Review by Synedocheny
Nov 3A thriller set in a theme park with four themed sections, but we hardly see the park. Most of the story takes place in the offices underneath the park. We walk through Camelot once at the beginning. Victorian London and the Boardwalk are essentially only referenced by roller coasters. The space themed section has the most story. I don't remember anything happening in the casino, but the author brought it up so many times.
Some elements that were added as a convenience to the author. He introduces a robot barrel dog that runs around with the characters. They are dealing with a terrorist attack and they decide to wait around for this old generation robot that doesn't help anything until it plays a part in stopping the terrorists at the end.
The "inside man" isn't at all hard to pick out, so the reveal isn't exciting. Characters split up in awkward ways that again feels like the author's convenience. There's no reveal about who the lead terrorist is either, but he thinks to himself once something along the lines of "if only they knew who I really was."
Overall, I found Utopia to be an interesting but underused world with good characters that bumbled around. It's readable but mediocre.
A thriller set in a theme park with four themed sections, but we hardly see the park. Most of the story takes place in the offices underneath the park. We walk through Camelot once at the beginning. Victorian London and the Boardwalk are essentially only referenced by roller coasters. The space themed section has the most story. I don't remember anything happening in the casino, but the author brought it up so many times.
Some elements that were added as a convenience to the author. He introduces a robot barrel dog that runs around with the characters. They are dealing with a terrorist attack and they decide to wait around for this old generation robot that doesn't help anything until it plays a part in stopping the terrorists at the end.
The "inside man" isn't at all hard to pick out, so the reveal isn't exciting. Characters split up in awkward ways that again feels like the author's convenience. There's no reveal about who the lead terrorist is either, but he thinks to himself once something along the lines of "if only they knew who I really was."
Overall, I found Utopia to be an interesting but underused world with good characters that bumbled around. It's readable but mediocre.