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A Hatchett Report Investigation . . . It’s 2036, an age of global water conflict and controlled media. A blacklisted journalist finds herself at a perilous crossroads between her explosive past and the future of humanity. Truby Goodman is relocated to Americas Sector N3-24F, the defunct Old Faithful Inn in Wyoming, isolated with four companions she knows little about. Once one of Interpol’s most wanted, she is now bound by a plea agreement with the government. Goodman is haunted by the memories of a child she loves that is one of three Alpha Generation geniuses chosen to design a solution to end the international water crisis. The Global Security Council’s WREN project soon becomes plagued by off-gridders who oppose it and a rogue darknet underground news outlet. When WREN is compromised during an opening ceremony live broadcast, the world is suddenly plunged into a global state of emergency. Questioning the authenticity of media reports, Goodman risks revealing her true identity as she races to expose the greatest coup ever attempted. Confronting the impossible in search of redemption, one journalist will dare to rewrite human history—centuries in the making. In this futuristic dystopian debut novel, Horner writes with unapologetic clarity as she dares you to explore the fluidity of identity, truth, and the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
269 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 6, 2017
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October 22, 2018
This book has some very mixed ratings and since I also write futuristic novels that have relevance to the present, I so wanted to be able to give this a good rating. Unfortunately, I cannot. First, the good. Horner writes well; her sentences flow easily and she has good imagery. Further, the subject matter, environmental degradation and water shortage, and what government and business do about this is good material.
My problem with the book: as Aristotle might have commented, the whole should be more than the sum of the parts. What this means is the book will comprise a lot of scenes, but the "more" comes from the plot that links these scenes together into a unified whole. This book certainly has a lot of scenes that flip in time and space. That in itself is OK, except many of them are rather brief scenes that do not seem to go anywhere in particular, or have a good reason. One example. Early on, we have a cowboy chasing a mustang but cannot catch him. He then gets off his horse, undresses apart from socks and a hat, gets back on the horse and resumes chasing. Why the mustang has not easily escaped while this is going on is not explained, nor is why the cowboy engages in this odd behaviour, but worst of all, this seems to have no discernible part whatsoever in the rest of the story. Interspersed through the scenes we get some environmental polemics. The style is "show" with essentially no tell, but it is seldom clear what exactly is shown and what is its relevance to anything else. Perhaps some of it was relevant later, but when later comes, I found the material was not sufficiently memorable and I had forgotten it.
The net result of this rather bizarre writing style is the author has achieved something I thought impossible: for the first eighty per cent at least, the whole is less than the sum of the parts. At the very end, a quite bizarre story is put together, although to say what that is would be to spoil. Again, apart from the business aspect, I have no idea what some of the actors of this hoped to achieve by some of the actions. Deep down there is a good story here that to some extent saves it, but there are rather silly and unnecessary complications coupled with a whole lot of material that I, at least, could not see the relevance, so I find it difficult to recommend it.
My problem with the book: as Aristotle might have commented, the whole should be more than the sum of the parts. What this means is the book will comprise a lot of scenes, but the "more" comes from the plot that links these scenes together into a unified whole. This book certainly has a lot of scenes that flip in time and space. That in itself is OK, except many of them are rather brief scenes that do not seem to go anywhere in particular, or have a good reason. One example. Early on, we have a cowboy chasing a mustang but cannot catch him. He then gets off his horse, undresses apart from socks and a hat, gets back on the horse and resumes chasing. Why the mustang has not easily escaped while this is going on is not explained, nor is why the cowboy engages in this odd behaviour, but worst of all, this seems to have no discernible part whatsoever in the rest of the story. Interspersed through the scenes we get some environmental polemics. The style is "show" with essentially no tell, but it is seldom clear what exactly is shown and what is its relevance to anything else. Perhaps some of it was relevant later, but when later comes, I found the material was not sufficiently memorable and I had forgotten it.
