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Rating: ★★★
Yaron Glazer's novel, Statisticity,
is the future of eBook writing. Glazer has created an enhanced reading
experience by including various links in the eBook format. These links help to
enhance and explain the incredible world that is created and form a unique
science fiction adventure.
The story's plot is unique
and takes place in a dystopian and digitalized China. The characters are one of
a kind and Glazer uses his "e-ink" to help expand on
each character and how they became a part of this new world. The plot and
storyline may be a bit hard to follow for those not used to science fiction
writing and the technical jargon that is used. However, by utilizing the
e-ink, Glazer opens up the Science Fiction genre to a new audience and helps
explain some of the more challenging or hard to follow storylines.
I enjoyed the experience
of having the ability to simply click a link and have a map pop up and show me
exactly where a particular scene is taking place. It made following the story
much easier and also made it fun, as if you were a character in this novel,
rather than just a reader.
I hope to see a follow up
to this novel, especially with the exciting cliffhanger used by Glazer to end
this story. I would recommend this novel to all science fiction lovers and
anyone looking for a unique and new age way of reading. The three star review
is due to the technicality of the story that may confuse some readers, but it
shows incredible promise and I can not wait to enjoy the sequel!
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