"Talker 25" by Joshua McCune (DD1)

Chaos With a Pattern

Talker 25

By Joshua McCune

The Talker 25 Trilogy, Book 1



# Pgs: 432

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Overview:



"Wakey, wakey, everyone."
It's Monday. I think.
Technically, I've been here a week.
Feels like forever.

Melissa Callahan has always hated the dragons. They destroyed her mother, her family, her home. And now she's been charged with collaborating with them, with being an insurgent, and she's been thrown into a cell to . . . well, to what? Think about her nonexistent crimes? Think about how great her life once was? Think about James and her father and her brother and the lies? Think about escaping, when everyone knows that's impossible since the ice stretches forever and the cold is unbearable and the dragons can't hear her anymore.

Melissa Callahan is OTG. Off the grid. And so is Talker 1 and Talker 2 and Talker 3, 5, 7, 11, 22, 26 . . . all of them talking, constantly talking, into the void. All of them waiting for an answer.

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Review:

When I first began reading this book, I was a little confused. And as I continued to read the book, I became more and more confused. New names and places were kept thrown at me before I had time to discern just who was who and what was what. The beginning of the book especially seemed to be set at a fast pace- In the span of just a day in the book's timeline, huge plot developments continued to happen, one after another. By the time I reached the end of the book, nothing had been as exciting, or confusing, as the beginning. It was felt like the climax was at the beginning of the book rather than more towards the end.

As I read on, the book began to level out. Things began to make more sense, and yet still now, after I've finished reading it, I'm still confused on who's who. I don't know who some of the characters or names are, or what relevance they have to the story. The only few that seemed to make sense were the two main characters, Baby, and a few of the characters introduced in the last chunk of the book.

The beginning of the book was just set at such a fast pace that it was difficult to recover from having all these plot twists thrown at me at once. Just as I was beginning to understand or sympathize with the character, another plot twist would be introduced and I'd become just as lost as I'd been before.

However conflicted I am by the beginning of the book, by the end I'd adjusted quite nicely (however, still confused) and I'd enjoyed the book, I can't say that I related much to the character, but I could sympathize with her greatly. Maybe it was just the maternal instincts in me. Once I understood what was happening, though, I was drawn into the storyline and what was happening. My curiosity was irreversibly fed, and it starved for more, and I couldn't stop reading it because however confused I was it was interesting. It was enjoyable to read, and I needed to see that conflict resolved.

With this in mind, a new question had been introduced to me at the end and I'm infinitely going crazy to keep from going completely crazy over the fact that the next book in the series isn't out yet. I don't think. Anyway. :P

So I'd probably give this a three out of five, because I can't say that it was a terrible book- it was just all over the place and slightly confusing; a type of chaos that has a pattern you can't quite read until you get midway through it. O.o You know, that's actually a perfect way to describe it. I can't say it was a terrible book despite its many problems because overall, the concept was a great one, and I was effectively drawn into the story and able to sympathize, if not connect with, the characters.

So, a three out of five, and I'd recommend this to modern fantasy, slightly dystopian society, also maybe slightly sci-fi, lovers. There's a touch of romance in this, just a spark as to the fact that the main character Melissa has an antagonistic/protagonist supporting acquaintanceship with the main character James and she's clearly attracted to him. No kissing, though, and there's not anything lovey-dovy about this. Just a little spark of interest and betrayal.

With that in mind; thanks for reading.