The net result of this rather bizarre writing style is the author has achieved something I thought impossible: for the first eighty per cent at least, the whole is less than the sum of the parts. At the very end, a quite bizarre story is put together, although to say what that is would be to spoil. Again, apart from the business aspect, I have no idea what some of the actors of this hoped to achieve by some of the actions. Deep down there is a good story here that to some extent saves it, but there are rather silly and unnecessary complications coupled with a whole lot of material that I, at least, could not see the relevance, so I find it difficult to recommend it.
October 19, 2018
The story line was confusing and hard to follow. The flashbacks didn’t help, making a disjointed plot even more confusing. The characters were more caricature than compelling. I realize that they were metaphors for contemporary concepts, but that made them unbelievable and often uninteresting. As I continued to read, I felt more that I was being indoctrinated to a political philosophy rather than being told a story.
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Truby Goodman is a mysterious woman with a hidden past. She has been squirreled away at the Old Faithful Inn in Yellow Stone Park. In the year 2036, man made climate disruption has rendered the geyser dormant and the park is now closed to the public. While there, news comes of a global disaster in the destruction of a rebuilt Las Vegas and the Water purification facility that supplies most of the world’s potable water. The dormant journalist in Truby is convinced there is more to the story. She must escape her gilded prison to find the truth. Along the way we discover that nobody, including Truby, is truly who they seem to be.
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Truby Goodman is a mysterious woman with a hidden past. She has been squirreled away at the Old Faithful Inn in Yellow Stone Park. In the year 2036, man made climate disruption has rendered the geyser dormant and the park is now closed to the public. While there, news comes of a global disaster in the destruction of a rebuilt Las Vegas and the Water purification facility that supplies most of the world’s potable water. The dormant journalist in Truby is convinced there is more to the story. She must escape her gilded prison to find the truth. Along the way we discover that nobody, including Truby, is truly who they seem to be.
October 21, 2017
What’s worse than death by bleeding from a thousand cuts?
A plot scattered obscured by shadows of huge spreading tree limbs, their foliage obscuring the light while reaching for it; completely forgetting the purpose of a story is to spotlight a plot in a manner that allows the reader to see and follow it.
The author of Attribution has a vivid imagination. Clearly she sees a plot…she identifies one at the end of the book. However, a reader trying to put the pieces together to arrive at that plot may as well be piecing together confetti after a ticker-tape parade to produce a high resolution photograph.
From the blurb, I expected an action conspiracy story. This is a conspiracy story, but the nature of the conspiracy is not apparent until the very end. In the beginning we are treated to a rough landing in an air car and a bit of a promise of more action to come. The information “You fell eight feet” followed by the command “Get up!” implies further action. However, the implication of action is doomed by a main character who spends most of the book locked up ruminating about a past in which the reader is not invited to participate, and the motives of a phantom boss who is never present. Considered in light of the rest of the book, I felt Chapter 1 to be irrelevant. Much later, we realize that the two hard thumps at the end of Chapter 1 are Pete’s walking stick striking the ground. So what? Is he a relict park ranger, a prison warden or a fellow prisoner? I was never sure. Is he a shaman or other supernatural being, or just a strange man. Who knows?
Who is Truby? The reader has no idea until the end. Truby remembers a past told in flashbacks that seemingly has no relationship to her. Very late in the book a secret is revealed providing more information about Truby. For most of the book readers must wonder how Truby fits into the plot. When the information was at long last revealed my reaction was a shrug and a “so what?”.
Truby is a prisoner, yet no reason is offered for Truby’s imprisonment; it just is. Yet, Truby is alleged to have useful “assignments” from Lt. General Young the nature of which is never made apparent, yet she is never allowed to leave to pursue these “assignments”.
Her co-workers are enigmas; while turning out to be more than they appear, they could have provided so much more to the story. What they do provide removes them from the ranks of hero/adventurers and we finally understand how Zedd, at least, did what he did. The other two, despite their roles, seem to be along for the ride.
