SpiderKitten reviewed Human.4 by Mike A. Lancaster
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3 stars
Human.4 opens with us 'listening' to an old cassette recording made by the main character of the story, a teenage boy named Kyle. Through Kyle and the additional text inserted by 'the author' of the text we learn that at some point in the past there were a group of people known as the naught point fours. We don't really discover what this means until near the end of the book, but if you're thinking what you are thinking it might be, then you are probably right. It was a little predictable in that way.
I thought the novel was a good read but lacked the depth of something that might have been aimed at older readers. The characters were likeable, though a bit naive. The setting wasn't really gone into in a lot of detail, and aside from the main characters, there wasn't really a lot of getting to …
Human.4 opens with us 'listening' to an old cassette recording made by the main character of the story, a teenage boy named Kyle. Through Kyle and the additional text inserted by 'the author' of the text we learn that at some point in the past there were a group of people known as the naught point fours. We don't really discover what this means until near the end of the book, but if you're thinking what you are thinking it might be, then you are probably right. It was a little predictable in that way.
I thought the novel was a good read but lacked the depth of something that might have been aimed at older readers. The characters were likeable, though a bit naive. The setting wasn't really gone into in a lot of detail, and aside from the main characters, there wasn't really a lot of getting to know people. I got the impression that the novel was merely a setup for the rest of the series. It might have been better as a short story or a prequel.
That said, I'll probably read the next book in the series.