Chapter By Chapter (usually) features me reading one chapter of the selected book at a time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as a read-along book club.
Because we apparently can’t have enough trouble, last chapter two of our book heroes are in big trouble. This chapter, however, it’s back to the Enterprise to see what’s happening with the main party.
I was in maybe middle school when I first read this book. Nowadays I have a stronger concept of storytelling, which I’m sure doing reviews for a couple decades plays a part in. So I’m noticing all of these disasters and potential disasters going on. Without spoiling too much on the homepage, we have so far…
- The main plot of a viral plague
- Sendet finding a new woman to hone in on
- his almost cultish group running around the ship
- damage to the water turbines and nobody healthy enough to help fix it
- our heroes trapped in the mountains
- the potential social disorder coming from all of that save the poor saps in the mountains
I’m a little more wery about too many subplots in a story. I’d probably be less interested in soap operas now than I was as a kid. Back then I enjoyed the book enough to track down the previous book despite not needing it to follow anything here. I am still enjoying the book, but we aren’t quite halfway through it yet. I’ve just seen too many subplots at one time going wrong and taking away from the main issue, the plague in this case. As we head into the next chapter my concerns and memories are trying to balance each other. Let’s see what wins out.