I kept expecting Pete, the Ranger to be more than he turned out to be; Truby’s supporter. It appears his purpose in the book was to produce Rose, a seven year-old genius…and, oh yes, to keep steering readers back to the idea of environmental changes by way of Old Faithful.
This story would have benefitted from logical storytelling where the reader is allowed to experience the plot in a logical progressive manner rather than a shotgun blast of seemingly unrelated information. The story idea is good although very ambitious and far-reaching, but the characters and their actions, and their presentations need a much tighter storyline. The character development is less than adequate. I felt the reader needs to know more about the characters and their backgrounds when they are introduced rather than wait for clues as the story progresses. In addition, in my opinion, this book would benefit from better editing.
From all of this, one might think I hated it. Not true. I actually enjoyed parts of it and curiosity drove me to finish it. After all, the end of a story about a conspiracy on such a grand scale should be whopper, right? Since I’m not telling, I guess you’ll have to read it to see.
Readers who like dystopian ‘what ifs’ and tales of massive worldwide conspiracies should enjoy it.
A plot scattered obscured by shadows of huge spreading tree limbs, their foliage obscuring the light while reaching for it; completely forgetting the purpose of a story is to spotlight a plot in a manner that allows the reader to see and follow it.
The author of Attribution has a vivid imagination. Clearly she sees a plot…she identifies one at the end of the book. However, a reader trying to put the pieces together to arrive at that plot may as well be piecing together confetti after a ticker-tape parade to produce a high resolution photograph.
From the blurb, I expected an action conspiracy story. This is a conspiracy story, but the nature of the conspiracy is not apparent until the very end. In the beginning we are treated to a rough landing in an air car and a bit of a promise of more action to come. The information “You fell eight feet” followed by the command “Get up!” implies further action. However, the implication of action is doomed by a main character who spends most of the book locked up ruminating about a past in which the reader is not invited to participate, and the motives of a phantom boss who is never present. Considered in light of the rest of the book, I felt Chapter 1 to be irrelevant. Much later, we realize that the two hard thumps at the end of Chapter 1 are Pete’s walking stick striking the ground. So what? Is he a relict park ranger, a prison warden or a fellow prisoner? I was never sure. Is he a shaman or other supernatural being, or just a strange man. Who knows?
Who is Truby? The reader has no idea until the end. Truby remembers a past told in flashbacks that seemingly has no relationship to her. Very late in the book a secret is revealed providing more information about Truby. For most of the book readers must wonder how Truby fits into the plot. When the information was at long last revealed my reaction was a shrug and a “so what?”.
Truby is a prisoner, yet no reason is offered for Truby’s imprisonment; it just is. Yet, Truby is alleged to have useful “assignments” from Lt. General Young the nature of which is never made apparent, yet she is never allowed to leave to pursue these “assignments”.
Her co-workers are enigmas; while turning out to be more than they appear, they could have provided so much more to the story. What they do provide removes them from the ranks of hero/adventurers and we finally understand how Zedd, at least, did what he did. The other two, despite their roles, seem to be along for the ride.
I kept expecting Pete, the Ranger to be more than he turned out to be; Truby’s supporter. It appears his purpose in the book was to produce Rose, a seven year-old genius…and, oh yes, to keep steering readers back to the idea of environmental changes by way of Old Faithful.
This story would have benefitted from logical storytelling where the reader is allowed to experience the plot in a logical progressive manner rather than a shotgun blast of seemingly unrelated information. The story idea is good although very ambitious and far-reaching, but the characters and their actions, and their presentations need a much tighter storyline. The character development is less than adequate. I felt the reader needs to know more about the characters and their backgrounds when they are introduced rather than wait for clues as the story progresses. In addition, in my opinion, this book would benefit from better editing.
From all of this, one might think I hated it. Not true. I actually enjoyed parts of it and curiosity drove me to finish it. After all, the end of a story about a conspiracy on such a grand scale should be whopper, right? Since I’m not telling, I guess you’ll have to read it to see.
