Unique plot?- Check
Engaging characters?- Check
Unputdownable writing?- Check
check check check check check check check check check check check check This book did it for me in every way. We have a plus-sized main character, a unique futuristic language, twists at every corner, and a cover LIKE THAT?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?
Scifi/dystopian novels don't do it for me unless there's something different to set them apart from the cookie-cutter books out there. In GODDESS IN THE MACHINE, I was transported to this world that was as mysterious to me as it was for Andra, who wakes up from cryonic sleep thinking she's with her family in an entirely different planet only to realize that she's the only one left, that she's overslept by a thousand years and these people who find her think she's a goddess, able to repair their failing dome around their city.
The person who wakes her up from sleep is named Zhade, and he's a buff dude with scruff who talks funny, at least to Andra, and has his own agenda. He's funny, and kind but suspect. I never quite knew where his loyalties lie and I still don't. He kept me on my toes.
Andra is everything I love in a protagonist in a story where she doesn't know wtf is going on. She's determined, intelligent, and empathetic. The author took her character and gave it life. We found out more about the world and its people through Andra bit by bit and kept the suspense going until the last page.
This has strong science fiction elements, to warn you. But as much as it incorporated some technology and evolved human languages etc it did not bog down the story and it was very easy to follow. Give it a chance, anti-sci-fi peoples. You won't be disappointed.
I enjoyed this book. I enjoyed it so much I wish I could forget that I read it so I could read it again. I hope to snag whatever special edition a bookseller or book box has because this book is amazing.
Engaging characters?- Check
Unputdownable writing?- Check
check check check check check check check check check check check check This book did it for me in every way. We have a plus-sized main character, a unique futuristic language, twists at every corner, and a cover LIKE THAT?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?
Scifi/dystopian novels don't do it for me unless there's something different to set them apart from the cookie-cutter books out there. In GODDESS IN THE MACHINE, I was transported to this world that was as mysterious to me as it was for Andra, who wakes up from cryonic sleep thinking she's with her family in an entirely different planet only to realize that she's the only one left, that she's overslept by a thousand years and these people who find her think she's a goddess, able to repair their failing dome around their city.
The person who wakes her up from sleep is named Zhade, and he's a buff dude with scruff who talks funny, at least to Andra, and has his own agenda. He's funny, and kind but suspect. I never quite knew where his loyalties lie and I still don't. He kept me on my toes.
Andra is everything I love in a protagonist in a story where she doesn't know wtf is going on. She's determined, intelligent, and empathetic. The author took her character and gave it life. We found out more about the world and its people through Andra bit by bit and kept the suspense going until the last page.
This has strong science fiction elements, to warn you. But as much as it incorporated some technology and evolved human languages etc it did not bog down the story and it was very easy to follow. Give it a chance, anti-sci-fi peoples. You won't be disappointed.
I enjoyed this book. I enjoyed it so much I wish I could forget that I read it so I could read it again. I hope to snag whatever special edition a bookseller or book box has because this book is amazing.