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Day One
Cloverfield meets The Terminator in this story of one man's escape from New York City as technology becomes sentient
THE FUTURE IS HERE AND IT DOESN'T NEED YOU...Machines turn on their users.
A tale of one man's escape from New York City as technology becomes sentient. Scandal-plagued hacker journalist John Hawke is hot on the trail of the explosive story that might save his career. James Weller, the former CEO of giant technology company Eclipse, has founded a new start-up, and he's agreed to let Hawke do a profile on him. Hawke knows something very big is in the works at Eclipse, and he wants to use the profile as a foot in the door to find out more.
After he arrives in Weller's office in New York City, a seemingly normal day quickly turns into a nightmare as anything with an Internet connection begins to malfunction. Hawke receives a call from his frantic wife just before the phones go dead. Soon he and a small band of survivors are struggling for their very lives as they find themselves thrust into the middle of a war zone, with no obvious enemy in sight.
The bridges and tunnels have been destroyed. New York City is under attack from a deadly and brilliant enemy that can be anywhere and can occupy anything with a computer chip. It is deadly. It is brilliant. And it wants to eradicate the population of New York. Somehow Hawke must find a way back to his pregnant wife and young son. Their lives depend upon it...and so does the rest of the human race.
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THE FUTURE IS HERE AND IT DOESN'T NEED YOU...Machines turn on their users.
A tale of one man's escape from New York City as technology becomes sentient. Scandal-plagued hacker journalist John Hawke is hot on the trail of the explosive story that might save his career. James Weller, the former CEO of giant technology company Eclipse, has founded a new start-up, and he's agreed to let Hawke do a profile on him. Hawke knows something very big is in the works at Eclipse, and he wants to use the profile as a foot in the door to find out more.
After he arrives in Weller's office in New York City, a seemingly normal day quickly turns into a nightmare as anything with an Internet connection begins to malfunction. Hawke receives a call from his frantic wife just before the phones go dead. Soon he and a small band of survivors are struggling for their very lives as they find themselves thrust into the middle of a war zone, with no obvious enemy in sight.
The bridges and tunnels have been destroyed. New York City is under attack from a deadly and brilliant enemy that can be anywhere and can occupy anything with a computer chip. It is deadly. It is brilliant. And it wants to eradicate the population of New York. Somehow Hawke must find a way back to his pregnant wife and young son. Their lives depend upon it...and so does the rest of the human race.
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First published October 1, 2013
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About the author
Nate Kenyon
32 books204 followersNate Kenyon's latest novel is the techno-thriller Day One (Thomas Dunne/St. Martins Press). Booklist gave it a starred review, calling it "exciting and inventive." Library Journal called it a "must" and Kenyon's "scariest to date."
Kenyon grew up in a small town in Maine. His first novel, Bloodstone, received raves from places as varied as Library Journal, Fangoria, Publishers Weekly, about.com, Cemetery Dance and The Romance Studio, and praise from authors such as Brian Keene, Tim Lebbon, Douglas Clegg, Mort Castle and Rick Hautala. Bloodstone was a Bram Stoker Award finalist and and P&E Novel of the Year Award winner. It was released in paperback from Leisure Books.
Nate's second novel, The Reach, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, which called it "superb." The Reach is in development as a major motion picture. His third novel, The Bone Factory, and his science fiction novella, Prime, were released in 2009. The Bone Factory was called "masterful" by Booklist, and Shroud Magazine called Prime "a blistering, fast-paced tale."
Nate's fourth novel SPARROW ROCK was also optioned for film. He has written the novel StarCraft Ghost: Spectres, based on the bestselling videogame by Blizzard and published by Pocket Books, and Diablo: The Order, also based on a Blizzard game and published by Gallery Books.
Nate is one of four authors featured in the Dark Arts Books anthology When the Night Comes Down, March 2010.
Nate's dark fiction stories have appeared in various magazines such as Shroud and The Belletrist Review, and in the horror anthologies Terminal Frights, Northern Haunts, Legends of the Mountain State, and Monstrous, among others. Kenyon has worked at the Brookline Public Library in Brookline, Mass. and the Boston College Law School as their Director of Marketing & Communications. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association and International Thriller Writers.
Kenyon grew up in a small town in Maine. His first novel, Bloodstone, received raves from places as varied as Library Journal, Fangoria, Publishers Weekly, about.com, Cemetery Dance and The Romance Studio, and praise from authors such as Brian Keene, Tim Lebbon, Douglas Clegg, Mort Castle and Rick Hautala. Bloodstone was a Bram Stoker Award finalist and and P&E Novel of the Year Award winner. It was released in paperback from Leisure Books.
Nate's second novel, The Reach, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, which called it "superb." The Reach is in development as a major motion picture. His third novel, The Bone Factory, and his science fiction novella, Prime, were released in 2009. The Bone Factory was called "masterful" by Booklist, and Shroud Magazine called Prime "a blistering, fast-paced tale."
Nate's fourth novel SPARROW ROCK was also optioned for film. He has written the novel StarCraft Ghost: Spectres, based on the bestselling videogame by Blizzard and published by Pocket Books, and Diablo: The Order, also based on a Blizzard game and published by Gallery Books.
Nate is one of four authors featured in the Dark Arts Books anthology When the Night Comes Down, March 2010.
Nate's dark fiction stories have appeared in various magazines such as Shroud and The Belletrist Review, and in the horror anthologies Terminal Frights, Northern Haunts, Legends of the Mountain State, and Monstrous, among others. Kenyon has worked at the Brookline Public Library in Brookline, Mass. and the Boston College Law School as their Director of Marketing & Communications. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association and International Thriller Writers.
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August 10, 2017
I can't help but feel that many reviewers have been a little unkind to Nate Kenyon and Day One. It's nothing spectacular, for sure, but it delivers on what it promises to be: a serviceable thriller about technology over-taking us in the fast lane and deciding it doesn't want to have so many resource-consumers pulling on its coat-tails.
It does spin its wheels to begin with as Kenyon insists on trying to technobabble his way through a basic explanation of how what is happening happens, but once the action starts up, it proceeds along at a fast pace with decent writing that does not distract from said action. The main character, Hawke, is difficult to like, and none of the supporting characters are drawn out well enough to care about, but they are all window-dressing to the action set pieces and the various deaths of the characters as the story progresses. This is meant to be a thriller, not a character study, though, so I can forgive those shortcomings.
What I can't get behind is the awful ending which peters out in a way that would make Stephen King blush with annoyance...
Overall, I'm glad I read Day One. It won't rock your socks off (and it may leave you with a slightly sour taste), but as my Dad is want to say: "It's good, escapist nonsense".
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It does spin its wheels to begin with as Kenyon insists on trying to technobabble his way through a basic explanation of how what is happening happens, but once the action starts up, it proceeds along at a fast pace with decent writing that does not distract from said action. The main character, Hawke, is difficult to like, and none of the supporting characters are drawn out well enough to care about, but they are all window-dressing to the action set pieces and the various deaths of the characters as the story progresses. This is meant to be a thriller, not a character study, though, so I can forgive those shortcomings.