Readers who like dystopian ‘what ifs’ and tales of massive worldwide conspiracies should enjoy it.
November 29, 2017
Goodreads Synopsis:
Astonishing futuristic imagery of the human race and a planet just beginning to right itself.
A terrifying vision of what can go wrong in a world without transparency.
A next-generation thriller . . .
It’s 2036, an age of global water conflict and controlled media. A blacklisted journalist finds herself at a perilous crossroads between her explosive past and the future of humanity. Truby Goodman is relocated to Americas Sector N3-24F, the defunct Old Faithful Inn in Wyoming, isolated with four companions she knows little about. Once one of Interpol’s most wanted, she is now bound by a plea agreement with the government.
Goodman is haunted by the memories of a child she loves that is one of three Alpha Generation geniuses chosen to design a solution to end the international water crisis. The Global Security Council’s WREN project soon becomes plagued by off-gridders who oppose it and a rogue darknet underground news outlet. When WREN is compromised during an opening ceremony live broadcast, the world is suddenly plunged into a global state of emergency.
Questioning the authenticity of media reports, Goodman risks revealing her true identity as she races to expose the greatest coup ever attempted. Confronting the impossible in search of redemption, one journalist will dare to rewrite human history—centuries in the making.
Horner writes with unapologetic clarity as she dares you to explore the fluidity of identity, truth, and the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
My Review:
I received a copy of this from a Librarything Giveaway.
When I first saw this, I thought the cover was nice and the description sounded exciting and just like something I'd like to read. I had high hopes for this book. It begins with a girl jumping out of a flying car, and a man climbing naked onto the back of a wild stallion. I'm going to be honest, for most of this book I had no idea what was going on. The story seemed interesting and like it had somewhere to go, but I couldn't really imagine the world or any of the characters because they weren't really established. It jumps right into the story without explaining anything, and then it bounces around to different times and characters seemingly at random. It was hard to follow and hard to read. It made me frustrated more than anything.
I didn't feel like any of the characters, although they learned things about themselves, didn't actually develop through the story that I couldn't follow. The writing itself is hard to read and that makes it hard to get into the story. I kept having to read some, and then go back and read it again, and again before I could actually understand what was happening, and even that was just making me frustrated. I had high hopes for this book but in my opinion it fell flat.
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Astonishing futuristic imagery of the human race and a planet just beginning to right itself.
A terrifying vision of what can go wrong in a world without transparency.
A next-generation thriller . . .
It’s 2036, an age of global water conflict and controlled media. A blacklisted journalist finds herself at a perilous crossroads between her explosive past and the future of humanity. Truby Goodman is relocated to Americas Sector N3-24F, the defunct Old Faithful Inn in Wyoming, isolated with four companions she knows little about. Once one of Interpol’s most wanted, she is now bound by a plea agreement with the government.
Goodman is haunted by the memories of a child she loves that is one of three Alpha Generation geniuses chosen to design a solution to end the international water crisis. The Global Security Council’s WREN project soon becomes plagued by off-gridders who oppose it and a rogue darknet underground news outlet. When WREN is compromised during an opening ceremony live broadcast, the world is suddenly plunged into a global state of emergency.
Questioning the authenticity of media reports, Goodman risks revealing her true identity as she races to expose the greatest coup ever attempted. Confronting the impossible in search of redemption, one journalist will dare to rewrite human history—centuries in the making.
Horner writes with unapologetic clarity as she dares you to explore the fluidity of identity, truth, and the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
My Review:
I received a copy of this from a Librarything Giveaway.
When I first saw this, I thought the cover was nice and the description sounded exciting and just like something I'd like to read. I had high hopes for this book. It begins with a girl jumping out of a flying car, and a man climbing naked onto the back of a wild stallion. I'm going to be honest, for most of this book I had no idea what was going on. The story seemed interesting and like it had somewhere to go, but I couldn't really imagine the world or any of the characters because they weren't really established. It jumps right into the story without explaining anything, and then it bounces around to different times and characters seemingly at random. It was hard to follow and hard to read. It made me frustrated more than anything.
