{"id":898,"date":"2022-08-29T23:23:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T21:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/?p=898"},"modified":"2022-08-29T23:25:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T21:25:36","slug":"mindwalker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/?p=898","title":{"rendered":"Mindwalker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Kate Dylan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ that was…. predictable, but enjoyable.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this book we follow a girl called Sil Sarrah that has a very high-tech supercomputer grafted to her brain. This special computer with its accompanying AI Jarvis, allows her to see and analyze the world around her in seconds. A necessary skill needed to perform her job as a Walker for the Syntex corporation, which means to rescue their field agents by entering their minds and taking control of their bodies. And Sil is the best they\u2019ve ever seen. There\u2019s only one problem, Walkers don\u2019t live past 19 and Sil\u2019s time\u2019s running out. And when she\u2019s framed and branded a traitor, she runs for her life, determined to prove she\u2019s innocent. But when she uncovers a secret that threatens to destroy everything she\u2019s ever worked for, she\u2019s forced to decide where her allegiances lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I listened to this as an audiobook, and I have to say I\u2019m happily surprised. This book was really good and filled with tension and action, and I really enjoyed listening to it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This story is set in a future America, and I think it was described very nicely with enough details that I could picture the setting as I was listening. The character felt complex and real and was far from one-dimensional. And the plot was solid and was interesting to follow from start to finish. Sure, the plot is kind of predictable and standard in a way, as was the romance and twists. I can\u2019t say I was surprised by anything that happened in this book, but as long as I\u2019m entertained, I don\u2019t mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love the tech that\u2019s described and how it is described in a way that makes me think that it\u2019s real. I can imagine these things being real, and as a tech freak myself, I would really love to see all of these things this world has to offer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t really have a lot of negative things to say here, but there was one thing that drove me nuts while listening. The characters keep repeating the phrase \u201cChrist that was\u201d like three thousand times per chapter (at least that\u2019s how it felt). It\u2019s too much, and it should have been used for just one character and not all the time. It\u2019s annoying. Especially in an audiobook. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second thing that I didn\u2019t really like was how the narrator did the male voices in dialogue. The boys here are 18 years old, but the narrator makes them sound like they\u2019d be in their fifties or something. It\u2019s odd and strange and when this weird dark \u201cgrandpa\u201d-voice she uses are supposed to be the romantic interest of our 18-year-old lead, it just gives me the creeps. That, however, isn\u2019t the writer\u2019s fault so that\u2019s not impacting my rating at all obviously. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But all in all, this is a good book, and I can\u2019t do much more than recommend it to all of you who like a fast-paced and easy to read sci-fi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5\/5 stars. Book\u2019s out on September 1st<\/sup>, so hurry up and get a copy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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by Kate Dylan. Christ that was…. predictable, but enjoyable.   In this book we follow a girl called Sil Sarrah that has a very high-tech supercomputer grafted to her brain. This special computer with its accompanying AI Jarvis, allows her to see and analyze the world around her in seconds. A necessary skill needed to perform her job as a Walker for the Syntex corporation, which means to rescue their field agents by entering their minds and taking control of their bodies. And Sil is the best they\u2019ve ever seen. There\u2019s only one problem, Walkers don\u2019t live past 19 and Sil\u2019s time\u2019s running out. And when she\u2019s framed and branded a traitor, she runs for her life, determined to prove she\u2019s innocent. But when she uncovers a secret that threatens to destroy everything she\u2019s ever worked for, she\u2019s forced to decide where her allegiances lie. So, I listened to this as an audiobook, and I have to say I\u2019m happily surprised. This book was really good and filled with tension and action, and I really enjoyed listening to it.  This story is set in a future America, and I think it was described very nicely with enough details that I could…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[19,32,31,4],"wppr_data":{"cwp_meta_box_check":"Yes","cwp_rev_product_name":"Mindwalker","_wppr_review_template":"default","cwp_rev_product_image":"http:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mindwalker.jpeg","cwp_image_link":"image","wppr_links":[],"cwp_rev_price":"","wppr_pros":["Fast-paced","Easy to get into","Good characters"],"wppr_cons":["Christ that was...","Extremely predictable",""],"wppr_rating":"87.00","wppr_options":{"1":{"name":"Overall","value":"90"},"2":{"name":"Characters","value":"85"},"3":{"name":"Plot","value":"80"},"4":{"name":"Writing","value":"90"},"5":{"name":"Ending","value":"90"}},"wppr_review_type":"Product","wppr_review_custom_fields":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=898"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":901,"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions\/901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}