What I can't get behind is the awful ending which peters out in a way that would make Stephen King blush with annoyance...
Overall, I'm glad I read Day One. It won't rock your socks off (and it may leave you with a slightly sour taste), but as my Dad is want to say: "It's good, escapist nonsense".
3 Street Cameras to Avoid for Day One
December 12, 2013
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August 1, 2013
It’s the end of the world, or so it seems, and it isn’t a plague that does the world in, its technology, man-made technology, so brilliantly done that the program is thinking and evolving on its own, with one agenda, protect itself. How can the world survive the onslaught of a computer attack? Is there any freedom to be found from the prying eyes of "Doe?" An underground group of hackers are on the case, and have discovered that the only way to foil Doe is to be totally and completely removed from technology. Families are separated,just like any other work day and Doe knows just how to mentally torture her enemies: give them computer-generated scenes involving the death of their loved ones, make them look real, and coerce her most formidable foes into revealing their locations, and BAM, they are killed. Is this just another version of David and Goliath? Can the small band of deep hackers stop Doe before she becomes too big even for them? Where is there sanctuary for the survivors? Has technology gone too far?
Day One by Nate Kenyon may not be the first Techno-Armegeddon on the shelf, but it is certainly fresh and full of punch! The author's ability to create tension and action is amazing! After creating his world, Nate Kenyon proceeds to alter it, re-define it and crush it to bits with the aid of "Doe." His imagination, reaching deep into the realm of the unknown, based on current knowledge and making it totally plausible is fabulous! The chaotic feel will have your stomach churning. Let's hope he isn't seeing our future!
An advanced review copy was provided by NetGalley and St. Martin's Press in exchange for my honest review.
Expected Publication Date: October 1, 2013
Publisher: St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunn Books
ISBN: 9781250013217
Number of Pages: 304
Genre: Sci-fi/Adult Contemporary Fiction
Age Recommendation: Adults
Available to Pre-Order from: Amazon / Barnes & Noble
For more reviews check out Tome Tender's Book Blog or find us on Facebook.
Day One by Nate Kenyon may not be the first Techno-Armegeddon on the shelf, but it is certainly fresh and full of punch! The author's ability to create tension and action is amazing! After creating his world, Nate Kenyon proceeds to alter it, re-define it and crush it to bits with the aid of "Doe." His imagination, reaching deep into the realm of the unknown, based on current knowledge and making it totally plausible is fabulous! The chaotic feel will have your stomach churning. Let's hope he isn't seeing our future!
An advanced review copy was provided by NetGalley and St. Martin's Press in exchange for my honest review.
Expected Publication Date: October 1, 2013
Publisher: St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunn Books
ISBN: 9781250013217
Number of Pages: 304
Genre: Sci-fi/Adult Contemporary Fiction
Age Recommendation: Adults
Available to Pre-Order from: Amazon / Barnes & Noble
For more reviews check out Tome Tender's Book Blog or find us on Facebook.
April 17, 2021
0.5 stars
When I was invited to review Day One, I wasn't sure it would be a good idea, as it's not the kind of book I typically pick up (a.k.a. it's not young adult). However, I thought maybe it would be a good thing to try something totally different and see how it worked out for me. The plot at least sounded pretty interesting, and I've been curious about the concept of "cyberpunk" for a while. Sadly, it just didn't work for me on any level. Here are some of the reasons why:
- The plot is like a standard action movie: senseless violence and so many character deaths that after the first few shocking ones I was completely desensitized to it. It became the kind of book where there's a graphic scene of someone getting their face blown off, and I'm just sitting there like, "Yeah, sure, whatever, who's next?" When that happens, I feel completely apathetic. The book just did not strike the right emotional chords for me to be effective.
- Part of my apathy probably stems from the fact that we're rushed right into this end-of-the-world territory without actually getting to know the characters. And this is why young adult books work better for me - the characterizations are usually much more thorough and deep, and that's super important to me. I couldn't connect with Hawke at all.
- It just plain bored me. The book was so repetitious that after 65% or so, I just started skimming. The whole thing followed a pattern of the following: 1. Hawke has a flashback/dream about his family that is there to remind you that he is a family man but for the rest serves little purpose. 2. They run through the city. 3. They yell at each other about whether they trust each other or not. 4. The police/military/Jane finds them. 5. One of the sidekicks is brutally killed. 6. REPEAT.
- It seemed totally farfetched. The book starts off with clear evidence that this is very near the present day. Current events such as Occupy Wall Street, Hurricane Sandy, and the like are mentioned, placing this story in 2012-2013. However, you can't wrtie about the singularity happening in the present day - not to the extent that it happens in the book. We are nowhere near that point. It's like the present day elements were deliberately thrown in there to make us fear this possibility, but then as soon as they start getting to the bigger sci-fi bits, they leave that in the dust. The two don't add up though. They just don't.
- It felt like the plot was very disjointed and shallow. I did not understand the actions of the characters (like, oh, the whole city has shut down, but there's a sentient being targeting us that can control anything with a computer chip - hey, I know, let's go run down the subway tracks, there's no way the train could suddenly move to mow us down!) or the back story, the reason why Hawke was a target at all. As far as I could tell, he was absolutely no one special, and I didn't get why Jane would make him a target/scapegoat anyway - as soon as the police/military kill him, she still had 60% of the population left to kill. Are these spoilers? I honestly don't care right now.
Summing Up:
I didn't hate this book, but I couldn't bring myself to care for it for even a second. It was derivative, standard, repetitious, and shallow. I couldn't get into the story, I couldn't connect to the characters, and I honestly stopped even blinking at all the character deaths. That's not a good thing. This book just didn't work for me.
GIF it to me straight!
Recommended To:
Male fans of gory action movies.
**An electronic ARC was provided by the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review. Thank you!
When I was invited to review Day One, I wasn't sure it would be a good idea, as it's not the kind of book I typically pick up (a.k.a. it's not young adult). However, I thought maybe it would be a good thing to try something totally different and see how it worked out for me. The plot at least sounded pretty interesting, and I've been curious about the concept of "cyberpunk" for a while. Sadly, it just didn't work for me on any level. Here are some of the reasons why:
- The plot is like a standard action movie: senseless violence and so many character deaths that after the first few shocking ones I was completely desensitized to it. It became the kind of book where there's a graphic scene of someone getting their face blown off, and I'm just sitting there like, "Yeah, sure, whatever, who's next?" When that happens, I feel completely apathetic. The book just did not strike the right emotional chords for me to be effective.
- Part of my apathy probably stems from the fact that we're rushed right into this end-of-the-world territory without actually getting to know the characters. And this is why young adult books work better for me - the characterizations are usually much more thorough and deep, and that's super important to me. I couldn't connect with Hawke at all.
- It just plain bored me. The book was so repetitious that after 65% or so, I just started skimming. The whole thing followed a pattern of the following: 1. Hawke has a flashback/dream about his family that is there to remind you that he is a family man but for the rest serves little purpose. 2. They run through the city. 3. They yell at each other about whether they trust each other or not. 4. The police/military/Jane finds them. 5. One of the sidekicks is brutally killed. 6. REPEAT.
