Title: Whole is less than sum of its parts
Product review: First of all, kudos to the author and publisher for providing this book for free via Kindle. While I wasn't overwhelmed by it, I did find it to be an entertaining read.The novel's plot is interesting and engaging, and it's obvious that Finder has done his homework ... he seems to have thought through a lot of the potential pitfalls and plot holes. I'm not in the tech industry, but I found much of what he described to be plausible.The problem with the novel is with the characterization. I wish Finder had devoted more of his attention to who his characters were and what made them that way, and how best to show us those characters. If this were a film--and it would make a fun film!--the burden of characterization would fall on the actors. As it is, it just falls. It's the difference between telling and showing. Showing is just plain more effective.That said, I liked the novel well enough to read another by this author.
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