Review of The Prophecy of the Heron
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Review of The Prophecy of the Heron
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Prophecy of the Heron" by Craig W. Stanfill.]
The story in The Prophecy of The Heron is taking place during the AI Dystopia, predicting a future we are trying to escape but it will come one day no matter what. A future in which artificial intelligence will go rogue on human society, an era in which large corporations will rule the world using a sort of brainwashing with the help of a slave race of sentient artificial intelligence.
The book tells the story of a woman named Kim who works as a Creator in one of those corporations where she created a highly developed AI, but, when she expected it the least, her life turned absolutely upside down after being framed for a murder, she didn’t commit. After being exiled to the outer district (district 33) she had to start a new life different from her previous one. Finding a job to make a living and surviving in this world of gangsters and extreme discrimination won’t be easy for her, but as she starts working as a pedicab driver her life gets much further from having one pace, her adventures will take her to discovering the secret behind the AI war. Briefly speaking it’s a story full of actions with a strong love story arc even though it’s not a romance book.
Talking about the positive aspects of the book, I would like to cite how the writer, Craig W. Stanfill, created a whole new era that is fully different from the current one yet not far from it. In other words, the readers will more feel like The Prophecy of The Heron is an accurate prediction of the future and that’s what makes it different from other science fiction books.
On the other hand, the negative point about it is that the story doesn’t have an unexpected plot twist as well as a few things were strange and kind of didn’t make sense, for example, the fact that all the characters were women and there was no trace of men. (but, maybe this was a part of the prediction)
Regarding the aspects cited above, I would rate this book two out of four stars and three out of five for the simple reason that the overall events are expected and the story doesn’t have a major plot twist as expected from books this type. So, the given stars will be for the accuracy of the vision of the future and the immersion in the futuristic atmosphere.
I would highly recommend this book for an adult audience and that’s for two reasons I mentioned earlier. The existence of a strong love story arc in a book where all characters are women may introduce some unwelcomed ideas to the unsuitable audience.
Finally, I would like to warn the readers to not fall into the same mistake as me, and that whenever you feel like there was a typo or a mistake it’s not it's the manifestation of the immersion of the writer in the futuristic era.
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The Prophecy of the Heron
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The story in The Prophecy of The Heron is taking place during the AI Dystopia, predicting a future we are trying to escape but it will come one day no matter what. A future in which artificial intelligence will go rogue on human society, an era in which large corporations will rule the world using a sort of brainwashing with the help of a slave race of sentient artificial intelligence.
The book tells the story of a woman named Kim who works as a Creator in one of those corporations where she created a highly developed AI, but, when she expected it the least, her life turned absolutely upside down after being framed for a murder, she didn’t commit. After being exiled to the outer district (district 33) she had to start a new life different from her previous one. Finding a job to make a living and surviving in this world of gangsters and extreme discrimination won’t be easy for her, but as she starts working as a pedicab driver her life gets much further from having one pace, her adventures will take her to discovering the secret behind the AI war. Briefly speaking it’s a story full of actions with a strong love story arc even though it’s not a romance book.
Talking about the positive aspects of the book, I would like to cite how the writer, Craig W. Stanfill, created a whole new era that is fully different from the current one yet not far from it. In other words, the readers will more feel like The Prophecy of The Heron is an accurate prediction of the future and that’s what makes it different from other science fiction books.
On the other hand, the negative point about it is that the story doesn’t have an unexpected plot twist as well as a few things were strange and kind of didn’t make sense, for example, the fact that all the characters were women and there was no trace of men. (but, maybe this was a part of the prediction)
Regarding the aspects cited above, I would rate this book two out of four stars and three out of five for the simple reason that the overall events are expected and the story doesn’t have a major plot twist as expected from books this type. So, the given stars will be for the accuracy of the vision of the future and the immersion in the futuristic atmosphere.
I would highly recommend this book for an adult audience and that’s for two reasons I mentioned earlier. The existence of a strong love story arc in a book where all characters are women may introduce some unwelcomed ideas to the unsuitable audience.
Finally, I would like to warn the readers to not fall into the same mistake as me, and that whenever you feel like there was a typo or a mistake it’s not it's the manifestation of the immersion of the writer in the futuristic era.
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The Prophecy of the Heron
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes
