My Favorite Books

The Walking Drum
Ender's Game
Dune
Jhereg
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Curse of Chalion
The Name of the Wind
Chronicles of the Black Company
The Faded Sun Trilogy
The Tar-Aiym Krang

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Review: Inversions

Inversions Inversions by M.V. Melcer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The second book in the The Guardian Cycle Series
Previous Review of Refractions

This story picks up after the big reveal at the end of the first book … when the corporation responsible for attempt to enslave/control the human race through the ubiquitous mind link devices has gone into hiding and the surviving corporations evolved into something that seems even more sinister. The picture painted here is an earth on the verge of collapse and the uneasy, and at times, exploitive alliance between the “elites” who have escaped to high earth orbit and those still stuck on the ground. It is an incredibly dark future that captures the self destructive nature of man fairly well, making it a hard story to read at times … made even more difficult with the slow, quasi-realistic pacing. As with he previous installment, even the science is generally in the realm of the possible with a little imagination, making the world building outstanding.

I was given this free advance reader copy (ARC) ebook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

#Inversions #TheGuardianCycle #NetGalley #KindleUnlimited

View all my reviews
Posted by
Labels: ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

My Ratings Explained ...

  • [ ***** ] Amazing Read - Perfect story, exciting, engrossing, well developed complex characters, solid plot with few to no holes, descriptive environments and place settings, great mystery elements, realistic dialogue, believable reactions and behaviors; a favorite that I can re-read many times.
  • [ **** ] Great Read - Highly entertaining and enjoyable, exciting storyline, well developed characters and settings, a few discrepancies but nothing that can’t be overlooked. Some aspect of the story was new/refreshing to me and/or intriguing. Recommended for everyone.
  • [ *** ] Good Read - Solid story with a 'good' ending, or has some other redeeming feature. Limited character development and/or over reliance on tropes. Noticeable discrepancies in world building and/or dialog/behavior that were distracting. I connected enough with the characters/world to read the entire series. Most of the books I read for fun are here. Recommended for fans of the genre.
  • [ ** ] Okay Read - Suitable for a brief, afternoon escape … flat or shallow characters with little to no development. Over the top character dialog and/or behavior. Poor world building with significant issues and/or mistakes indicating poor research. Excessive use of trivial detail, info dumps and/or pontification. Any issues with the story/characters are offset by some other aspect that I enjoyed. Not very memorable. May only appeal to a niche group of readers. Recommended for some (YMMV).
  • [ * ] Bad Read - Awkward and/or confusing writing style. Poor world building and/or unbelievable (or unlikeable) characters. Victimization, gaslighting, blatant abuse, unnecessary violence, child endangerment, or any other highly objectionable behaviors by Main characters. I didn't connect with the story at all; significant aspects of this story irritated me enough that I struggled to finished it. Series was abandoned. Not recommended.