This month I read a great book. It was called Hollow World by Michael J. Sullivan.
I think this is the first time that I have done two books by the same author in
consecutive months but Hollow World might be the best book I have
read this year.
This book is a complete change of form for this author. He
usually writes fantasy books, which I have greatly enjoyed. This book, however,
is a time travelling adventure. Almost a crime drama set well into the future.
As I have written crime dramas myself, this may have helped
my enjoyment but the story is what carried me along.
The drama and the characters are well written, as are all of
his stories but the plot is deep and intricate. It made me think and delve into
my thought processes in a way that few recent books have done for me. It is a
feature that many Sci-Fi books can do; by putting us into a different society,
it lets us see ours in a different way and think about things in a different
method and another point of view.
The characters and the world building are great in this novel
as they are in all of this author’s books.
As I said earlier, this might have been my favorite book of
this year. Last year I read Remnant Population, also a novel by an author I
have read many books from and this year I read this book. Hopefully I will
continue to find these treasures as I continue to read more books.
And then more books.
If you get the chance to read this book, you really ought to do so.
But, that is just my opinion.
-Jeff
