1st Place in the 2019 Chaos Awards 7 organized by CreativeChaos and judged by me under the genre Sci Fic.
Book- System/First Phase: Error
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Mature: No
LGBTQ: No
Author: TahsinHossain
Book Title
The first impression with the title is interesting. After reading a couple of chapters of the book, the readers find out that the title is suitable with the plot. After finishing the book, the reasoning behind the title is further revealed as the book being the first book of the series. I’ll say that the book title was a perfect one.
Book Cover
The book cover gives some vibes of technology featuring a guy. I think this is appropriate because the story revolves around one of our main characters Mashiro and his activities regarding technology and system. The colours chosen are both dark and light shades of blue with a tiny part of black. The texts on the cover are visible too. I’ll say the cover nailed the visual experience along with being relevant to the plot.
Book Description
The book description seems good to me as it contains the right amount of information to trigger the adventurous minds of the readers. However, I’d like to point out some things regarding its presentation. I think there can be some spacing between the first paragraph of the book description and the extract taken from the book, so that the first paragraph gives some understanding of the contents of the book while the extract gives a picture of some event taking place in the book.
Plot
Our main characters are Mashiro and Len. Mashiro is the teen of Japan, who goes on adventurous and risky missions of hacking various databases under the order of someone who he doesn’t know. Len is the artificial intelligence, A.I. that is embedded in Mashiro’s brain. Mashiro confronted a deadly accident after which he was introduced to Len for his survival. As intriguing it suggests, everything takes a rapid u-turn when Mashiro needs to flee from his home, all alone, to save the lives of millions of innocent human beings. Our side character is Erika, who is another teen like Mashiro and does some similar jobs as him. But being the side character doesn’t lessen her significance in the book because she has to do much.
Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar and Vocabs
I did spot some grammatical and punctuation errors and notified the author immediately about it. Some technical words had been chosen but other than that the sentences could be read by readers who are not accustomed to difficult English vocabulary.
Writing Style, Character Development, Flow and Setting
Every chapter name was selected beautifully and was indeed unique. The chapter titles perfectly matched the contents they contained and I must say the chapters ended in a way that is appreciated. The twists at some points of the book were really unexpected and up to the mark. The character development has been done beautifully because the author did an amazing job with the character of Len. Well, some might think that Len isn’t a human being, then why do we need to focus on Len? I’ll say that their thoughts are not so correct. The development with Mashiro’s character couldn’t have been successful without focusing on Len. The setting seemed okay to me; I would have actually loved more if there had been a little more details with the surroundings of the character.
Creativity and Enjoyment
Sci Fic might only sound like hacking and adventure but this author proved that humor can secure a firm spot too. Every sentence of the book testified the creativity and the hard work of the author. I definitely enjoyed the book, especially with the author’s own style of adding humor and wasn’t disappointed by the long chapters the author crafted. I am looking forward to read more from this author.
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