Linda

Character-Driven Science Fiction

Revisado: 09-20-15

If you could sum up Re-Wired in three words, what would they be?

Character. Driven. Robots.

What did you like best about this story?

The twist ending is what really made the story work. Also, I liked seeing the world through the innocent eyes of Tricia the android.

What aspect of Jack Nolan’s performance would you have changed?

The narration seemed oddly timed. There were often pauses at times that felt quite unnatural.

Any additional comments?

Re-Wired wasn't quite the book I thought it would be. I was expecting a thriller about a killer robot. Rather, it was an intimate character-driven story about a teenage boy, and how the creation of a unique artificial intelligence changes his world. This doesn't it was a lesser book, just a different book.

There is a lot going on behind the scenes in this story. The book concluded with a bit of a twist ending, which made you look back on the story with new eyes. Brad is a likable-enough protagonist. You can't help but feel for him as the events of the story lead him in a down-ward spiral, and hope that he comes through it in the end. I also enjoyed seeing the world through the innocent eyes of the android Tricia.

There was no clear villain in the story. In a lot of ways, Brad's greatest enemy was himself. There was, in the background, something of a political thing going on, portraying people of faith (such as myself) as the antagonists (kind of surreal reading a book that casts you as the bad guy). Brad doesn't really get involved in all of this though. He's got his own problems. He's just a guy who wants to be happy.

The book has a bit of a social message - though written from a very different world-view than mine. Examining issues is an important function of science fiction and this book does a reasonable job of that.

The writing style in the first chapter felt a little choppy, and jumped through a lot of time very quickly, but this evened out through the rest of the book.

Re-Wired will appeal to those who enjoy a character-based story, with a little science fiction thrown into the mix.

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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