(I received this book for free as part of Goodreads First Reads giveaways).
(This review may contain spoilers).
I have a few mixed feelings about this book. The idea was quite an intriguing one, but I felt that a lot of the book read more like an information book.
It took me a little while to figure out what was going on in the book. I felt it picked up quite a bit when I started learning about the Mylean civilisation, but that did seem to take a little while.
It was interesting to read about the Mylean people, but I felt there were some parts of the story that were repeated… like when Tom’s explaining about the Mylean civilisation to Jim and then, only a short while later, the narrative explains about the Mylean civilisation and I personally felt that it didn’t really add any extra to the story.
It was nice to see some of the different cultures on Earth, but I was a bit confused about why Tom chose Jim in particular. It was also nice to see the planet of Mylea and how it contrasted so much with Earth.
I didn’t think there was as much action in this book. A lot of it was exposition of the story and world and it would have been nice to see more of the world when it was inhabited.
I’m not sure if I’d read a sequel to this book… perhaps if it details the rebuilding of the civilisation. It was interesting to see Maxx and Tom clash wills, but for a lot of the book, I didn’t really understand why they were doing that. And I did really like Mitch in the book, too. She was amusing, even if she wasn’t the best behaved of dogs.
Ink of Blood 