REVIEWED by COLETTE
TITLE: Unheard Destruction
SERIES: The Destruction Trilogy #1
AUTHOR: Zach Sweets
PUBLISHER: Less Than Three Press
LENGTH: Novel (Approximately 51,000 words)
BLURB:
Rusty and Hal step out of their house to a world destroyed. Before they can make sense of what has happened, they are abducted—by aliens.
Help arrives in the unexpected form of Assim, an alien who can speak
directly to Rusty’s mind, but getting them out of one mess is only the
first step is resolving a much greater one—and it is a problem that
only humans can solve, leaving Rusty and Hal no choice but to learn fast
and fight hard if they ever want to see home again.
REVIEW:
I love Science Fiction and I love finding new authors, so I was excited to read this. I liked the premise of waking up one morning to find your world in chaos and a good alien abduction can be fun, but I had a hard time finishing this book.
Rusty and Hal are great characters; I loved their relationship, how much they cared for each other. They don’t let their deafness limit them in any way. When to book opens Rusty is preparing a surprise for Hal for their Valentine’s Day, he is making his favorite dinner and desert and has a special after dinner treat for him down in their bomb shelter Rusty had built in their basement. Hal thinks Rusty is a little paranoid, but the main reason Rusty built the room was so that both of them could get away from technology – Hal constantly checks his cell phone and lap top – in the bomb shelter there is no cell reception and no internet connection. After spending a romantic evening together they wake up the next morning to find their house destroyed, they search the town but everything and everyone is gone.
What I liked about the book:
Hal and Rusty – they are sweet and loving to each other
The Plot – evil aliens, high jacked humans, action and adventure
What I didn’t like:
The pacing – the book dragged in some places then the action would speed up and them drag again. It didn’t flow as smoothly as it could have.
It was too long – there were parts that didn’t seem to add to the story and made it clunky.
This is a personal issue, but I hate names that are difficult to pronounce and read or are just silly. Mindjask, Nji, Lawpick bothered me as I read them. Again this is a personal peeve and should be taken as such.
This is the first book in a series and the first book by this author who I think is talented, I would like to see where he takes this story as he grows as a writer.
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