|
|
|
|
|
|
HomeShop at BookSurgeFictionScience FictionAdventureBiophilia |
|
|  |
| Customer Reviews: | | Average Customer Review: ( 3 customer reviews )
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Read Mar 22, 2006
By Carol Keenan
This book is a great read! The heroine is a strong, likeable character and the plot moves along swiftly captivating your attention. You will not want to put it down!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Fun fantasy/sci-fi/adventure novel Jan 20, 2006
By John P.
Set in the not-too-distant future, Biophilia is the story of two humans (the narrator and her former college friend) who find their way to an alien world and become entangled in a violent struggle there. It moves along quickly, with excellent battle scenes, entertaining dialogue, and (thankfully) no more technical detail than is necessary for the reader to understand what's happening. Poon's style is light and hip, like her main character. I have a suspicion that it's all an allegory, but if so, I can't put my finger on the meaning. It's certainly a fun ride even without another layer of significance.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
There is a heart beating inside this space suit. Jan 23, 2006
By William Smock
Don't be put off by the involved plot summary. This novel is an absorbing video game with a love story in it. By "video game" I mean lots of action and nobody you care about gets killed. By "love story" I mean touching, not syrupy.
The heroine is a cheeky kid sister type, funny but prickly. The guy has everything -- looks, money and brains - except a sense of purpose. What they both need is love. They are far too proud to admit it, even during intergalactic combat.
The talking animals they help on the Planet Nagy are trustworthy, brave and affectingly serious. The heroine sends a Polar Bear off to battle: "I thought of the wild Arctic wastes that he used to live in, how he would spend the winters trudging through tundras, starving and alone. I gave him a hug and he was very surprised. `It's called a hug,' I said. `We do it to people we like.'. . . He had a funny kind of look, which was the closest Bears come to smiling."
The writing is compact and vigorous ("I saw the entire lake breathe and sigh in huge waves of violent pink as the flamingoes took off . . .") A parable? I hope not. The writer's intent is to dazzle. Love is the only serious subject, and it's handled with great tact.
In the beginning, the heroine/narrator tries too hard to sound like a paid-up member of the "This sucks" generation. But she turns out to be a heroine after all.
|
| | |
|
|
|
|
|