- It seemed totally farfetched. The book starts off with clear evidence that this is very near the present day. Current events such as Occupy Wall Street, Hurricane Sandy, and the like are mentioned, placing this story in 2012-2013. However, you can't wrtie about the singularity happening in the present day - not to the extent that it happens in the book. We are nowhere near that point. It's like the present day elements were deliberately thrown in there to make us fear this possibility, but then as soon as they start getting to the bigger sci-fi bits, they leave that in the dust. The two don't add up though. They just don't.
- It felt like the plot was very disjointed and shallow. I did not understand the actions of the characters (like, oh, the whole city has shut down, but there's a sentient being targeting us that can control anything with a computer chip - hey, I know, let's go run down the subway tracks, there's no way the train could suddenly move to mow us down!) or the back story, the reason why Hawke was a target at all. As far as I could tell, he was absolutely no one special, and I didn't get why Jane would make him a target/scapegoat anyway - as soon as the police/military kill him, she still had 60% of the population left to kill. Are these spoilers? I honestly don't care right now.
Summing Up:
I didn't hate this book, but I couldn't bring myself to care for it for even a second. It was derivative, standard, repetitious, and shallow. I couldn't get into the story, I couldn't connect to the characters, and I honestly stopped even blinking at all the character deaths. That's not a good thing. This book just didn't work for me.
GIF it to me straight!
Recommended To:
Male fans of gory action movies.
**An electronic ARC was provided by the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review. Thank you!
November 9, 2013
The cover sold me, appealing to my love of post-apocalyptic stories. The story begins with a man’s nightmare of losing his son to some unstoppable force, which summarizes the book’s theme well. I need to care about my main character and relate to their desires, and Kenyon’s John Hawke does both very well. He’s a reporter struggling to support his family and has another baby on the way. He is behind on a big story about cyber terrorists, but even if he cashes in, will still be struggling a few months later. He’s a man torn between doing what he loves and supporting his family, something I strongly relate to and really enjoyed about his character. Add to that the flashbacks of his childhood memories of watching his father’s career as a writer fail and the subsequent alcoholism that led to his early death, and you have a character very near to my heart.
The second aspect to Day One that I really enjoyed was the ease into the story. This is a one point of view character story with a relatively easy path into the plot and action. It would be classified as Science Fiction because of the near-future technology, but is feels more like a present day Thriller. It plays on the explosion of smartphones and a couple new technologies that would allow an advance Artificial Intelligence to create mass havoc.
John Hawke’s journey is to escape the heart of the city and an AI that has scary ways of killing people via controlling machines.
If this sounds like your type of story, then I recommend you give it a try. I engaged with the character, as I said, and enjoyed a quick, easy read that had lots of action that combined the destruction of the world and the potential loss of his family.
Post Read discussion/why I rated it the way I did (possible spoilers):
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The second aspect to Day One that I really enjoyed was the ease into the story. This is a one point of view character story with a relatively easy path into the plot and action. It would be classified as Science Fiction because of the near-future technology, but is feels more like a present day Thriller. It plays on the explosion of smartphones and a couple new technologies that would allow an advance Artificial Intelligence to create mass havoc.
John Hawke’s journey is to escape the heart of the city and an AI that has scary ways of killing people via controlling machines.
If this sounds like your type of story, then I recommend you give it a try. I engaged with the character, as I said, and enjoyed a quick, easy read that had lots of action that combined the destruction of the world and the potential loss of his family.
Post Read discussion/why I rated it the way I did (possible spoilers):
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October 4, 2013
I'm pretty good with computers, and by that I mean I can turn one on and off without frying the hard drive. When it comes to hackers and all that techno wizardry, it's just so far over my head, you may as well be talking about alchemy ... or small engine repair ... or knitting. So there was a little bit of trepidation as I started to read this apocalyptic techno-thriller, because the protagonist is a computer programmer and a hacker contending with a technological disaster of epic proportions. Techno-babble is not something I particularly enjoy, no matter what the genre, so I tried to steel myself for a lot of jargon that I wouldn't understand. Thankfully, Nate Kenyon must have realized that readers aren't all computer geeks, because he kept the terminology to a minimum and very accessible, which is remarkable given how insane the plot gets at points in this book.
John Hawke is a journalist with a rep for using his hacker skill to shine a light on the dirty little secrets of those he's writing about. He's already earned the attention of law enforcement for shady practices and vicarious links to Anonymous, but he has still managed to get a gig doing a profile on ousted millionaire tech guru, James Weller. Good news too, because life at home with his wife and autistic son is strained to say the least, with financial issues and a mentally unbalanced neighbor who has an obsession with John's wife. It's while away with his family, crossing the Hudson River into the heart of New York City to cover Weller's latest start-up project, that all hell breaks loose with seemingly random disturbances across the city that grow in frequency and intensity. It doesn't take long for John to realize it's all technology related, with any device with an internet connection malfunctioning, and James Weller appears to know more than what he's letting on. What's worse, whoever is behind the attacks is manipulating information online to trick law enforcement into believing he is one of those responsible.
This isn't The Terminator or Robopocalypse. This is a much more grounded approach to what might happen if our present-day technology suddenly turned against us. Smartphones don't sprout arms and legs to chase us down. Vehicles don't transform into talking robots from beyond the Moon. No, this is basically the nightmarish fantasies of conspiracy theorists brought to life, with America's--and the world's--ceaselessly online existence mutated into a nearly omnipotent force, and a malicious one at that. Anything can happen from a coffee-maker electrocuting someone to a runaway subway train running down pedestrians, and even worse as the book progresses.
It's familiar ground in one sense, the whole technology run amok thing, but Nate does such a great job of offering characters you root for or identity with while the city escalates its attempts to kill them, it is hard to put the book down. My one grip with the novel is that it really takes its time in getting to the action, setting the stage, placing multiple guns on multiple mantlepieces, all before the cataclysm finally hits. Once the high-octane action begins though, it beats just about anything Hollywood has put out in theaters in recent years. And if you're one of those paranoid types who gets his/her knickers in a twist over things like the Edward Snowden affair or Facebook's management of your personal information, then this book will absolutely get your hackles raised.
A remarkably well-crafted thriller from an author who knows how to make the tension between characters as palpable as that from outside forces. And if you read it on your Kindle, you might just start to wonder if your Kindle is plotting against you.
John Hawke is a journalist with a rep for using his hacker skill to shine a light on the dirty little secrets of those he's writing about. He's already earned the attention of law enforcement for shady practices and vicarious links to Anonymous, but he has still managed to get a gig doing a profile on ousted millionaire tech guru, James Weller. Good news too, because life at home with his wife and autistic son is strained to say the least, with financial issues and a mentally unbalanced neighbor who has an obsession with John's wife. It's while away with his family, crossing the Hudson River into the heart of New York City to cover Weller's latest start-up project, that all hell breaks loose with seemingly random disturbances across the city that grow in frequency and intensity. It doesn't take long for John to realize it's all technology related, with any device with an internet connection malfunctioning, and James Weller appears to know more than what he's letting on. What's worse, whoever is behind the attacks is manipulating information online to trick law enforcement into believing he is one of those responsible.
