You might think I’m a
Scott Sigler addict, having read two of his novels recently and now reading Ancestor in tandem with his latest novel Nocturnal.
The Ancestor is a biological embryo,
implanted into cows, and grown to provide human ready organs for
transplantation. However, of course, things don't quite go to plan.
There is lots of blood and lots of violence, and if you love cows then
don't read this novel!!
The writing isn’t first
class, but it’s addictive and reflective of Sigler’s personality from what I
can glean from the u-tube videos he’s posted. The characters are unbelievable
but mostly fun, and there is plenty of real biology and science to
make the plot plausible.
However, I felt
quite confused at the beginning of this novel, not really knowing what was
going on, and I found the swearing a bit overboard this time. The last
third of the novel did border on silly in my opinion, even though I had
suspended my disbelief, I kept thinking back to the movie Starship Troopers and how much the Ancestors reminded me of the bugs even though
they were based on cows!
Nice try but this
one didn't really work for me.
Maxine
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