Tom - Bookrastinating reviewed Directive 51 by John Barnes (Daybreak Series)
Review of 'Directive 51' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I don't read a lot of fiction because in order for it to be worth it to me it has to be plausible and compelling with as little BS as possible (think Arthur C Clarke). Directive 51 was a random library find for me and it met all my needs. It made me think about many topics I otherwise wouldn't have and wound them together in a decent story. I gather it is the first in a series of books, but I can't speak to those. The only thing that kept me from giving it 4 stars was the seemingly out of place minor love story awkwardly stuffed into the middle. Other than that... I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I don't read a lot of fiction because in order for it to be worth it to me it has to be plausible and compelling with as little BS as possible (think Arthur C Clarke). Directive 51 was a random library find for me and it met all my needs. It made me think about many topics I otherwise wouldn't have and wound them together in a decent story. I gather it is the first in a series of books, but I can't speak to those. The only thing that kept me from giving it 4 stars was the seemingly out of place minor love story awkwardly stuffed into the middle. Other than that... I thoroughly enjoyed it.
