H+ incorporated, Gary Dejean (3.0)
This is a fast-paced Sci-Fi thriller with a fair amount of
action. I enjoyed the new ideas and the plot. Set in a Manila of the future,
humans have augmented their bodies with bionic prosthetics to various degrees.
Many, are thanks to the company, H+. I should note despite the title, the
background and strategy of the company are not very well articulated – a lost
opportunity that would have fleshed out the story better. Some worthy ethical
questions are brought up throughout (e.g. the use of the enhancements, the
extent of military weaponry) as we follow the interactions of a rag-tag group
of technically savvy outsiders with a military unit contracted to keep the
peace. While some of the characters seemed a bit flat, I found myself rooting
for the outsiders and reading voraciously to see how their adventure would end.
Overall my recommendation would be to have a stronger edit. There were quite a
few places where the language felt either stilted or just wrongly placed.
Unfortunately these incidences interrupted the flow of the prose and bounced me
out of the ‘world’ Mr. Dejean had created. Also as a screenplay, the story
works. As a novel, I’d like to see more ideas expounded upon and the characters
better developed.
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