Sunday, August 13, 2023

Book Review: Allegory of the End by A. R. Mirabal


     Zayko and Jidd met as teens when Zayko crashed his hoverbike and brought it into the shop where Jidd works. In exchange Zayko invites Jidd and his best friend along to his birthday party that afternoon. With the help of some truth cookies the new group of friends discover that everyone in town is being replaced with clones. Skip forward twenty years and the two now have their own ideas of how these clones should be treated. Just how far are the two willing to go for their views and where will the line be drawn? 

    I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. This book bounces back and forth between the past and the present. The past section ends almost at the end of the book so you constantly feel like you are missing information until the book is over. While the book was interesting, I personally would have preferred for the timeline to have remained linear. 

    This book leaves you with a lot of questions. This could be because of it being book one in a series, but I don't think I'll be searching out anymore. I'm all for sci-fi books, in fact you'll see from my reviews it is one of my most commonly reviewed genres. In this case though, although there are aliens and clones and a lot of new and interesting tech I don't have a whole lot more to say on it. After finishing the book I don't know what happened between the two to drive a wedge between them. I don't know a lot of things. Just wasn't for me at the end. 

    If you'd like to read the entire series you might get all of your questions answered. I can't say one way or the other since this is where I will be stopping. If you do/have read the entire series feel free to let me know if everything gets tied up eventually. 

    This book is available on Kindle Unlimited or buy it on Amazon for $4.87 by clicking here

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