6/11/2023 0 Comments 0.4 by Mike A. LancasterIt begins thus: 'My name is Kyle Straker. The story is presented as Kyle's first person narration, recorded onto cassette tapes and transcribed at a point far into the future (with amusing asides and annotations from future academics included). What it turned out to be (in my mind at least) is a really excellent science-fiction adventure story perfect for the 11 or 12 year old boy. This, however, proved to be a facile judgment that didn't do this fine book justice. Human.4, by Mike Lancaster (Egmont, 2011, 304 pages) is a book I had, before reading it, vaguely pegged in my mind as yet another YA dystopia. And he isn't home right now to ask (his is a rich and full life). Therefore, it is no longer by the computer where I left it (Fury of the Phoenix, the other book I brought up, is still there), and I can't include pithy quotes from it. (Although I have hopes that things might change by the time I post this review, as of now I am vexed and thwarted my eight year old finds the cover of this book scary, and keeps hiding it so he won't have to see it.
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