I didn't feel like any of the characters, although they learned things about themselves, didn't actually develop through the story that I couldn't follow. The writing itself is hard to read and that makes it hard to get into the story. I kept having to read some, and then go back and read it again, and again before I could actually understand what was happening, and even that was just making me frustrated. I had high hopes for this book but in my opinion it fell flat.
Here's a link to the book on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.ca/Attribution-Chr...
Thanks for reading! Check out this review and more at my blog.
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March 16, 2018
I must reveal up front two things:
1. I received a free e-book edition of this novel direct from the author in return for an honest review, and,
2. I read this book in September last year but have been hesitant about posting a review as I do not like reviewing books that I did not like, or perhaps to be more accurate in this case, did not understand.
I read a lot of science fiction and fantasy, and I expected this novel to be a bit of a thriller set in a dystopian future, which I suppose it is, but it is one where the constant time-changes, and confusion for the reader as to who all the characters in the different time periods, just make it too difficult to follow. And for a novel which has an Earth-shattering global conspiracy at its core, the revelation of its nature is just too confusing, wrapped up in the author's agenda about individual and group identity - that it becomes a bit ho-hum.
I'm not saying it's not well written, as some of the book is extremely well written and grabs the reader's attention so that you demand to know what happens next. The opening chapters for instance. The problem is that you often not only don't get the follow up you want, but when you do it is presented in such a confusing manner you rapidly lose interest in it.
Four out of ten stars, unless you really don't care about losing those hours forcing your way to the rather unsatisfactory conclusion of the novel.
1. I received a free e-book edition of this novel direct from the author in return for an honest review, and,
2. I read this book in September last year but have been hesitant about posting a review as I do not like reviewing books that I did not like, or perhaps to be more accurate in this case, did not understand.
I read a lot of science fiction and fantasy, and I expected this novel to be a bit of a thriller set in a dystopian future, which I suppose it is, but it is one where the constant time-changes, and confusion for the reader as to who all the characters in the different time periods, just make it too difficult to follow. And for a novel which has an Earth-shattering global conspiracy at its core, the revelation of its nature is just too confusing, wrapped up in the author's agenda about individual and group identity - that it becomes a bit ho-hum.
I'm not saying it's not well written, as some of the book is extremely well written and grabs the reader's attention so that you demand to know what happens next. The opening chapters for instance. The problem is that you often not only don't get the follow up you want, but when you do it is presented in such a confusing manner you rapidly lose interest in it.
Four out of ten stars, unless you really don't care about losing those hours forcing your way to the rather unsatisfactory conclusion of the novel.
October 5, 2017
I was intrigued by the blurb of this book, “It's 2036, an age of global water conflict and controlled media. A blacklisted journalist finds herself at a perilous crossroads between her explosive past and the future of humanity.” There seemed to be all the ingredients of a great story. However, for the first half of the book I felt rather lost and much of the story was disjointed. It is almost as if I was reading the second story in a series and had missed out of the development of the characters by not reading the first story. For me, the story starting coming together only about half way through, and there were a couple a interesting developments, but the book just didn’t deliver the climax that the blurb had set up. On writing techniques, what was strange was that offensive words were blanked out, but blasphemy was still used. Strange because in certain contexts the blasphemy would be more offensive than the offensive words.
October 19, 2017
I received this as a review copy and I'm glad I did. I'd be very disappointed had I paid for this. The premise of the book had potential but the end story was not very satisfying and the "moral of the story" was unrelated to the main story itself. Or maybe the plot was irrelevant to the message.
The author seemed to use descriptive narrative way too much which frequently interrupted the flow of the book. I enjoy a good narrative where analogies are used, when actions express thoughts and feelings, or when imagery is used to set the tone. This book over-used this these techniques and left me wondering what was going on and why.
