Penguin Publishing Group
03/29/2016
9780143107910
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I
Am Radar
By Reif Larsen
I
AM RADAR was more than a little disappointing. It read
rather well, yet in the end, it did not live up to what
I was wanting. But before I get into the review, let
me say, the only reason I read this was because work
had me go to a town I had never been before, and while
there, I stopped into a store to see what books they
had. My thought was, this. Perhaps I was in that town
for a reason. To find a hidden gem of a book while I
was there. The store a three row four-foot book shelf
towards the back. The bottom shelf had this book tucked
back on the lower left side, behind several other books.
I picked it up and started reading. It has a simple
idea that quickly picks up a science fiction vibe, as
well as a sense of fantasy story line. I love the characters
(especially Radar. The additions of several well-placed
photos and illustrations helped as well. Still, I still
found gaps in the story. The title seemed to be misleading.
There are huge parts where Radar is not involved with
at all. At the end, when it appeared to be pulling all
the stories together for an ending of seismic proportions,
it ended rather ambiguously, and open to interpretation.
While I still recommend picking up a book when you are
in an area you don’t usually patronize, I recommend
passing on this book.
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