Science Fiction

This book reminded me of many SF stories from the pulp magazine era. And in this case, I'm using "pulps" in its pejorative sense. The science was just made-up stuff, the plot aspired to a social commentary that it never reached (or hadn't when I gave up after 50% of the book), and the basic premise was just silly. [Audiobook note: The narrator seemed to get his tongue stuck on the Russian and Latin accents of two of the characters. It made for hard listening.] ( )

Bienvenidos al tercer milenio; bienvenidos a Satellite City, la ciudad del futuro. Un futuro que no parece nada prometedor para Cosmo Hill, un huérfano que vive en el Instituto Clarissa Frayne. Cosmo, harto de ser un conejillo de Indias para probar los nuevos productos de una tecnología cada vez más avanzada, solo sueña con escapar. La ocasión se presenta, pero todo sale mal. De repente, empieza a ver cómo su cuerpo se va debilitando y a unos seres azules que se lanzan contra él, extendiendo cuatro largos dedos que se introducen en su cuerpo... ¿Quiénes son? ¿Qué quieren? ¿Por qué los ve?

I'm just not feeling the love on this one. It's all a bit rushed and meh. I might feel differently if I were 13. ( )

I read this book because I love the Artemis Fowl books and I wanted to read more by the author. I was a bit let down. It was an okay book. It took more time than it should have taken to finish because of its weird and kind of random plot. The beginning was good and the story idea was great but the execution was lacking. The ending was also written with a second book in mind. There has not been a second book though.
Overall, it was not the best book, but it was also not the worst book I have read. ( )