I was also confused by all the time shifting in the story. I understand that this revealed information in a necessary sequence, which works for many stories, but this felt awkward and difficult to follow. especially since characters were so poorly introduced.
The author seemed to use descriptive narrative way too much which frequently interrupted the flow of the book. I enjoy a good narrative where analogies are used, when actions express thoughts and feelings, or when imagery is used to set the tone. This book over-used this these techniques and left me wondering what was going on and why.
I was also confused by all the time shifting in the story. I understand that this revealed information in a necessary sequence, which works for many stories, but this felt awkward and difficult to follow. especially since characters were so poorly introduced.
November 6, 2018
This novel had a lot of promise in the beginning, but along the way that somewhat faded. It still is a good book, but I can’t help but feel like it could be fantastic with a few tweaks. The story is very good, everything is set in dystopian future that is not too far-fetched and actually has more than enough familiar elements so it doesn’t feel detached. Characters are fine, I can’t say that I would put them in a pantheon of greatest literary characters ever, but the chug along with the story. I didn’t like the way of telling the story, specifically the flashbacks, which I find old-fashioned and a bit lazy way of narrating something. The ending was not my favorite either, I was expecting something different and it surprised me, but not in a good way, a little underwhelming, I must say. Everything taken into account, I still can recommend this book, especially to fans of thrillers, conspiracy theories and dystopian societies, it is a good book that could and should be even better.
November 11, 2018
Horner is a more prolific writer of works that aren’t narrative prose, and that shows here. This book is eminently more readable than, say, James Joyce’s “Ulysses”.
In the category of plot-weaving, I have said before of a more famous conspiracy theory work, the “Illuminatus!" trilogy, that it reads a lot like it was written, then was pulled page from page and put back together with very minimal editing; one could read whole sections of the book out of order and it would still make the same amount of sense by the end. That same observation stands for Horner’s “Attribution”, except that the conclusion is more of a surprise since it’s not quite so clearly related to the rest of the book.
If you enjoy reading about conspiracy theories—and aren’t afraid of drinking enough coffee to make them come together—then this will be a fine read for you, so long as you don’t mind the author’s interesting approach to narrative prose and somewhat clunky dialogue.
In the category of plot-weaving, I have said before of a more famous conspiracy theory work, the “Illuminatus!" trilogy, that it reads a lot like it was written, then was pulled page from page and put back together with very minimal editing; one could read whole sections of the book out of order and it would still make the same amount of sense by the end. That same observation stands for Horner’s “Attribution”, except that the conclusion is more of a surprise since it’s not quite so clearly related to the rest of the book.
If you enjoy reading about conspiracy theories—and aren’t afraid of drinking enough coffee to make them come together—then this will be a fine read for you, so long as you don’t mind the author’s interesting approach to narrative prose and somewhat clunky dialogue.
October 18, 2018
A great show of how powerful people are when faced against problems and how no matter what, we have the power to overcome these issues, if we listen to ourselves and work together.
The novel is based 30 or so years in the future, where there is a great water shortage facing the world that is causing a whole troupe of problems for humanity. Unfortunately, this scenario is all too realistic and it reminded me throughout how we, as a species, are living way beyond any kind of sustainable point.
Our only chance is to drastically reduce our population or drastically reduce our consumption, do this soon, or we are screwed.
A great read, thought-provoking and gripping, I found it to be thoroughly entertaining.
The novel is based 30 or so years in the future, where there is a great water shortage facing the world that is causing a whole troupe of problems for humanity. Unfortunately, this scenario is all too realistic and it reminded me throughout how we, as a species, are living way beyond any kind of sustainable point.
Our only chance is to drastically reduce our population or drastically reduce our consumption, do this soon, or we are screwed.
A great read, thought-provoking and gripping, I found it to be thoroughly entertaining.