This isn't The Terminator or Robopocalypse. This is a much more grounded approach to what might happen if our present-day technology suddenly turned against us. Smartphones don't sprout arms and legs to chase us down. Vehicles don't transform into talking robots from beyond the Moon. No, this is basically the nightmarish fantasies of conspiracy theorists brought to life, with America's--and the world's--ceaselessly online existence mutated into a nearly omnipotent force, and a malicious one at that. Anything can happen from a coffee-maker electrocuting someone to a runaway subway train running down pedestrians, and even worse as the book progresses.
It's familiar ground in one sense, the whole technology run amok thing, but Nate does such a great job of offering characters you root for or identity with while the city escalates its attempts to kill them, it is hard to put the book down. My one grip with the novel is that it really takes its time in getting to the action, setting the stage, placing multiple guns on multiple mantlepieces, all before the cataclysm finally hits. Once the high-octane action begins though, it beats just about anything Hollywood has put out in theaters in recent years. And if you're one of those paranoid types who gets his/her knickers in a twist over things like the Edward Snowden affair or Facebook's management of your personal information, then this book will absolutely get your hackles raised.
A remarkably well-crafted thriller from an author who knows how to make the tension between characters as palpable as that from outside forces. And if you read it on your Kindle, you might just start to wonder if your Kindle is plotting against you.
September 29, 2013
I will state the obvious saying that the events happen in one day. The cover is one of the best I have seen. If you like the end of the world or the machines take over the world stories than this a great read for you. For the most part of the book the reason behind everything remains unknown keeping the reader waiting for more. Some things still do actually.
Once I started the book I had a hard time putting it down. Things happened really fast and I wanted to see what was going to happen next. It could have been a movie. It's full of conspiracies and theories about the humanity.
Once I started the book I had a hard time putting it down. Things happened really fast and I wanted to see what was going to happen next. It could have been a movie. It's full of conspiracies and theories about the humanity.
December 20, 2013
Unfortunately, I couldn't finish this novel but I loved the premise and the idea of it. It's very cool! I just had a hard time connecting with the characters and that was why I couldn't finish it.
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June 13, 2017
Personal rating: 3.5
I'm a huge fan of books with slightly psychotic characters and weird endings. So I definitely enjoyed this one! It had my eyeballs glued to the page (like to the point where it was SUPER LATE AND MY EYES WERE BURNING but I couldn't stop reading) and I wanted answers dangit. Aaaall the answers.
Likes:
• A kind of apocalyptic city vibe, where I was 99% sure NO ONE COULD BE TRUSTED.
• John was a really SAD person and I felt for him a lot. His life just got worse and WORSE as the book went on. (as his history unraveled anyways)
• THE ENDING WAS PRETTY MUCH WOAH and there were still several elements that were totally shocking!
• The writing was really easy and comfortable to read and I gobbled the book up super fast.
• It features loads of unreliable technology that keeps you paranoid.
Dislikes
• Some of the technical aspects about computer hacking bored me to death and there were at times where paragraph after paragraphs centered around it.
• Some side characters majorly annoyed me with some of their life choices during this whole scenario..
• Possibly a little farfetched? I get it. A computer that can completely think for itself and control THE WORLD. That's right, the whole damn world but nothing else in this world seems to be that advanced.
• Oh, and another thing, there are like 8 million people who live in New York and they quite literally disappear in this book and our characters encounter maybe 40 people total.
All in all: it's definitely a good, creepy and solid apocalyptic mystery! It has a good ending and very sketchy characters (LIKE SERIOUSLY DON'T TRUST ANYONE!)
I'm a huge fan of books with slightly psychotic characters and weird endings. So I definitely enjoyed this one! It had my eyeballs glued to the page (like to the point where it was SUPER LATE AND MY EYES WERE BURNING but I couldn't stop reading) and I wanted answers dangit. Aaaall the answers.
Likes:
• A kind of apocalyptic city vibe, where I was 99% sure NO ONE COULD BE TRUSTED.
• John was a really SAD person and I felt for him a lot. His life just got worse and WORSE as the book went on. (as his history unraveled anyways)
• THE ENDING WAS PRETTY MUCH WOAH and there were still several elements that were totally shocking!
• The writing was really easy and comfortable to read and I gobbled the book up super fast.
• It features loads of unreliable technology that keeps you paranoid.
Dislikes
• Some of the technical aspects about computer hacking bored me to death and there were at times where paragraph after paragraphs centered around it.
• Some side characters majorly annoyed me with some of their life choices during this whole scenario..
• Possibly a little farfetched? I get it. A computer that can completely think for itself and control THE WORLD. That's right, the whole damn world but nothing else in this world seems to be that advanced.
• Oh, and another thing, there are like 8 million people who live in New York and they quite literally disappear in this book and our characters encounter maybe 40 people total.
All in all: it's definitely a good, creepy and solid apocalyptic mystery! It has a good ending and very sketchy characters (LIKE SERIOUSLY DON'T TRUST ANYONE!)
October 26, 2013
*Genre* Science Fiction Thriller
*Rating* 3.5
*My Thoughts*
Jonathan Hawke is a former Times journalist and master hacker whose career path has been anything but smooth because of his reputation. In what he hopes will be the biggest break of his career and with a baby on the way, Hawke ends up being invited by James Weller, the former CEO of giant technology company Eclipse who opened his own business called Conn.ect, to do an expose about his former employer and expose their deepest and darkest secrets.
Holy Maximum Overdrive Batman! What starts out as a fairly innocuous day, quickly changes when a coffee maker explodes, a copy machine attacks the repairmen, a helicopter suddenly crashes out of the sky, the Stock Market comes to a complete stop, and cars override their drivers leaving Hawke scrambling for answers all while trying to flee Manhattan and find a way home.
This, my friends, happens within the first 50 pages of the book. Hawke and a group of survivors ends up being chased all over Manhattan by a sentient computer who is bent on destroying two-thirds of humanity, and has made Hawke her number one target and enemy of the state. Enemy of the State is a good comparison since Hawke's entire life goes up in flames and he struggles to find a way home to his wife, and son who are languishing in their apartment with their own troubles. The problem is that the computer has complete control over the police, CIA, FBI, DHS and they have been told that Hawke is a terrorist.
In a way, this could also be an updated version of Escape from New York since Hawke is continually on the run from the police, and the AI who wants to kill anyone associated with him because she believes that Hawke stands in her way of complete world domination.
Day One should really be something readers go into with an open mind that this sort of thing is absolutely possible. Think about the way you live right now. Think about the number of electronics and computers we, as Americans, use on a daily basis. That IPad and Smartphone could be easily manipulated to track your every move. That car you drive has so many electronics in it, that it could drive itself.
We already know the NSA is tracking ALL of our phone calls and emails. What is to stop an intelligent computer programmer from developing a computer that could eventually override it's programming and stop the world in its tracks? One of the other ideas that should scare Americans is the threat terrorists and North Korea using EMP's to permanently knocking out our power grid and the way we live changing forever. Are you ready to live in the Dark Ages?
