Spencer Nye can’t control the rage bubbling under her skin over the world
around her. The trouble is, by the year 2102, the world has solved most of its
great problems. Without hunger, war, greed, or even money, people obsess over
the glamour of the Culture Industry and its mega-celebrity Idols, who vie for
followers over the social networks of Connect.
-Goodreads
Stats:
- Format: ebook
- Publisher: CreateSpace
- Release Date: September 3, 2011
- File Size: 375 KB
Favorite Quotes:
“I’ve never known anyone else who did things like this, had
this restless urge to create problems and strife that never went away. This was
why I was a mess.”
“But you are pretty in a completely different way. If I
didn’t know you and saw you sitting alone, you’re someone I would want to walk
up to and strike up a conversation with, because you’re graceful and intriguing
enough to make people feel comfortable around you.”
“Anyone can have grand ideas about what they want the world
to be, but the real genius is knowing how to get there from where we are now.”
“When you’ve got the whole world looking at you, they’ll
make you out to be whatever they want, when really none of us are any
different.”
“I smiled as I reached back, knowing that the time had come.
To leap without looking, to trust your gut and do what must be done in the face
of uncertainty, to take the hard road because it will only make you stronger,
and to fight for those who will never thank you, that was what I believed in.”
Review:
Suspense is the first book in the Spencer Nye Trilogy by
Jason Letts. It is set in the future
where people follow (or even worship) celebrities known as “Idols.” Idols come and go according to their
popularity and wars break out between their followers. It is a believable scenario when you look at
how obsessed our culture is with celebrities.
I found the Idols to be a really interesting part of the story.
The main character, Spencer, is a strong female who is
constantly striving to make life meaningful and is tired of the average
day-to-day. Spencer follows the Idol
Cleary Mintz, an actor. She discovers
that followers of another Idol are planning on killing Cleary and she is trying
to warn him. There are a lot of action
scenes and they were described pretty well.
Spencer’s two friends in the book are Patch and Jetta. Patch is a guy who is great with technology
and is an integral part of Spencer working towards helping Cleary. Jetta is part-cyborg (humans can have certain
body parts replaced with mechanical ones; remember, it’s the future) and is a
true ally; she wouldn’t think twice about putting herself in danger to save
either Spencer or Patch. Although I
liked Spencer and Jetta’s friendship, it gets a little complicated between them
and made things kind of weird (you’ll know what I mean when you read the
book!).
I was definitely into the plot and it had me wanting to know
what was going to happen. I have to
admit that this started to fade as the book neared the end. The story takes a turn that I wasn’t
expecting and I’m not sure if I’ll like it.
Spencer’s likability also started to fall kind of flat. She wants to do well by others but also always
wants to be involved in a fight. Spencer
is starting to seem like the type of person who enjoys being miserable and
thrives on it.
Despite the end of the book not being as interesting as the
rest, I am curious about how the next two books will be. Suspense had some great new ideas and
definitely keeps you guessing!
2 comments:
I reviewed this last month as well and I, too, was not expecting what happened! I couldn't connect to the story at all but it had great potential.
Giselle
Xpresso Reads
oh my goodness, this sounds like it could (and maybe has) really happened...wars over "idols?" This sounds like a really interesting book. I'm adding it to my TBR list.
Post a Comment