October 19, 2018
In Attribution you will find chapters of different events in history while Truby Goodman watches them play out. Christine Horner writes with a unique mystic that keeps the reader between two schisms. As Truby shifts back and forth she loses some of herself within her work as she struggles with the bonds of her employment.
I kept an open mind when I read Attribution knowing that it is in a class of itself. I found it confusing at first as I tried tying events together. Christine Horner attempts at jumping from time and events lack a little in detail, leaving some readers in the dark as to what is happening. Given time the reader will find the story unfolds and you admit to yourself that there is a depth in the plot that is surprising.
I kept an open mind when I read Attribution knowing that it is in a class of itself. I found it confusing at first as I tried tying events together. Christine Horner attempts at jumping from time and events lack a little in detail, leaving some readers in the dark as to what is happening. Given time the reader will find the story unfolds and you admit to yourself that there is a depth in the plot that is surprising.
October 27, 2018
Attribution (A Hatchett Report Book 1) by Christine Harner is a futuristic Sci-fi novel.
The story is set in 2036 and is set around a blacklisted journalist, who finds herself at a career crossroads, behind her is the explosive past and in front humanities future. The heroine of the story Truby Goodman finds she is to be relocated to Americas sector N3-24F, the defunct old faithful inn situated in Wyoming alongside 4 other people she doesn't really know. Previously one of Interpol's most wanted she is now under a plea agreement with the government. Memories haunt Truby of a child that is one of three Alpha Generation geniuses chosen to design something to solve the international water crisis. Truby must risk her true identity as she races to expose the greatest move ever attempted.
To be honest this book wasn't the easiest to get into or even read through to the end. The concept was a good idea, however, the story was too hectic, there was too much happening along side. I can only hope the series gets better.
The story is set in 2036 and is set around a blacklisted journalist, who finds herself at a career crossroads, behind her is the explosive past and in front humanities future. The heroine of the story Truby Goodman finds she is to be relocated to Americas sector N3-24F, the defunct old faithful inn situated in Wyoming alongside 4 other people she doesn't really know. Previously one of Interpol's most wanted she is now under a plea agreement with the government. Memories haunt Truby of a child that is one of three Alpha Generation geniuses chosen to design something to solve the international water crisis. Truby must risk her true identity as she races to expose the greatest move ever attempted.
To be honest this book wasn't the easiest to get into or even read through to the end. The concept was a good idea, however, the story was too hectic, there was too much happening along side. I can only hope the series gets better.
October 19, 2018
The idea of a world-conspiracy set in a dystopian reality always attracts some readers. The concept of the novel is quite good and interesting: the characters are strong and you invest in them, but the story never truly delivers. The reader is left in a limbo, where you know what it’s going to happen (because you read the premise) but there’s no real development. The pace is not adequate for this kind of story and it can get too hard to follow, as there’s a lot of ideas being thrown at you.
As other reviewers have posted, I agree that this is not a problem with the author’s ability to write. The writing is very good, it makes you want to read it through and connect with the story and the characters. The first couple of chapters are particularly strong and the main reason I kept reading. Unfortunately, the development of the idea fails at some level. The book would really gain from some editing and rewriting that would focus on making the story move forward with a better pace.
As other reviewers have posted, I agree that this is not a problem with the author’s ability to write. The writing is very good, it makes you want to read it through and connect with the story and the characters. The first couple of chapters are particularly strong and the main reason I kept reading. Unfortunately, the development of the idea fails at some level. The book would really gain from some editing and rewriting that would focus on making the story move forward with a better pace.
October 19, 2018
The idea of this book seemed to me very relevant and unique. To tell the truth, I always thought that one day there could be some kind of environmental problem, like in this story.
The author also presented the reader with several problems - these are problems that people may encounter and how they will behave in such an emergency situation, whether they can not give up, but fight and solve the problem and go to the end and also the problem of water extinction. Water is life and how we know it is impossible to live without it, so what do the heroes of history do for this? How are they trying to survive?
All actions take place in the future, which makes the book even more mysterious, the answers that you can find by reading "Attribution".
