Then they turned their weapons on us.
Headstrong seventeen-year-old Nick has spent his whole life in a community in the wilderness, hiding out from the robots that have enslaved mankind. But when the bots discover the community's location, he, his tech-geek younger brother, kevin and adopted sister, Cass, barely make it out alive-only to discover that their home has been destroyed and everyone they love is missing.
All survivors were captured and taken to one of the robots' cities. The siblings have been hearing tales about the cities all their lives-humans are treated like animals, living in outdoor pens and forced to build new bots until they drop dead from exhaustion. Determined to find out if their parents are among the survivors, Nick, Kevin, and Cass venture into the heart of the city, but it is nothing like they've been told.
As they live among the bots for the first time, they realise they're fighting for more than just their family. The robots have ruled for too long, and now it's time for a revolution."
Review:
Revolution 19 is the first installment of the series and had previously been collecting dust on my bookshelf, however the attention grabbing jacket finally coerced me into picking it up. The themes and central plot, while well established within the Sci-Fi realm of artificial intelligence, is, in my opinion a fresh take on the genre.
The writing style, while seemingly pedestrian, keeps you reading and urges you onto the next chapter. One fault i wasn't able forgive though, was the fact that there was no real establishment of character, no connection created from the first crucial pages and therefore when everything goes pear shaped i didn't desperate hope or that desire for them to pull through against the odds, more of a shrug of the shoulders and turn the page.
I found it incredibly fast paced which i think works in the authors favor as it doesn't allow time for the story line to become tedious. The action is constant and doesn't allow you to mourn or take a break. Generally i'm not the biggest fan of a consistent bombardment of action and crisis, however, in this case i think it creates a better read.
The ending leaves a lot of unanswered questions, however I'm not dying to have them answered, which was rather a disappointment.
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