Review of Final Act
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Review of Final Act
[Following is a volunteer review of "Final Act" by Van Fleisher.]
After reading the first chapter, I became excited that this book would be something special. Halfway through the third chapter, I began to lose interest as it did not prove to be the book that so many other reviews have recommended and awarded full marks. The author seemed to become hooked up on acronyms CEO, COO, NRA, IPO, USCP, CIA, FBI, and the list goes on. It got to the point where I thought if this non-fiction book was a way of promoting organisations. Even the name of the watch VT2 was difficult to pronounce in my head. Eventually, I shortened it to VT to simplify my flow of reading. Final Act by Van Fleisher was the second book in the series, yet it seemed to stand alone without me knowing earlier events from the first book.
The plot centred around a scientist Vijay Patel and an FBI agent, Zoe Brouet. Vijay invented a watch, the VT2, that could predict the end of someone's life within a maximum of thirty days which seemed not to have the desired effect he envisaged at its origin. The story went through some scenarios as to what people would do when they got their final notice. The inventor presumed that the time given to those people could purposefully sum up their lives and allow them to put their affairs in order before they died. However, some of them were exacting revenge on others. The FBI, along with Vijay, began to follow up on some crimes that people had committed. They investigated correlations between the people perpetrating the offences and the final notice from the VT2. What drives Vijay is his guilt regarding the damage that his device created, making him the character that stood out for me the most. He thought he had created something to help humanity. It turned out that the inception of the device brought about devastating consequences, not only to the people getting their final notice but to every aspect of society. I liked the idea of the plot and the various episodes that gave background to some of the transient characters' stories as they were fascinating to read. It made me consider whether I would commit the same crime given similar circumstances.
I would recommend this book to readers over the age of eighteen because the author tackles various themes such as rape, paedophilia, humiliation, voyeurism, and opinions on gun possession in such a way to get the reader to think about the right or wrongness of a character's action. The speed at which the action ensued tended to confuse, often jumping from one episode to the next. Overall, there was the continuity of the main characters throughout, keeping the plot steady. The book was well edited, and I could not find any errors to speak of.
One thing I found disappointing was how the story became less futuristic. It began to be more in tune with our everyday constitutional sphere, with too much dictation under the district of the political language of the day. Springing to mind whilst reading these political episodes was the infamous quote by a character from the Marvel film, Guardians of the Galaxy. Thanos stated, 'Your politics bores me.' Unfortunately, it began to bore me as well. I rate the book 2 out of 4 stars.
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After reading the first chapter, I became excited that this book would be something special. Halfway through the third chapter, I began to lose interest as it did not prove to be the book that so many other reviews have recommended and awarded full marks. The author seemed to become hooked up on acronyms CEO, COO, NRA, IPO, USCP, CIA, FBI, and the list goes on. It got to the point where I thought if this non-fiction book was a way of promoting organisations. Even the name of the watch VT2 was difficult to pronounce in my head. Eventually, I shortened it to VT to simplify my flow of reading. Final Act by Van Fleisher was the second book in the series, yet it seemed to stand alone without me knowing earlier events from the first book.
The plot centred around a scientist Vijay Patel and an FBI agent, Zoe Brouet. Vijay invented a watch, the VT2, that could predict the end of someone's life within a maximum of thirty days which seemed not to have the desired effect he envisaged at its origin. The story went through some scenarios as to what people would do when they got their final notice. The inventor presumed that the time given to those people could purposefully sum up their lives and allow them to put their affairs in order before they died. However, some of them were exacting revenge on others. The FBI, along with Vijay, began to follow up on some crimes that people had committed. They investigated correlations between the people perpetrating the offences and the final notice from the VT2. What drives Vijay is his guilt regarding the damage that his device created, making him the character that stood out for me the most. He thought he had created something to help humanity. It turned out that the inception of the device brought about devastating consequences, not only to the people getting their final notice but to every aspect of society. I liked the idea of the plot and the various episodes that gave background to some of the transient characters' stories as they were fascinating to read. It made me consider whether I would commit the same crime given similar circumstances.
I would recommend this book to readers over the age of eighteen because the author tackles various themes such as rape, paedophilia, humiliation, voyeurism, and opinions on gun possession in such a way to get the reader to think about the right or wrongness of a character's action. The speed at which the action ensued tended to confuse, often jumping from one episode to the next. Overall, there was the continuity of the main characters throughout, keeping the plot steady. The book was well edited, and I could not find any errors to speak of.
One thing I found disappointing was how the story became less futuristic. It began to be more in tune with our everyday constitutional sphere, with too much dictation under the district of the political language of the day. Springing to mind whilst reading these political episodes was the infamous quote by a character from the Marvel film, Guardians of the Galaxy. Thanos stated, 'Your politics bores me.' Unfortunately, it began to bore me as well. I rate the book 2 out of 4 stars.
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Final Act
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