Day One has been compared to Terminator meets Cloverfield and I can totally understand that. I am hoping for a sequel to this book, because there are plenty of avenues to discover and perhaps a way for the human race under Hawke and others to fight back and win. Day One apparently has also been optioned for a possible future movie which I would be interested in.
http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/were-...
NetGalley Invite 07/02/2013 via St. Martin's Press - Expected publication: October 1st 2013 by Thomas Dunne Books
*Rating* 3.5
*My Thoughts*
Jonathan Hawke is a former Times journalist and master hacker whose career path has been anything but smooth because of his reputation. In what he hopes will be the biggest break of his career and with a baby on the way, Hawke ends up being invited by James Weller, the former CEO of giant technology company Eclipse who opened his own business called Conn.ect, to do an expose about his former employer and expose their deepest and darkest secrets.
Holy Maximum Overdrive Batman! What starts out as a fairly innocuous day, quickly changes when a coffee maker explodes, a copy machine attacks the repairmen, a helicopter suddenly crashes out of the sky, the Stock Market comes to a complete stop, and cars override their drivers leaving Hawke scrambling for answers all while trying to flee Manhattan and find a way home.
This, my friends, happens within the first 50 pages of the book. Hawke and a group of survivors ends up being chased all over Manhattan by a sentient computer who is bent on destroying two-thirds of humanity, and has made Hawke her number one target and enemy of the state. Enemy of the State is a good comparison since Hawke's entire life goes up in flames and he struggles to find a way home to his wife, and son who are languishing in their apartment with their own troubles. The problem is that the computer has complete control over the police, CIA, FBI, DHS and they have been told that Hawke is a terrorist.
In a way, this could also be an updated version of Escape from New York since Hawke is continually on the run from the police, and the AI who wants to kill anyone associated with him because she believes that Hawke stands in her way of complete world domination.
Day One should really be something readers go into with an open mind that this sort of thing is absolutely possible. Think about the way you live right now. Think about the number of electronics and computers we, as Americans, use on a daily basis. That IPad and Smartphone could be easily manipulated to track your every move. That car you drive has so many electronics in it, that it could drive itself.
We already know the NSA is tracking ALL of our phone calls and emails. What is to stop an intelligent computer programmer from developing a computer that could eventually override it's programming and stop the world in its tracks? One of the other ideas that should scare Americans is the threat terrorists and North Korea using EMP's to permanently knocking out our power grid and the way we live changing forever. Are you ready to live in the Dark Ages?
Day One has been compared to Terminator meets Cloverfield and I can totally understand that. I am hoping for a sequel to this book, because there are plenty of avenues to discover and perhaps a way for the human race under Hawke and others to fight back and win. Day One apparently has also been optioned for a possible future movie which I would be interested in.
http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/were-...
NetGalley Invite 07/02/2013 via St. Martin's Press - Expected publication: October 1st 2013 by Thomas Dunne Books
December 4, 2013
Other reviews at The Book Babe's Reads. Due to copy and paste, formatting has been lost.
I really thought that I would like Day One. I'm a member of the tin foil hat group, so the idea wasn't really that implausible to me, and I thought that it would a great addition to the dystopian genre. I was a tad bit wrong there - unfortunately, I just didn't love this one. It was okay, it just wasn't what I was looking for.
Let's start with our main character, Hawke. I just couldn't connect with him. He was too nervous, too jumpy. I also probably had a hard time connecting with him because he's a guy. Let's just throw that out there. He just wasn't the take-charge, bad-ass guy that I would want around in this situation.
The secondary characters all fell really flat for me as well - they were just names on a page. There was a time when I couldn't even differentiate between them, but as the book wore on... they started to disappear, so it became a lot easier. They weren't any better, but there wasn't near as many.
But I have got to move on from the characters, I'm just depressing myself by talking about them. Let's move on to the storyline - an invisible enemy that can take anyone down with a computer chip. If it has an internet connection, it's on to you. It knows exactly where you're at, and what it needs to do to take you down. Probable.
But let's add this tiny SPOILER-
it's just a computer. A computer that is thinking and making decisions for itself - that's the improbable part. I believe that machines are tracking you, and that people can track you using them... but machines just can't think on their own. There is no algorithm that they can be taught that will make them think on their own. There's always somebody behind the desk.-
SPOILER END.
That spoiler makes it all improbable. This is where my freaked-outed-ness went downhill. Because at that point, the story just lost all of it's meaning for me. Before the reveal, I obviously assumed that it was a covert government operation or something, when it wasn't.
Another pet peeve of mine [in this book] was the overload of details. I generally like details, but there came a point when it just became too much. The flashbacks were interesting, and they added some depth to Hawke, but I feel like that was their only purpose. I never learned any information that helped with the storyline from these, so I'm assuming that it was only to add depth.
Now I ask... what is the point? Day One ends with a fairly open ending, and I'm honestly not even sure how we got there. All in all, this one just wasn't for me.
I really thought that I would like Day One. I'm a member of the tin foil hat group, so the idea wasn't really that implausible to me, and I thought that it would a great addition to the dystopian genre. I was a tad bit wrong there - unfortunately, I just didn't love this one. It was okay, it just wasn't what I was looking for.
Let's start with our main character, Hawke. I just couldn't connect with him. He was too nervous, too jumpy. I also probably had a hard time connecting with him because he's a guy. Let's just throw that out there. He just wasn't the take-charge, bad-ass guy that I would want around in this situation.
The secondary characters all fell really flat for me as well - they were just names on a page. There was a time when I couldn't even differentiate between them, but as the book wore on... they started to disappear, so it became a lot easier. They weren't any better, but there wasn't near as many.
But I have got to move on from the characters, I'm just depressing myself by talking about them. Let's move on to the storyline - an invisible enemy that can take anyone down with a computer chip. If it has an internet connection, it's on to you. It knows exactly where you're at, and what it needs to do to take you down. Probable.
But let's add this tiny SPOILER-
it's just a computer. A computer that is thinking and making decisions for itself - that's the improbable part. I believe that machines are tracking you, and that people can track you using them... but machines just can't think on their own. There is no algorithm that they can be taught that will make them think on their own. There's always somebody behind the desk.-
SPOILER END.
That spoiler makes it all improbable. This is where my freaked-outed-ness went downhill. Because at that point, the story just lost all of it's meaning for me. Before the reveal, I obviously assumed that it was a covert government operation or something, when it wasn't.
Another pet peeve of mine [in this book] was the overload of details. I generally like details, but there came a point when it just became too much. The flashbacks were interesting, and they added some depth to Hawke, but I feel like that was their only purpose. I never learned any information that helped with the storyline from these, so I'm assuming that it was only to add depth.
Now I ask... what is the point? Day One ends with a fairly open ending, and I'm honestly not even sure how we got there. All in all, this one just wasn't for me.
