The Atlantis Gene

A cracking idea and mostly well implemented If you're someone that enjoys books about theories that I suppose "could" happen then you'll love this book/series. If you can forgive some of the odd plot and the constant cliffhangers at the end of chapters, then you'll love this. It definitely piqued my interest and kept me wanting to pick up the book.

This book is terrible, both as a book and as an audiobook. I couldn't force myself to continue reading past 15%.

I tried really hard to like this book. I got through about 10 chapters and finally decided to call it quits. I don't have any problem with the plot of what I read, it was actually the only reason I kept trying to like the book. Unfortunately, the writing is what did this book in. Another reviewer described the writing as similar to a movie script, and I wholeheartedly agree. It seemed choppy and only really included the bare bones of what was happening. Chapters end abruptly and overall there's not a lot of momentum enticing me to keep reading. What a bummer! At least it was free lol

Free book via Kindle Unlimited. Decided to read due to great reviews. Wasn't my thing. Read like a movie script not a novel. Wouldn't recommend.

This book was really difficult for me to rate. At first, I wasn't a fan of The Atlantis Gene. In fact, I almost stopped reading it because I just couldn't get into the story. But, then the last eighty or so pages drew me in and I really enjoyed the book. So, I wasn't sure exactly I wanted to rate the book. Here's my big problem. On the one hand, The Atlantis Gene really does have an interesting plot - it just takes a bit of brainpower to actually understand what that plot is. For one, the story is so jumpy and disjointed that I often had a hard time keeping everything straight. There are numerous different perspectives, and even a few different time periods. Sometimes I found myself getting mixed up and confused about who's perspective I was actually reading. That made it difficult to focus on the story and connect with the characters. Which brings me to a second issue I had with the book: the characters. Now, I do think Riddle did a good job building real, believable characters for the most part. I could understand why each character made the choices they made, even if I didn't always agree with said choices. The problem for me was I didn't really feel invested in any of the characters. I mean, I liked some of them, but I didn't love any of them. I could recognize the fact that they were well-developed, but I still couldn't feel that connection with them. I'm not really sure why though, which was frustrating because I really wanted to like these characters. Overall, I enjoyed The Atlantis Gene. I wasn't as invested in this book as I wanted to be, but I still found it to be an interesting read. I'm still trying to decide if I want to read the second book, but I'm glad I gave this one a read.

The reviews read were mixed because the author threw everything into the plot short of zombies. I'll admit that if Ibwas attempting to read this with my eyes I probably would have given up. Rather, I used this as a way to get my long runs in while training for a 1/2 marathon at 1.25x the speed. At that rate the story and the narration were just fine. I can say that I will not continue the series. The story ended at a point that was just fine for me