The Electric Church

I had entered to win this book through the giveaways on a bit of an impulse. The premise sounded interesting, though once I had won the book I want back through reviews and started to regret it.

I'm not one for action, I prefer things to be a little more intellectual, and the descriptions of action, gun fights, etc had turned me off. I'm glad I had waited to read the reviews until after I had won the book.

Sitting solidly in the cyberpunk/dystopian sub genres there is action and there are gun fights, but it is far from the core of the story. Things do move a little slowly at the start, but given this if the first book in a series, it is to be expected.

The world is interesting and grows on you as the story moves on. The same can also be said of the main character. My only real complaint is the frequency in which the main character states how tough and hard assed he needs to be in order to survive in the world. It breaks the rule of showing instead of telling and becomes a little too repetitious.

The last third of the book was quite gripping and overall I found I was enjoying myself. It ends in such a way that I'm very curious as to what is going to happen next. I will likely pickup the rest of the books in the series so I can satisfy that curiosity.