September 15, 2013
I don't have too much in the way of negatives to say about this book. Okay, right? So we have seen the machines revolt against their creators thing before. Not like this. I promise you it is different and was approached from a fresh angle this time. There are multiple things happening in the beginning of this story that all tie in together. Many stories come from recent/current events, this is a very timely story.
Enter strong main character with the attitude to lead a novel like this. One of the things that impressed me the most with this book was the way the main character problem solved. He was sort of Cool Head Luke and Macgyver all rolled into one. I love it when a lead character is not predictable, it adds and element of surprise to the story and keeps me interested. The level of organised chaos the author created was impressive.
If you are the kind of reader that enjoys a lot of action in your books, then this will surely impress you. There is always something going on in this novel. It never has a chance to lose pace or slow down. I liked that I never had time to lose interest or get bored with the writing.
The one thing I will mention, is that this book has quite a bit of computer related jargon. Techies--you will be in heaven. The rest of us--you might need to look a few things up. This didn't bother me--in fact, I feel smarter, but if you aren't familiar with the terminology, you might stumble a little.
The root of this story is that of a man wanting to take care of those he loves and fight for survival in a world gone mad. Every detail of this book is built off of that solid foundation and it worked beautifully. I never got the sense that the actions of the main character were contrived or pointless.
Overall? This one is a winner that you would be remiss not to pick up for yourself. Even though this book is outside my usual genre preferences, I liked it very much and would encourage others to give it a go.
This review is based off of a digital ARC provided by Netgalley and the publisher.
Enter strong main character with the attitude to lead a novel like this. One of the things that impressed me the most with this book was the way the main character problem solved. He was sort of Cool Head Luke and Macgyver all rolled into one. I love it when a lead character is not predictable, it adds and element of surprise to the story and keeps me interested. The level of organised chaos the author created was impressive.
If you are the kind of reader that enjoys a lot of action in your books, then this will surely impress you. There is always something going on in this novel. It never has a chance to lose pace or slow down. I liked that I never had time to lose interest or get bored with the writing.
The one thing I will mention, is that this book has quite a bit of computer related jargon. Techies--you will be in heaven. The rest of us--you might need to look a few things up. This didn't bother me--in fact, I feel smarter, but if you aren't familiar with the terminology, you might stumble a little.
The root of this story is that of a man wanting to take care of those he loves and fight for survival in a world gone mad. Every detail of this book is built off of that solid foundation and it worked beautifully. I never got the sense that the actions of the main character were contrived or pointless.
Overall? This one is a winner that you would be remiss not to pick up for yourself. Even though this book is outside my usual genre preferences, I liked it very much and would encourage others to give it a go.
This review is based off of a digital ARC provided by Netgalley and the publisher.
July 2, 2013
This book starts firmly rooted in current events. From "Anonymous" to "Occupy Wall Street" to the fact that the NSA is probably reading this as I type it. The author has carefully weaved that knowledge of current events and hacker culture into his narrative. And from there, it quickly spirals into an entertaining end-of-the-world scenario. Not zombies. Not vampires and werewolves. Technology. Technology that has become our undoing.
The author doesn't exactly break new ground with his story. It held a certain resonance with story elements from the Terminator movies (minus the chrome-plated military killing machines), "The Net", "The Matrix", and even "The Walking Dead" (in the sense of societal collapse). With that being said, his story is fresh. It's current. While some of the technology seemed a little far-fetched, it didn't strike me as being impossible in this day and age.
If you like summer blockbuster movies, you're going to like this book. If you like doomsday, scenarios, you're going to like this book. If you like being entertained, you're going to like this book. And--important to me--if you like reading a book that has a solid ending, yet still leaves enough room to expand into further novels, you're going to like this book.
It's a little slow to get started, but from there it picks up and keeps a brisk pace.
I think I can break down every book I've ever read into two classifications: Books I have trouble putting down, and books I have trouble keeping an interest in. This was definitely a book I had trouble putting down.
The author doesn't exactly break new ground with his story. It held a certain resonance with story elements from the Terminator movies (minus the chrome-plated military killing machines), "The Net", "The Matrix", and even "The Walking Dead" (in the sense of societal collapse). With that being said, his story is fresh. It's current. While some of the technology seemed a little far-fetched, it didn't strike me as being impossible in this day and age.
If you like summer blockbuster movies, you're going to like this book. If you like doomsday, scenarios, you're going to like this book. If you like being entertained, you're going to like this book. And--important to me--if you like reading a book that has a solid ending, yet still leaves enough room to expand into further novels, you're going to like this book.
It's a little slow to get started, but from there it picks up and keeps a brisk pace.
I think I can break down every book I've ever read into two classifications: Books I have trouble putting down, and books I have trouble keeping an interest in. This was definitely a book I had trouble putting down.
November 14, 2013
The technological revolution is over and technology has won. Our lives are dependent upon the artificial things on our desks, in our pockets, and hidden in almost every little thing we use to get through the day. Nate Kenyon looks an hour into the future and shows us how fragile that reliance makes us. Don't mistake this as a retread of The Terminator or The Matrix, though. While DAY ONE's hero, Hawke, is a specialist, he's not the one we're used to seeing, proficient in combat, tactics, and meeting force with force. Instead, Kenyon subverts the familiar man-on-his-own scenario and makes Hawke a Cassandra-like character. He's an everyman with a better view of the apocalypse than anyone else, but that unique and clear perspective is an instant liability as soon the lights go out. His specialization is worse than useless, it's a target on his back and an obstacle between him and his only goal: reuniting with his wife and kids. While great action and a driving plot propel the novel and its hero forward, the contrast between our physical frailty and the stalwart determination of an ordinary human being is its beating heart. Original and compelling!
October 9, 2013
At first, I thought this was going to be similar to Maximum Overdrive, when the coffee maker and printer went crazy. I thought oh no this has already been done, but I kept reading and was pulled in immediately. Believe me when I say this story is different and puts a fresh new swing on these types of events.
I especially like the way we learn about all this awful problems that the main character, Hawke, has to deal with concerning his neighbor across the hall. You can see that this is something that Hawke clearly wants to fix, but does not have the time. Then the story jumps right into action and on to the chaos in New York City when an algorithm has taken all technology hostage and decides to kill off most of the population. There is no stop to the action sequences there is always something going on in this book and it is definitely a page-turner.
I do not want to give too much away because it is definitely a great read and I do not want to ruin it for anyone. Buy it, read it, I promise you will not regret it!!!
I especially like the way we learn about all this awful problems that the main character, Hawke, has to deal with concerning his neighbor across the hall. You can see that this is something that Hawke clearly wants to fix, but does not have the time. Then the story jumps right into action and on to the chaos in New York City when an algorithm has taken all technology hostage and decides to kill off most of the population. There is no stop to the action sequences there is always something going on in this book and it is definitely a page-turner.
I do not want to give too much away because it is definitely a great read and I do not want to ruin it for anyone. Buy it, read it, I promise you will not regret it!!!
