Brendan CodyReseñas

I received this book in Member Giveaway in exchange for a review.

The story itself was quite original but the rest definitely NOT. The characters, the dialogues, the ideas leading to story development were all so cliche that I felt like groaning with frustration. And the sentences like: "His words began softly massaging her tender soul." really made my day...

Not a book I would recommend.

I got this book through LibraryThing Member Giveaways.
While in a whole the story was quite enjoyable, there were some tedious parts and I felt it was a bit predictable.
I also felt that the storyline wasn't that original.
However I liked the main characters, especially Takara, and (as the typos are apparently corrected in the final version) it's a well written book.

I really enjoyed this book. It mixes genetic engineering with a suspense/thriller storyline. Was not sure how these elements would mix together when I first received this book. I was pleasantly surprised. I could not put this book down after I started reading it. I enjoyed the ride while at the same time having to ask myself if this could really happen. This was a fun yet make you think book for me. Would recommend it.

I quite enjoyed this near future thriller. There are interesting moral and ethical issues of biotechnology and it is also a fast paced action thriller. A CIA analyst with connections to Japan is sent to investigate and things then move rapidly. There is a certain cinematic feel to the action but that is not a bad thing and the human flaws of the main character made for interesting reading.

If you are looking for a fast paced, action novel this is well worth a look.

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Not part of the review but I did receive the ARC of this book directly from the author, through LT Member Giveaway, in return for a review. Accompanying the book was a letter saying that the typos have been fixed for the finished book. In fact I have seen worse instances of typos in other, non-ARC books and here they didn't even jar me out of the story.½

Originally posted at https://www.fuzzysteve.co.uk/2011/12/19/broken-evolution-brendan-cody/
Disclaimer - Review given in exchange for a copy of the ebook.

Broken Evolution - Brendan Cody

I enjoyed this. Not the best book I've read, and with some flaws in how it was written, but enjoyable. It's a techno-thriller, set in the near future, with a focus on custom genetics, and the interaction between government and corporations. The pacing was pretty good, without it losing steam during the required exposition. The flaws are fairly minor, ranging from slight overuse of a thesaurus -The kindle dictionary came in handy for confirming the meaning of the words- and the lack of a choice being made on how to address the main character. The character's called Joshua Harker. He's called Josh, Joshua and Harker in various places through the text. Minor, but it bugged me.

I'd recommend it if you like the genre, and are looking for a cheap read. It avoids the problem with some techno-thrillers, when the protagonist is such a specialist in their field, that any exposition seems forced, or is just left out, leaving the reader to rn on faith that they have a clue what's being talked about. A good view point.