![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rj_andersonIf you took all the episodes of Heroes, Dark Angel, Alias and Highlander plus a copy of The Da Vinci Code* and put them all in a giant blender, you would end up with something which would not look exactly like Robin Parrish's Relentless, but which fans
Cover via Amazon of Parrish's book would find hauntingly familiar.**
The title is a fine example of truth in advertising: the pace doesn't let up from beginning to end, and it's more like watching a summer blockbuster than reading a story. Unfortunately the need for everything to happen fast and in spectacularly cinematic ways makes it difficult to delve into the emotional lives of the characters -- but Parrish certainly does the best he can with the time and opportunities he's got. In true comic-book tradition it's fantastically violent (though not gory), which left me feeling rather numb after a while, but I can certainly think of a lot of teenaged boys who would eat this story up with a jumbo-sized spoon.
Relentless didn't change my life and I can't say I'm likely to read it again, but nevertheless I couldn't put it down. And now I am quite curious about the sequel, because now that I know the underlying premise (and that it is PURE CRACK) I really want to know if Parrish can sell me on it.
--
* Albeit a much better-written version of The Da Vinci Code than the one that was actually published, and one considerably more sympathetic to Christianity.
** With apologies to Douglas Adams.![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/dc5634d1ca41/323745-539780/img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=e67c8b5c-a4d5-4213-86a4-65f83536ebc8)
Cover via Amazon of Parrish's book would find hauntingly familiar.**The title is a fine example of truth in advertising: the pace doesn't let up from beginning to end, and it's more like watching a summer blockbuster than reading a story. Unfortunately the need for everything to happen fast and in spectacularly cinematic ways makes it difficult to delve into the emotional lives of the characters -- but Parrish certainly does the best he can with the time and opportunities he's got. In true comic-book tradition it's fantastically violent (though not gory), which left me feeling rather numb after a while, but I can certainly think of a lot of teenaged boys who would eat this story up with a jumbo-sized spoon.
Relentless didn't change my life and I can't say I'm likely to read it again, but nevertheless I couldn't put it down. And now I am quite curious about the sequel, because now that I know the underlying premise (and that it is PURE CRACK) I really want to know if Parrish can sell me on it.
--
* Albeit a much better-written version of The Da Vinci Code than the one that was actually published, and one considerably more sympathetic to Christianity.
** With apologies to Douglas Adams.
