An intricate mind bender of a Who Dunnit
This was an intricate mind bender of a Who Dunnit. Think Clue plus Murder Mystery Night times eight and add in some impossible obstacles to make it that more fun or rather more of a psychological trip I would say.
Aiden Bishop has to solve the murder of Evenly Hardcastle if he want's to escape Blackheath but certain situations aren't making it easy, especially when he wakes up in a different body everyday. Being hosted by bodies with their own personalities, moods and reputation, bodies with some kind of hurdle adverse to accomplishing his goal is just another day in the life of Aiden Bishop. Can a guy get a break?
There were a lot of elements in this story that I was completely drawn in by. First of all, I'm a huge Sci-Fi/Fantasy fan and I enjoy a good mystery, so the combination of these genres coming together this way was quite fun and interesting to read. I thought it would be difficult to keep track of events and people but that wasn't the case. The slowness of the story helped a lot with that, being that it started out right into the thick of things I didn't even notice how much it slowed at first.
The melding of plot and character driving the story was another plus for me. I more prefer character driven books but in this instance, it was both fun and annoyance. I really didn't like some of Aiden's hosts very much but they did add a lot to the plot which in the end is a good thing. And Aiden himself faltered for me at times, he didn't seem to have much if any emotional reaction to his own actions when they were obviously wrong or just stupid, I thought he was too single minded to notice where and when he messed up. Overall I thought this was a very creative and well thought out story with surprising twists and turns. I liked how all the elements came together and weaved such an intriguing read.
Aiden Bishop has to solve the murder of Evenly Hardcastle if he want's to escape Blackheath but certain situations aren't making it easy, especially when he wakes up in a different body everyday. Being hosted by bodies with their own personalities, moods and reputation, bodies with some kind of hurdle adverse to accomplishing his goal is just another day in the life of Aiden Bishop. Can a guy get a break?
There were a lot of elements in this story that I was completely drawn in by. First of all, I'm a huge Sci-Fi/Fantasy fan and I enjoy a good mystery, so the combination of these genres coming together this way was quite fun and interesting to read. I thought it would be difficult to keep track of events and people but that wasn't the case. The slowness of the story helped a lot with that, being that it started out right into the thick of things I didn't even notice how much it slowed at first.
The melding of plot and character driving the story was another plus for me. I more prefer character driven books but in this instance, it was both fun and annoyance. I really didn't like some of Aiden's hosts very much but they did add a lot to the plot which in the end is a good thing. And Aiden himself faltered for me at times, he didn't seem to have much if any emotional reaction to his own actions when they were obviously wrong or just stupid, I thought he was too single minded to notice where and when he messed up. Overall I thought this was a very creative and well thought out story with surprising twists and turns. I liked how all the elements came together and weaved such an intriguing read.