ceoln reviewed Post-Human by David Simpson
Review of 'Post-Human' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
This is a very silly book. Basically it's a superhero comic book in the form of a novella, with no pictures. And given that most of the value of a comic book is in the pictures, well, you get the idea. :)
I got it free as an Amazon e-book, and at that price it was almost sort of worth the time spent reading it. But at 99 cents or 2.99, which it seems to be most of the time, I would definitely not recommend it. The technology is silly (magnetic fields just don't do any of those things, for instance), the characterization is flat, the plot is unconvincing (the godlike bad guy would not have needed to keep the human heroes alive for the tissue-thin reason given), and I felt like I had to wash my hands after the inconvenient wife was conveniently killed off so the hero could …
This is a very silly book. Basically it's a superhero comic book in the form of a novella, with no pictures. And given that most of the value of a comic book is in the pictures, well, you get the idea. :)
I got it free as an Amazon e-book, and at that price it was almost sort of worth the time spent reading it. But at 99 cents or 2.99, which it seems to be most of the time, I would definitely not recommend it. The technology is silly (magnetic fields just don't do any of those things, for instance), the characterization is flat, the plot is unconvincing (the godlike bad guy would not have needed to keep the human heroes alive for the tissue-thin reason given), and I felt like I had to wash my hands after the inconvenient wife was conveniently killed off so the hero could get the (other) girl without having to actually deal with the issue.
But anyway. :) I always feel guilty that I enjoy writing negative reviews, so I will stop there. Oh, one additional note: the author was for awhile offering a free book to anyone leaving a five-star review on Amazon. So take at least those with one more grain of salt than usual!
