Chris in London

Strange world, strange mind

Revisado: 11-10-24

Somehow go to a mysterious other world, the labyrinth and forget who you are. It’s a strange concept brought to some life by the story and entertainment enough I couldn’t put it down. But ultimately I am left wondering, and wishing I had read with others to get further input into the meaning, as the story does not fill in all the blanks.

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Brilliant concept sci-fi

Revisado: 09-18-24

It’s a wonderful light read as we travel alternate dimensions, build character and world together in a fun reveal of each onion layer of story.

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Great story

Revisado: 08-07-24

What a challenging and exciting future adventure! The characters struggled, a future catastrophic earth but with a hopeful thought.

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Strong holistic overview

Revisado: 05-17-24

The author has a strong standpoint and fact based approach. The writing is exceptionally clear and prescriptive. I remain skeptical of what feels like an extremist position, but do feel phone usage is out of control even in myself.

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Easy, short fun and nice concept

Revisado: 04-04-24

Easy story, not too long, and a fun villain inheritance concept. Nothing big and complex here just a good light read

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Great Conceptual Sci-Fi

Revisado: 05-06-16

Would you listen to Edge of Dark again? Why?

I don't usually re-listen to books - so this is an odd question to answer. There are a number of characters you are introduced to here and this is essentially their origin story, so if the next books take them far from their starting points I could see coming back to listen again. This was a great book to listen to.

Who was your favorite character and why?

This book is about the concept of transferring a human consciousness into machine bodies. The book looks at this from many angles, many of them concerned and frightened with the thought of losing a part of our humanity or our souls. Yi is transferred and is an analytical scientist - and seems to have a much different opinion that resonated with my own initial thought. He was enthusiastic and examined the positives - the knowledge, new capabilities, reduction of limitations, etc.

What does Soneela Nankani bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Soneela fit the main character, Nona exceptionally well. There was a youth and innocence in how she narrated the story. At times it might have leaned too far into whining for my taste, but it was appropriate in how Nona was experiencing the world.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Humanity must face the evolution of their own experimentation.

Any additional comments?

I really enjoy conceptual scifi - stories that take a singular question or idea and build a story around it to examine it from a variety of angles. This is a great example of a solid concept turned into a fascinating story. Much of sci-fi stories may lean towards military and war stories, or be cold and analytical, or go the more thrilling and horror route.
This story stands out as much more about the human experience when faced with a plausible yet fantastic situation of machines coming back from banishment seeking to unbanish themselves. Would you fear them, would you join them, help them, sympathize with them, refuse them? There is a lot of exploration of a variety of feelings around the concept, but not too much that the story loses momentum.
Looking forward to listening to the next book.

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Huntress gone girly

Revisado: 02-13-14

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Either the book would have been written to keep the main character to her hunter ways and forget the pining over boys and kissing, or else a different narrator would lend a less perky slant to the content.

What could Ann Aguirre have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

The huntress main character starts discovering being a girl, getting in dresses, and kissing boys. The story of the freaks, of the outpost, of salvation was so much better. Everything else was just getting in the way and had me rolling my eyes a lot.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Emily Bauer?

I don't have a name in mind. But it would be a female narrator with a more gravelly, alto voice. More chip on the shoulder and less perky. Think girl with the dragon tattoo.

What character would you cut from Outpost?

I actually like the characters. They have their place in a story about post-apocolyptic world. But we don't need this book-long back and forth over boys. It sounds very typically male even to me, so I just say that if you are here for the sci-fi, it took a back seat to a love triangle.

Any additional comments?

I'll still probably grab the third book in the series to complete the story, as I'm genuinely captured by the world and the mystery of the freaks. I just hope the main characters put their emotions down and get on with the story.

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