Brian Martinez
Autore di A Good Clean, A Harsh Clean
Opere di Brian Martinez
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1979-05-31
- Sesso
- male
- Luogo di residenza
- Long Island, New York, USA
- Istruzione
- Long Island University
- Breve biografia
- Brian Martinez graduated from Long Island University where he majored in Film. He is currently unsigned with two novels and several short stories floating around the abyss. He lives on Long Island with his wife Natalia and their dog Frankie and can be found at www.bloodstreamcity.com.
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The Vessel: Book One: A Space Horror Series di Brian Martinez
Be aware this is not a complete story within a series, but just the start of the story within the series. In any case, not enough to make me want to continue with the series.
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3.75 Stars
A dark and gritty Sci-Fi novel with some interesting characters and a solid finale. The first couple of chapters are just a little bit slower than the rest, but that's expected for a first book in a series. But it's worth it because the action picks up and the antihero MC has some hilarious one-liners in the end. A good setup for what I think will be a fun, contemporary, Sci-Fi/horror series.
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A dark and gritty Sci-Fi novel with some interesting characters and a solid finale. The first couple of chapters are just a little bit slower than the rest, but that's expected for a first book in a series. But it's worth it because the action picks up and the antihero MC has some hilarious one-liners in the end. A good setup for what I think will be a fun, contemporary, Sci-Fi/horror series.
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Questa recensione è stata scritta per gli Omaggi dei Membri di LibraryThing .
Full Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the author, via LibraryThing, in exchange for an honest review.
My Thoughts: Who doesn’t like a dystopian novel right now? They’re ridiculously popular and I’m without a doubt one of the people who get completely sucked it. It’s like a reading vortex that you never really make it back out of again.
De-Partment was legitimately disturbing. In the beginning I just kept reading because I kept thinking to myself that it can’t possibly get worse or more graphic. Well, I was wrong. It continued on a very messed up path and never veered into normal territory. It definitely made this a very unique book though. It was like a horror version of The Hunger Games meets The 13th Prophet and a little Repo Men thrown in.
The writing was good, although extremely graphic (I don’t even really mean that in a sexual sense). You have to give an author credit though if they can make you picture things that you’d never come up with on your own.
Most of the characters were terrible and I didn’t like them. In my defense, I’m fairly certain you weren’t supposed to really like anyone. The main character, Tuxxel was okay. There wasn’t anything extraordinary about him, but he wasn’t a terrible guy either. He just seemed like your average, run-of-the-mill guy living during hard times in a dystopian universe.
Now it comes down to whether or not I would recommend it. As long as you’re going in with eyes wide open to the idea of some unpleasant and even unsettling imagery, you’ll be fine. If that’s your kind of book, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it. If that doesn’t sound like your cup of tea, I would skip De-Partment.
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My Thoughts: Who doesn’t like a dystopian novel right now? They’re ridiculously popular and I’m without a doubt one of the people who get completely sucked it. It’s like a reading vortex that you never really make it back out of again.
De-Partment was legitimately disturbing. In the beginning I just kept reading because I kept thinking to myself that it can’t possibly get worse or more graphic. Well, I was wrong. It continued on a very messed up path and never veered into normal territory. It definitely made this a very unique book though. It was like a horror version of The Hunger Games meets The 13th Prophet and a little Repo Men thrown in.
The writing was good, although extremely graphic (I don’t even really mean that in a sexual sense). You have to give an author credit though if they can make you picture things that you’d never come up with on your own.
Most of the characters were terrible and I didn’t like them. In my defense, I’m fairly certain you weren’t supposed to really like anyone. The main character, Tuxxel was okay. There wasn’t anything extraordinary about him, but he wasn’t a terrible guy either. He just seemed like your average, run-of-the-mill guy living during hard times in a dystopian universe.
Now it comes down to whether or not I would recommend it. As long as you’re going in with eyes wide open to the idea of some unpleasant and even unsettling imagery, you’ll be fine. If that’s your kind of book, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it. If that doesn’t sound like your cup of tea, I would skip De-Partment.
For more reviews, check out reviewsinapinch.wordpress.com today!… (altro)
Statistiche
- Opere
- 15
- Utenti
- 90
- Popolarità
- #205,795
- Voto
- 3.3
- Recensioni
- 8
- ISBN
- 5