I believe that a beautiful and interesting book, after reading which everyone can draw their own conclusions.
The author also presented the reader with several problems - these are problems that people may encounter and how they will behave in such an emergency situation, whether they can not give up, but fight and solve the problem and go to the end and also the problem of water extinction. Water is life and how we know it is impossible to live without it, so what do the heroes of history do for this? How are they trying to survive?
All actions take place in the future, which makes the book even more mysterious, the answers that you can find by reading "Attribution".
I believe that a beautiful and interesting book, after reading which everyone can draw their own conclusions.
October 22, 2018
The Author has a good imagination.
Attribution is the first book in Christine Horners series A Hatchet Report Investigation. I’ll be honest, I was lost for most of this book, it’s hard to follow and just when I thought I knew what was going on, it changed and went an entirely different direction. It’s not a bad thing, it just made it more confusing than I generally like my reading material to be. Christine Horner has a very good imagination and some parts of the book really caught my attention and pulled me in, while other parts seemed to drag. I guess the two things put together makes it a decent mix. The story seemed to have some very politically based opinions in it, and seemed like it was almost a persuasive essay at times trying to sway my political stances. I doubt that is what was really happening but it kind of had that feel to it at times.
Attribution is the first book in Christine Horners series A Hatchet Report Investigation. I’ll be honest, I was lost for most of this book, it’s hard to follow and just when I thought I knew what was going on, it changed and went an entirely different direction. It’s not a bad thing, it just made it more confusing than I generally like my reading material to be. Christine Horner has a very good imagination and some parts of the book really caught my attention and pulled me in, while other parts seemed to drag. I guess the two things put together makes it a decent mix. The story seemed to have some very politically based opinions in it, and seemed like it was almost a persuasive essay at times trying to sway my political stances. I doubt that is what was really happening but it kind of had that feel to it at times.
October 17, 2018
A complicated sci-fi thriller.
A hatchett report is a sci-fi story with a very detailed and complex storyline. The story is set in the future and there is a water conflict that spans the entire globe. As the alpha generation genius look for the answer to this problem, the global council project is attacked during a live broadcast. The story is good but complex and a little difficult to follow. I found the characters to be intriguing and well developed. This is a good read for anyone who loves sci-fi adventure but also likes the challenge of following the clues when sometimes they are obscure and not easily detected. I will read this one again. I enjoyed the story and presentation.
A hatchett report is a sci-fi story with a very detailed and complex storyline. The story is set in the future and there is a water conflict that spans the entire globe. As the alpha generation genius look for the answer to this problem, the global council project is attacked during a live broadcast. The story is good but complex and a little difficult to follow. I found the characters to be intriguing and well developed. This is a good read for anyone who loves sci-fi adventure but also likes the challenge of following the clues when sometimes they are obscure and not easily detected. I will read this one again. I enjoyed the story and presentation.
October 7, 2017
This book sounded amazing, thus why I requested a review copy. Typically anything futuristic is a major hit for myself, however I did find the book very hard to follow. I felt somewhat unaware of details that would have been beneficial to know about the "background" story. It also didn't have the ending that I would have thought. It was difficult to stay focused and interested. Just wasn't for me after all.
October 17, 2018
Good Concept!
The novel has a good summary, but probably did not deliver well as it unfolds. The concept of future 2036 and a blacklisted journalist’s dilemma and struggle sounds quite interesting and at times in the story the message came through but other times I was a bit lost. The message about identity, truth and resilience about human body, mind and spirit is a good concept for a novel and author, has good ideas and hoping next one in the series will surprise us all.
The novel has a good summary, but probably did not deliver well as it unfolds. The concept of future 2036 and a blacklisted journalist’s dilemma and struggle sounds quite interesting and at times in the story the message came through but other times I was a bit lost. The message about identity, truth and resilience about human body, mind and spirit is a good concept for a novel and author, has good ideas and hoping next one in the series will surprise us all.
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