The third book of the Neanderthal trilogy, and while it's not necessarily a let-down from the earlier novels, it does suffer greatly from a kind of "why are we complaining, again?" overbearing feeling.
This whole trilogy has had, as an undercurrent, a comparison between modern North American culture and an idyllic, unpolluted, nearly-communist, pan-surveillance state. And that comparison comes rushing to the fore here. To such a state as to become obnoxious.
The story stays quick and easy to read; the main characters seem reasonable (though the villain is stiff); and so from that standpoint, this is great escapist literature. But that grass-is-greener vibe grates on my nerves as the novel progresses.
Ultimately, that's what lowers the score. 3 of 5.
This whole trilogy has had, as an undercurrent, a comparison between modern North American culture and an idyllic, unpolluted, nearly-communist, pan-surveillance state. And that comparison comes rushing to the fore here. To such a state as to become obnoxious.
The story stays quick and easy to read; the main characters seem reasonable (though the villain is stiff); and so from that standpoint, this is great escapist literature. But that grass-is-greener vibe grates on my nerves as the novel progresses.
Ultimately, that's what lowers the score. 3 of 5.
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