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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Ninth Star (The Ninth Star, #1) in Books

Jan 8, 2021  
The Ninth Star (The Ninth Star, #1)
The Ninth Star (The Ninth Star, #1)
Laura Albins | 2013
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Well I like my dystopian stories and when I saw this free on Amazon, I just had to have it.

I'll admit this started a little slow for me. It seemed very sci-fi for a while but then revelations were made and I started to get into the story. I was intrigued with how everything would play out with Ander and Katya and everyone else.

It plodded along quite happily, keeping me entertained and I was going to give it 3 stars because I had liked it. But then that last 10% or so knocked it up a full star because I was not expecting that! What a plot twist!

It has certainly left me wondering what's going to happen next--since I have been left with several unanswered questions--and I will be getting the second book in the series soon. Very good for a first book!
  
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Ross (3284 KP) rated The Change 6: Tokyo: Noriko's Story in Books

Nov 6, 2020  
The Change 6: Tokyo: Noriko's Story
The Change 6: Tokyo: Noriko's Story
Guy Adams | 2017 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
A decent self-contained post-apocalyptic novella
The (seemingly) final instalment in the Change series takes another turn and moves setting to the Japanese capital Tokyo. Where we have seen western cities pretty much out of control and descended into either Walking Dead style chaos or Mad Max style tribalism, we now have Tokyo. Everything is controlled by an AI called HA/HA. Noriko's story is told by a narrator, whose identity isn't revealed until late on and is a nice twist. She is on the run from the Electric Samurai, sentinel-like robots that police the city, just trying to get home. As with the rest of the series, she meets strange people along the way and sees unusual events.
Unlike with the previous books, this one has a satisfying ending. Sadly, it didn't close off the loose ends from the other books as I had hoped.
  
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Melanie Caldicott (6 KP) rated Sister in Books

Apr 29, 2021  
Sister
Sister
Rosamund Lupton | 2010
4
6.8 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
Disappointing. For me this book lacked any real suspense and the plot was far too engineered.
The protagonist and also narrative voice, Bee was annoying at times with her opinionated piety and judgmental attitude which, even in the light of her grief made her seem bigoted rather than detached through her mourning.
Whilst I liked the device used to create the twist at the end I had guessed who the murderer was way before it was revealed because his relationship with Bee was so implausible.
I found the plot boring at times and felt the genetic research element of the plot sensationalist and naive.
The relationship portrayed between Bee and her murdered sister, Tess was the strongest part of the book. It was written quite movingly at times and was very vivid and heart-warming. However, this was very much marred by the poor thriller-style plot.