Ashes by Linda Laforge
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Disclaimer: I won this paperback version from First Reads giveaways on GoodReads.com Thank you!
This is the first ‘tree’ book I have read in a long, long time. Most of the time I have a hard time with font and line spacing and find myself frustrated and getting headaches. The font in this book was dark against white background and was large enough to allow short periods of reading. Still, I miss the text-to-speech help and the ability of instant dictionary lookup.
This book is strange. Science fiction gone wonkie and scary. Maybe because of that it is best that I did take it in small doses. There is dystopia and questions of paranoia to keep you wondering what is really happening. But stay with it. The story is good, and very imaginitive. I am so glad I read it.
On the downside, I think the book could use more editing as there are misspelled words and sentences that make no sense. It isn’t often enough to pull one out of the story but it is there. Oh, and without giving any spoilers, the lisping is the worst to read. The message given is strong and I think would stand better without that constant impediment.
Anyway, I think most sci-fi buffs will like this book, especially those who like apocolyptic dystopias.
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