Review of Blocks
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[Following is a volunteer review of "Blocks" by Tara Basi.]
Blocks, by Tara Basi, was one of the most creative books I’ve ever read, and I’m not even kidding. Just from the themes, you can already see how creative the author was, and, starting with the themes, this book addresses things like dystopian science fiction, mystery, and a very strange world dominated by giant structures called Blocks. Even better is the story that accompanies two sides that, little by little, get closer: on the one hand, Battery Boy, a boy who lives on the run in a brutal world and tries to find a way to face the system that controls everything; on the other, Mina, who returns from space and finds the Earth transformed into an empty place, dominated by these absurd constructions. If I had to summarize this book, I would say that it presents big questions about what happened to the world and to humanity.
I have many things that I liked, but there is one of them that stood out, one of them caught my attention more than the others, and this is something that worked very well for me, appearing right in this contrast: while Battery Boy lives on the run, trying to survive near something gigantic, Mina wakes up on a ship and discovers a silent Earth dominated by impossible blocks. This contrast between the brutal reality of survival and the almost cosmic scale of mystery makes the story much richer. It’s not just “a different world”; it’s a world that seems huge and intriguing at the same time, and this makes the book stronger in structure, because the reader feels that there is always something bigger behind each discovery. I myself felt that, with each page, something even bigger was going to happen, and I was already feeling this tension.
This was a very good read for me, and I’m being honest, I don’t have negative points to point out or even things to improve, because everything in this book pleased me. The author did very well in what she did: the themes, which were what I liked the most, the structure, and even the writing, because I didn’t find errors, showing the great care taken even in this part. So I give 5 out of 5 stars for showing the dedication and work put into this book, with great care in the writing as well.
Just as I liked the book, I think those who like science fiction will also like it as much as I did.
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Blocks
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Blocks, by Tara Basi, was one of the most creative books I’ve ever read, and I’m not even kidding. Just from the themes, you can already see how creative the author was, and, starting with the themes, this book addresses things like dystopian science fiction, mystery, and a very strange world dominated by giant structures called Blocks. Even better is the story that accompanies two sides that, little by little, get closer: on the one hand, Battery Boy, a boy who lives on the run in a brutal world and tries to find a way to face the system that controls everything; on the other, Mina, who returns from space and finds the Earth transformed into an empty place, dominated by these absurd constructions. If I had to summarize this book, I would say that it presents big questions about what happened to the world and to humanity.
I have many things that I liked, but there is one of them that stood out, one of them caught my attention more than the others, and this is something that worked very well for me, appearing right in this contrast: while Battery Boy lives on the run, trying to survive near something gigantic, Mina wakes up on a ship and discovers a silent Earth dominated by impossible blocks. This contrast between the brutal reality of survival and the almost cosmic scale of mystery makes the story much richer. It’s not just “a different world”; it’s a world that seems huge and intriguing at the same time, and this makes the book stronger in structure, because the reader feels that there is always something bigger behind each discovery. I myself felt that, with each page, something even bigger was going to happen, and I was already feeling this tension.
This was a very good read for me, and I’m being honest, I don’t have negative points to point out or even things to improve, because everything in this book pleased me. The author did very well in what she did: the themes, which were what I liked the most, the structure, and even the writing, because I didn’t find errors, showing the great care taken even in this part. So I give 5 out of 5 stars for showing the dedication and work put into this book, with great care in the writing as well.
Just as I liked the book, I think those who like science fiction will also like it as much as I did.
******
Blocks
View: on Bookshelves |
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