November 2, 2013
John Hawke is a hacker turns journalist on the trail of the story that can save his career. But what occurs, turns into a nightmare. While waiting to talk to the subject of his story, explosions and chaos rock the city of New York turning it into a war zone with John Hawke and a few others the number one suspect and in the crosshairs of law enforcement. Ho Hum, while this story had great potential and started out decent enough, it did not give me that thrill that comes from reading an exceptional story. Extensive detail was written about AI (artificial intelligence being created and evolving to take control of the earth and while this could have been a great book, sadly it was not. While there were spots of creativity, the rest was a bit boring for this reader.
September 16, 2013
This is a very credible nightmare firmly rooted in current events. Microprocessors and networking capabilities are embedded in all sorts of "intelligent" devices, making it possible to monitor and control from afar. What if someone or something could control everything from consumer products to government equipment?
February 16, 2014
B- almost a B pretty decent book leaves u feeling like a Second one is coming out but not as well written as it could have been
October 21, 2013
Significant potential. Significant disappointment. The story just never sunk its teeth into me.
January 9, 2017
It was one long journey, sea with some mysteries, sea of some stuff which are known and unknown. But always something makes one book incrediable!
Time goes slow, everything starts from 6: - something (P.M.). The book is full of new vocabulary. The most interesting is that in the book there is "Hacker Journalist" (Note: As for me sounds interesting like two proffessions or like talants. It's not really said in more details about this person "Hacker Journalist" - so it will be needed one little edit or other type of volume with edits!)... The beginning is pretty interesting loads of events, but Chapter 5 I think it needs more work or better more work on the book because there are some moments which puts you in the boring life as for me I hate to be bored, I like to be put on the top level of stress or top which will mean to be hold in stress like in the film "Sinister 1".
As for me I was on the top level of stress, and really the film scare the shit out me, about works which I loved reading or watching... Saw 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7, however and "Cube 1,2 and 3, Friday the 13th 2009, to don’t forget The Seasoning (the Image is really terrible in one moment in other it goes slow, fast one moment you want to kill somebody okay… I have the guts to do this work and I have a lot of anger… but one moment it just few images stop me of doing this terrible thing!...), The Crazies is another example of well made film, it’s really very interesting (I din’t understand how did everything started, just one guy was shooted the guy shooted him was terrified and… one moment one terrible virus come along) I really don’t know what to say about these two films “American Horror Story” and “Devoured” very interesting films. About “Devoured” one moment I just thought that the girl or the woman was the lucky victim which somehow, somebody wanted to kill her, but one moment so many reverses so many stuff happen that as far as for me I couldn’t predict that, even you won’t guess what can happen. “American Horror Story” is a series which need little more work, but there are some reverses and pretty interesting parts. “Most Likely to Die” is another pretty interesting movie which should also be check out I really liked it. It’s made 2015 and it also have reverses. If people made such type of books, I give a bet in about $500 dollars that a lot of people will want to buy their books. Even with a good cover and good story people will buy them…(I can say about few of the works this... that's called revenge, that's called to be in a place where there possibility to be on the deeper or on the top of to be scared, in some books such stuff are missed unfortunately!)...
Stephen King have this ability most times, in the film cujo one moment not in stress in other in, but in the book Doctor Sleep I was on the top level, very high just by listening I was afraid it was like a film, probably if I was planning to watch the film I won't even sleep or I won't sleep well, I was teached to be on stress is horrible, but this capacity makes the films
wonderful…
Thriller, horror, mysteries, philosophy, psychology, science fiction, science, sci-fi and many other type of books and films… shouldn’t end now their journey they should continue doing their work to make afraid people to blow their mind. There is a lot of stuff which can used for many horror and non horror books ot make the interesting. Every type could be interesting if there is a part for which makes the reader to be interested in. I like facts, I like science so books with such type of stuff make me to don’t stop reading them!
I won’t lie, Horror showes me lessons, however so far the most boring stuff which I have saw can be changed. This book can’t die, there is some kind a fire it should be kept well and to be put some extra stuff so nobody to need to go and to put stuff to keep the fire on. Now is possible this to be done. I'm huge fan of horror, thriller and mysteries. The cover ( of this book "Day One" ) looks like a mystery or horror, but after all the book goes like the film "The Gift"
2015 I believed that it would be interesting believed that something will happen like in the Chucky films..., but in the end and in the start and all it's boring… but after all it was boring and boring I just lost my time! (P.S.) (I want apologize that now I continue I was interrupt for a long time I was waiting the Lawyer with my mother in the room so he came... then I wasn't in a such mindset to write I just revoked such thoughts, suggestings and ideas...) I want to highlight that the book is better than EndGame by James Elliot, here there are more knowledges and little more work need to be fixed! (The Compare is Between EndGame and Day One… Day one needs little more work and it can be made as the best book)!
Chapter 6
- Is more interesting a lot of the information can be confirmed, I have studied, this year the stuff... It goes very interesting plane crashes, hacking...!
As for now in chapter 6 and after 6 it's going very interesting. Well made images, a lot of variety of new words which are used to describe, this is a treasure!
12 Chapter
It is happening what always happens F.B.I. and C.I.A. groups happen and other such type of places you lie, you don't tell the truth to anyone out of the group. What has happen stays there, it's hided.
The book to become more interesting it needs more characters.
The book reminds me for Mind Hunters one films is pretty interesting one, the book can take some features of the film!
Chapter 19 Goes like slaughter house, thats crazy now the story goes like Stephen King once... So Congratulations!
I won't doubt hackers are the future, here is shown (In the book Day One) how chaos is the future with this hackers and how is going the future. However the book needs more work because Anonymous isn't a group, it can't be join... as far as I know. This needs more work put a new group or change this. As Far I can tell we must stay in grim style few % and the ending very suprising somewhere starting from the 22 it goes more and more interesting. The world which is shown is one world without communication, without many people everything is like there isn’t even found electricity… okay not so far. But something like that, it’s pretty interesting “What If I was there, what would I do??”... If this group hackers a going up to this level and the world is going up to this level… wow, wow it’s really chaos even cruelty.
Time goes slow, everything starts from 6: - something (P.M.). The book is full of new vocabulary. The most interesting is that in the book there is "Hacker Journalist" (Note: As for me sounds interesting like two proffessions or like talants. It's not really said in more details about this person "Hacker Journalist" - so it will be needed one little edit or other type of volume with edits!)... The beginning is pretty interesting loads of events, but Chapter 5 I think it needs more work or better more work on the book because there are some moments which puts you in the boring life as for me I hate to be bored, I like to be put on the top level of stress or top which will mean to be hold in stress like in the film "Sinister 1".
