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Review by haooy77 -- Containment Breach by Wm. A. Yandell
[Following is a volunteer review of "Containment Breach" by Wm. A. Yandell.]
Containment Breach by Wm. A. Yandell is a Sci-Fi novel, closely resembling the setting of novels such as “Fahrenheit 451” and, more recently, “Divergent”.
On a dystopian Earth, the world has forever been changed. The government is controlling every nook and cranny of the estate, bringing violence in their wake. Scientists, working on artificial life forms known as “The Creatures”, are disappearing without a trace. Their biggest dream – creating an opposing army of their own – seems just as impossible as the experiments themselves.
Walter Smithton is a bioengineer, whose main goal is to find out the truth about the disappearance of the project’s leader and to continue his legacy. Most of the story is a detailed description of his investigation as well as his own progress on the leader’s work.
The latter, especially, is what I liked the most. I mentioned in a recent review about my fascination with biology and genetics, so the fact that almost the entire book was based on it was right up my alley.
Another thing that greatly impressed me is the message those “creatures” represent. They are a hybrid between a dinosaur and a bird, a manifestation of the author’s ugliest imagination. They are to be used as a weapon. But they’re also inherently good. As Walter puts it “they know no greed, no concept of lying or hatred.” They may look like monsters, they may even be intended to be monsters, but they aren’t. And this…This is a such a beautiful and vital lesson to learn – that sometimes the bad guy isn’t the one everyone wants us to believe. And just because you grow up surrounded by bad people, doesn’t mean you have to become one yourself.
I give the book wholeheartedly 4 out of 4 stars. It contains everything a good sci-fi novel should, in my opinion. The writing style also reminds me a bit of my two all-time favorite authors, Herbert Wells and Alexander Belyaev, who taught me to love the sci-fi genre the way I do.
There isn’t anything I disliked but there is one thing that, I guess, bugged me - the setting of the world itself. Having finished the book, I still have a hard time figuring out if there is even Earth, to begin with, with all the orbs and stations and shuttles. I just feel like that part could have been explained a bit better. However, I’m not taking any points off for this because it didn’t really mess with my overall enjoyment of the book.
I didn’t notice any typos, spelling or grammar errors. There’s no profanity or erotic scenes.
It’s a good read, and I recommend it to people of all ages who enjoy reading utopian and dystopian books with a slice of genetics on the side.
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Containment Breach
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Containment Breach by Wm. A. Yandell is a Sci-Fi novel, closely resembling the setting of novels such as “Fahrenheit 451” and, more recently, “Divergent”.
On a dystopian Earth, the world has forever been changed. The government is controlling every nook and cranny of the estate, bringing violence in their wake. Scientists, working on artificial life forms known as “The Creatures”, are disappearing without a trace. Their biggest dream – creating an opposing army of their own – seems just as impossible as the experiments themselves.
Walter Smithton is a bioengineer, whose main goal is to find out the truth about the disappearance of the project’s leader and to continue his legacy. Most of the story is a detailed description of his investigation as well as his own progress on the leader’s work.
The latter, especially, is what I liked the most. I mentioned in a recent review about my fascination with biology and genetics, so the fact that almost the entire book was based on it was right up my alley.
Another thing that greatly impressed me is the message those “creatures” represent. They are a hybrid between a dinosaur and a bird, a manifestation of the author’s ugliest imagination. They are to be used as a weapon. But they’re also inherently good. As Walter puts it “they know no greed, no concept of lying or hatred.” They may look like monsters, they may even be intended to be monsters, but they aren’t. And this…This is a such a beautiful and vital lesson to learn – that sometimes the bad guy isn’t the one everyone wants us to believe. And just because you grow up surrounded by bad people, doesn’t mean you have to become one yourself.
I give the book wholeheartedly 4 out of 4 stars. It contains everything a good sci-fi novel should, in my opinion. The writing style also reminds me a bit of my two all-time favorite authors, Herbert Wells and Alexander Belyaev, who taught me to love the sci-fi genre the way I do.
There isn’t anything I disliked but there is one thing that, I guess, bugged me - the setting of the world itself. Having finished the book, I still have a hard time figuring out if there is even Earth, to begin with, with all the orbs and stations and shuttles. I just feel like that part could have been explained a bit better. However, I’m not taking any points off for this because it didn’t really mess with my overall enjoyment of the book.
I didn’t notice any typos, spelling or grammar errors. There’s no profanity or erotic scenes.
It’s a good read, and I recommend it to people of all ages who enjoy reading utopian and dystopian books with a slice of genetics on the side.
******
Containment Breach
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