independent-minded aspects and his need for them. We got introduced to more and new hallucinatory men and women to help Leeds crack this new case. The interactions between them are more then hilarious especially the ones involving the unquestionable star of this instalment, the Interdimensional Time Ranger(self promoted), J.C.! :) It's a real treat to witness events unfold through Leeds'e eyes which allows readers to get better acquainted with the various hallucinatory personae. I hoped to learn more about Sandra, the person(real person) who taught Stephen to control his mind. We got nothing of that but thinking about it now it's probably a good thing to know there will be more Legion novellas turning the whole thing into entertaining series.
The novella has a moving briskly pace and even if it's more than twice as long as its predecessor, we reach the end all too quickly. There is a lot more depth than meets the eye with discussion of quantum physics and the infinity of time which brings Sanderson's favorite writing pattern to tie faith and science and God's place in all this, into view.
I 'read' this book exclusively using the audiobook edition narrated by Oliver Wyman who ones again did an excellent job with the variety of voices and accents(my personal favorite of his performance is Tobias's voice).
While undoubtedly I enjoyed this novella a lot, I'm not sure whether I liked it more or less then its predecessor. I blame real life(the bitch) who tried and succeeded to majorly interfere in every which one of the 4 hours of this audiobook. The whole process was one serious case of multitasking. If I had the opportunity to listen to the book in more relaxed times, I probably would have rated it higher. Hence, now, I'm giving it the exact same rating I gave the first novella.
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