Graham Downs reviewed Genesis War by Eliza Green
Review of 'Genesis War' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I was excited to read this, the final instalment in (what I thought was) the Genesis Trilogy. Excited because, although this hasn’t been the best series I’ve ever read, it’s kept me entertained. And besides, it’s good to FINISH things.
And then I got to the end and discovered there’s a fourth book ([b:Genesis Pact|43663828|Genesis Pact (Genesis, #4)|Eliza Green|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548089522l/43663828.SY75.jpg|56065124]). And a fifth, and a sixth. I was in two minds about whether I wanted to read on, but having read the blurb of book four, it feels different to these first three, so I think I’ll try one more.
Anyway, I felt this book wasn’t as good as the first two. It just didn’t grab me. I think I mentioned in one of my other reviews (either I mentioned it, or somebody else did) that the structure of these stories reminds me a bit of the Song of …
I was excited to read this, the final instalment in (what I thought was) the Genesis Trilogy. Excited because, although this hasn’t been the best series I’ve ever read, it’s kept me entertained. And besides, it’s good to FINISH things.
And then I got to the end and discovered there’s a fourth book ([b:Genesis Pact|43663828|Genesis Pact (Genesis, #4)|Eliza Green|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548089522l/43663828.SY75.jpg|56065124]). And a fifth, and a sixth. I was in two minds about whether I wanted to read on, but having read the blurb of book four, it feels different to these first three, so I think I’ll try one more.
Anyway, I felt this book wasn’t as good as the first two. It just didn’t grab me. I think I mentioned in one of my other reviews (either I mentioned it, or somebody else did) that the structure of these stories reminds me a bit of the Song of Ice and Fire books. There are lots of characters, and each chapter is from the perspective of one of them.
In the first book, there were many characters, mostly human. And they got a fairly equal amount of “screen time”, which meant we saw very little of the alien characters (the Indigenes in these stories). In book two, the number had thinned out somewhat, and in book three, there are very few original characters left.
And I think that’s the problem. It’s the aliens that just don’t appeal to me. I don’t really identify with them or their culture, and I struggled to care about their plight.
That’s on me, and probably says a lot about who I am as a person. You might fall in love with the aliens, feel sorry for them, and be deeply interested in what they have to say. Which is, I think, the point of these stories.
No matter, though. It’s a very interesting dynamic between humans and Indigenes, and an interesting bed they’ve made for themselves. It’s a good series, if you’re into non-YA dystopia (which is difficult to find, these days), and you enjoy genetic engineering.
Pick up book one and give it a go. What do you have to lose?
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