The Darwin Elevator
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780385393348 (0385393342)
Publish date: July 30th 2013
Publisher: Random House Audio
Minutes: 14
Edition language: English
Series: Dire Earth Cycle (#1)
I enjoyed it. Solid world-building, interesting SF premise, plenty of action and plot development to keep me turning pages. Character development was the weakest area, but things perked up at the end, enough to make me feel somewhat invested in individual characters. I'm looking forward to the nex...
When I was a little girl, this was some time ago, and I turned on the TV, all the shows where populated with male heroes who wielded swords and guns and always, always, always saved a woman who was in distress. Even at a young age this made me angry. I wanted the girl to get up, picked up a gun and ...
I love post-apocalyptic scifi, and from that perspective, this book stands out. Surprisingly, it's also a zombie book, but offers a slightly different breed of zombies, created by something the mysterious aliens who dropped off the elevator did. The worldbuilding is well developed, but as others hav...
I received this through the GoodReads first reads program.I really enjoyed this book. I never thought of myself as a science fiction fan. I generally dislike books based in space, but this book took place in space and on land and was a perfect high-tech apocalyptic book.It kept me engrossed to the v...
Genre: Science Fiction Recommended to: Readers who really enjoy science fiction and world building in their reads. First Thoughts: The Darwin Elevator caught me up in its premise initially. Anything compared to Josh Whedon and John Scalzi makes me take notice. I expected some action, space travel...
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