As for me I was on the top level of stress, and really the film scare the shit out me, about works which I loved reading or watching... Saw 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7, however and "Cube 1,2 and 3, Friday the 13th 2009, to don’t forget The Seasoning (the Image is really terrible in one moment in other it goes slow, fast one moment you want to kill somebody okay… I have the guts to do this work and I have a lot of anger… but one moment it just few images stop me of doing this terrible thing!...), The Crazies is another example of well made film, it’s really very interesting (I din’t understand how did everything started, just one guy was shooted the guy shooted him was terrified and… one moment one terrible virus come along) I really don’t know what to say about these two films “American Horror Story” and “Devoured” very interesting films. About “Devoured” one moment I just thought that the girl or the woman was the lucky victim which somehow, somebody wanted to kill her, but one moment so many reverses so many stuff happen that as far as for me I couldn’t predict that, even you won’t guess what can happen. “American Horror Story” is a series which need little more work, but there are some reverses and pretty interesting parts. “Most Likely to Die” is another pretty interesting movie which should also be check out I really liked it. It’s made 2015 and it also have reverses. If people made such type of books, I give a bet in about $500 dollars that a lot of people will want to buy their books. Even with a good cover and good story people will buy them…(I can say about few of the works this... that's called revenge, that's called to be in a place where there possibility to be on the deeper or on the top of to be scared, in some books such stuff are missed unfortunately!)...
Stephen King have this ability most times, in the film cujo one moment not in stress in other in, but in the book Doctor Sleep I was on the top level, very high just by listening I was afraid it was like a film, probably if I was planning to watch the film I won't even sleep or I won't sleep well, I was teached to be on stress is horrible, but this capacity makes the films
wonderful…
Thriller, horror, mysteries, philosophy, psychology, science fiction, science, sci-fi and many other type of books and films… shouldn’t end now their journey they should continue doing their work to make afraid people to blow their mind. There is a lot of stuff which can used for many horror and non horror books ot make the interesting. Every type could be interesting if there is a part for which makes the reader to be interested in. I like facts, I like science so books with such type of stuff make me to don’t stop reading them!
I won’t lie, Horror showes me lessons, however so far the most boring stuff which I have saw can be changed. This book can’t die, there is some kind a fire it should be kept well and to be put some extra stuff so nobody to need to go and to put stuff to keep the fire on. Now is possible this to be done. I'm huge fan of horror, thriller and mysteries. The cover ( of this book "Day One" ) looks like a mystery or horror, but after all the book goes like the film "The Gift"
2015 I believed that it would be interesting believed that something will happen like in the Chucky films..., but in the end and in the start and all it's boring… but after all it was boring and boring I just lost my time! (P.S.) (I want apologize that now I continue I was interrupt for a long time I was waiting the Lawyer with my mother in the room so he came... then I wasn't in a such mindset to write I just revoked such thoughts, suggestings and ideas...) I want to highlight that the book is better than EndGame by James Elliot, here there are more knowledges and little more work need to be fixed! (The Compare is Between EndGame and Day One… Day one needs little more work and it can be made as the best book)!
Chapter 6
- Is more interesting a lot of the information can be confirmed, I have studied, this year the stuff... It goes very interesting plane crashes, hacking...!
As for now in chapter 6 and after 6 it's going very interesting. Well made images, a lot of variety of new words which are used to describe, this is a treasure!
12 Chapter
It is happening what always happens F.B.I. and C.I.A. groups happen and other such type of places you lie, you don't tell the truth to anyone out of the group. What has happen stays there, it's hided.
The book to become more interesting it needs more characters.
The book reminds me for Mind Hunters one films is pretty interesting one, the book can take some features of the film!
Chapter 19 Goes like slaughter house, thats crazy now the story goes like Stephen King once... So Congratulations!
I won't doubt hackers are the future, here is shown (In the book Day One) how chaos is the future with this hackers and how is going the future. However the book needs more work because Anonymous isn't a group, it can't be join... as far as I know. This needs more work put a new group or change this. As Far I can tell we must stay in grim style few % and the ending very suprising somewhere starting from the 22 it goes more and more interesting. The world which is shown is one world without communication, without many people everything is like there isn’t even found electricity… okay not so far. But something like that, it’s pretty interesting “What If I was there, what would I do??”... If this group hackers a going up to this level and the world is going up to this level… wow, wow it’s really chaos even cruelty.
June 22, 2019
A serviceable thriller. Not quite up to the hype, but engaging enough - if you can overlook the slow start, and the endless infodumps attempting to explain and justify the premise. There's promise here - as the author has a deft hand, and I do like the writing style. For what is clearly near-term speculative fiction, it requires quite a bit of willing suspension of disbelief, because the story adheres too close to the now rather dated trope it employs. In their time, things like Colussus: The Forbin Project, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Terminator, Battlestar Galactica, The Matrix, and others could explore this territory as truly speculative. Today, we know just how difficult achieving true AI is, and that makes swallowing the story line just that much harder. It also feels like the AI in this story is operating on more than just simple logic - it gets awfully personal. Person of Interest just barely got away with that because it was entertaining. By the time I've gotten to Day One, the willing suspension of disbelief is being overtaxed. It was fun the first time, but now my brain knows that's not how an AI, if we ever even get to that level of capability, is likely to act. Try again, Nat eKenyon. Please, do try again.
October 24, 2021
I did not care too much for the protagonist at first, but then after events started rolling I enjoyed it more.
An overall enjoyable read, but nothing fancy in terms of plot, character development, or writing.
Basically the group (who I didn’t really grow attached to) runs around New York, with Hawke sharing constant reminders that he needs to get back to his wife and son before the creepy neighbors gets to them…
Yet, since I didn’t care too much for the characters, I wasn’t deeply moved when they died nor did I really care if Hawke got to his family or not.
So basically, the general plot being a genre I enjoy saved this book and gave it three stars.
An overall enjoyable read, but nothing fancy in terms of plot, character development, or writing.
Basically the group (who I didn’t really grow attached to) runs around New York, with Hawke sharing constant reminders that he needs to get back to his wife and son before the creepy neighbors gets to them…
Yet, since I didn’t care too much for the characters, I wasn’t deeply moved when they died nor did I really care if Hawke got to his family or not.
So basically, the general plot being a genre I enjoy saved this book and gave it three stars.
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June 6, 2022
This was one of the first books I read while taking a break from the internet at the height of the pandemic during 2020.
It was a nice escape then. Of course, I forgot the title and spent two years looking for it.
Found it a few months ago and here we are. I enjoyed it much more on the second read. Not sure if it was the book itself or the delight of finding it after all that time.
Glad I found it.
It was a nice escape then. Of course, I forgot the title and spent two years looking for it.
Found it a few months ago and here we are. I enjoyed it much more on the second read. Not sure if it was the book itself or the delight of finding it after all that time.
Glad I found it.
May 5, 2017
I think there was a foundation for a much better story here, but the author didn't pull it off. Nevertheless, it was a decent story, though there were no surprises and the secondary characters weren't very interesting. There were a few threads in the story that felt unfinished. Despite the flaws, it was still a good enough story.
June 10, 2022
This book wasn't bad, the plot was nice, but the author could've delivered it better. This book was about A.I. rebelling and evolving and attempting to take over New York and New Jersey, the main character is at work when the attack started and is trying to get back to his wife and son.
December 10, 2017
Tropey but with the right amount of cheese for an end of the world book.
September 5, 2017
A quick read, the set piece style that takes you through the first hours of "Day One" is a page-turning delight but soon after the story becomes all too predictable.
May 18, 2018
A fast, quick read. A terrifying look at the possible future of man and technology.
October 11, 2020
Slightly more plausible Maximum Overdrive.
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