Fire Will Fall by Carol Plum-Ucci is going to be the subject of the review this day. This is going to be my first review in a while, thanks to homework, writing, running, and everything else that gets in my way. And now before I start, I want to warn you of something. This is the second book in the series. I didn’t know that when I read it, but after some research I found out that nugget of gold. So ya… I read the second book of the series without reading the first. This means that maybe if I had read the first I would have a completely different review, and it would be much nicer than this one’s going to be.
Now, let me summarize FWL(Fire Will Fall)’s first one hundred pages. Four characters are in a car ride thinking about their lives. Instead of dribbling the backstory in, she gave it all at once in one huge heap. That means no action, no explosions, no nuthin but thoughts for those pages. It’s worse than boring, its pain worthy. This was almost the sixth book I closed and stopped reading. If you’re going to read this book, I suggest skipping over those pages. I promise, you won’t be missing anything. You know something’s wrong when you would rather do homework than read.
Just make sure you don’t skip to many pages, else you may miss the highlight of this book. The teenager hackers: Tyler Ping+ Shazad Hamdani. While everyone else is boring, these guys are kicking butts and taking names. Because they’re v-spies they actually have action that the reader can enjoy. And both of their personalities feel two sided and real, while the other four main characters fall flat.
Now, onto the subject of humor. She incorporates a variety of humor techniques, such as the one-two-three, but it isn’t funny. Except when Tyler and Shazad are talking. The reason for this is Shazad and Tyler are trying to be clever while the other four are trying to be funny. Clever and funny are the same thing right? Sometimes, but trust me, if you read this book you will understand what I am saying. Also she overdid the sex puns a bit. I am a teenage boy who’s a complete and utter pervert, but her jokes didn’t sit well.
The bad guys Shazad and Tyler are trying hunt down are a bit bland. I really wished that she would make them shades of gray, instead of pure black. She made them have no compassion, no morals, no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I know they’re terrorists, but because she seemed so intent on making this book “like reality” she should have tried to build some sympathy for them. Else they come off as fake.
Now, the worst part of the book. She “kills” Shazad and Tyler in the book. For 150 pages (250-400) there is none of their awesomeness. She removed the only reason I didn’t burn this book in the fire. Of course it was obvious she didn’t kill them, that isn’t her style, but it pissed me off. It’s one of those WTF moments.
When they came back, that’s when I truly loved this book. Having those two back in the action, cleared my schedule. For some reason, she didn’t give them much action, but that’s not my problem. What mattered that they were back, and I could keep reading without wanting to gouge my eyeballs out.
What you end up waiting for throughout the whole book is the climax. I have to say, it’s relatively decent. She brings in almost all the characters and somehow fits them all into one scene. Hell, what makes it better is when one of the main characters dies. That caused me to burst out into cheer. If only she had killed the other three losers…
The falling action is boring. It’s just about Scott and Cora((two main characters)) growing together while growing apart. She somehow thought it was important to have fifty pages of lots of emotional talk, and no action. Blah.
Every time I finish a book I have to ask myself this question: Did I enjoy this book? My answer: a bit. But I wasted my time, there’s so many better books than this. Sure this was a mystery and not fantasy, but that doesn’t matter. I know how to appreciate a good book, but to me that book wasn’t exactly as great as her reviews told me it was. The only people I would suggest you to give this too is your ex -girlfriends and your snotty cousins.
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