3.5
Gemsigns
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Jamaican-born Stephanie Saulter writes speculative fiction. She left Jamaica to study at MIT in the USA and spent fifteen years in America before moving to the UK in 2003. She's worked as a corporate executive, a public policy wonk and a management consultant, amongst other things, and in 2010 she launched the Scriptopus interactive website for writing short fiction. Her highly acclaimed ®Evolution trilogy, GEMSIGNS, BINARY and REGENERATION, are set in a near future that's been fundamentally altered by neurological pandemic, genetic manipulation and social media. Stephanie blogs unpredictably at stephaniesaulter.com and tweets slightly more reliably as @scriptopus. She lives in London.
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3.5
“I loved this book! There are so many elements that were so captivating and I feel guilty for taking so long to read it.
If you plan on reading this book and want an idea of what you're getting into, think X-men. Bear with me. The underlying story of X-Men and their plots is that there is a divide between humans and mutants and the primary reason is that they are different. Mutants are different and as such have to fight for rights to be treated as equal (an age-old tale when you think about it). I mention this branch of the Marvel universe because of the similarities of the oppressed parties. In this case, Gemsigns, a genetically engineered species of human - created by humans - have now been declared free of their "guardian" companies. In this novel, Stephanie Saulter, creates a political and social commentary with well woven science fiction elements. The story itself follows, I think, 3 major stances following this Declaration:
1. The companies and elites who want things the way they were.
2. The Gems, as they are called, wanted to be treated as human and not property.
3. And the humans who fear what they don't fully understand and feel the need to take matters into their own hand.
Somehow, these perspectives are represented amazingly without having to be told from the respective characters POV's directly. The writing in this book is so elegant and smooth from choice of words, pacing to structure of paragraphs and the voice its written in. The tension of the severity impending from every decision made is impeccable. No one character dominates the story yet you feel informed of their personalities, their motivations and their emotions throughout.
Saulter's ability to have so many subplots running concurrently and being able to transition seamlessly, made reading this book a great experience. I've become attached to so many characters and to their causes as well and intrigued by the secrets that lay ahead waiting to unearth more of this world.
Its been a while since I've been so excited to read a sequel book but now I need to have it! Just excellent!
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“2.5 stars rounding down since I didn't finish it. There's nothing super wrong with gemsigns it just wasn't for me.
The good: the writing style is good and fun to read and the premise is cool. A virus wipes out half the population and super genetic people are created as slaves and now they are trying for equality. These Gems have unique abilities that make them extraordinary.
The bad: I didn't connect with any of the characters besides the main guy. Gabriel seems unnecessary and is an apparently super intelligent child. The gems are alright but I want something better than "I can usually detect lies". Some of the gems go violent and not even because they're angry, no the violently assault and sexually assault people because the way they're wired. Aka its all gemtech fault and gems have zero blame. It just seems weird.
Overall its not bad but it also didn't click.”
About Stephanie Saulter
Jamaican-born Stephanie Saulter writes speculative fiction. She left Jamaica to study at MIT in the USA and spent fifteen years in America before moving to the UK in 2003. She's worked as a corporate executive, a public policy wonk and a management consultant, amongst other things, and in 2010 she launched the Scriptopus interactive website for writing short fiction. Her highly acclaimed ®Evolution trilogy, GEMSIGNS, BINARY and REGENERATION, are set in a near future that's been fundamentally altered by neurological pandemic, genetic manipulation and social media. Stephanie blogs unpredictably at stephaniesaulter.com and tweets slightly more reliably as @scriptopus. She lives in London.
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