TANGLE'S GAME

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Pub Date 02 May 2019 | Archive Date 08 May 2019

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Description

NOWHERE TO RUN. NOWHERE TO HIDE. 

Yesterday, Amanda Back's life was flawless: the perfect social credit score, the perfect job, the perfect home. 

Today, Amanda is a target, an enemy of the system holding information dangerous enough to disrupt the world's all-consuming tech—a fugitive on the run. 

But in a world where un-hackable blockchain links everyone and everything, there is nowhere to run...

NOWHERE TO RUN. NOWHERE TO HIDE. 

Yesterday, Amanda Back's life was flawless: the perfect social credit score, the perfect job, the perfect home. 

Today, Amanda is a target, an enemy of the system...


A Note From the Publisher

Stewart Hotston lives in Reading, UK. He loves pretty much all fiction. Stewart spends his days working in high finance and, in a completely unrelated subject, he read for a PhD in Theoretical Physics, taking great interest in philosophy, theology and economics (some of those even involving additional academic qualifications). He has previously been published across more than a dozen different publishers of short stories and his first two novels were published by Alternative Realities. When Stewart is not writing or working he’s also a world ranked swordsman in both Rapier and Sidesword - for his troubles, he’s a senior instructor at The School of the Sword.

Stewart Hotston lives in Reading, UK. He loves pretty much all fiction. Stewart spends his days working in high finance and, in a completely unrelated subject, he read for a PhD in Theoretical...


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Engrossing ~ Humorous ~ Enjoyable

tl;dr: They're not out to get you, or maybe they are.

I was prepared to dislike this book. Anything that uses blockchain, as was mentioned in the blurb, often screams of pandering. But, no fear, this book is not mass-produced. It is a wonderful story that blends our world (or the soon to be world) with blockchain and AI and a mystery. Its a bit like the Hitchcock North by Northwest crossed with the Matrix, but written in a wonderfully humorous, sarcastic tone. I was so pleasantly impressed by this book.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.



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This book caught my interest for the fact that it reminded me of The Net from the description. I really enjoyed this novel! It kept my interest front the beginning and I couldn’t put it down! In this day everyone’s life’s are on the computer and can be erased or changed with the touch of a button, this is gonna keep you up all night!
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for honest review.

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Quite interesting book with likeable protagonist and good futuristic themes. I liked the vision of a world where everything is monitored and techology is almost un-hackable and you can't do a step without the system knowing. t is repeated in many books, but still this novel was in its on way original.

Was it easy read? no if oy aren't in techologies, I was confused at first. But the prose is light so I caught up pretty fast and then it was easier for me to follow.

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Very good. I enjoyed the unpredictability, plot crafting, and its timeliness (in 2019). There's good pacing (which in this case is also fast), and the story seems mostly realistic. The author has obvious talent, and I look forward to his next work. Recommended for thriller fans.

I really appreciate the advanced copy for review!

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Tangle’s Game starts off with a bang and never quiets down, throwing you into a whirlwind plot that’s equally fascinating and brilliant. By pairing a doubting protagonist with a secret that would topple the world, we get a heightened sense of suspense as she travels around looking for answers, at first ignorant of the forces trying to take her down. This is a thriller at its best, complete with a throwback to old technology and a series of supporting characters that create a quirky band.

I love how long the author takes to reveal the secret object our protagonist has been burdened with. It leaves a lot of room for the reader’s imagination to play. By the time you get the big reveal, so many possibilities have run through your head that anything comes as a surprise. The author’s use of a very real protagonist just trying to get back to her daily life magnifies the universal issue this object has created for her. The world around her begins to fall apart and she’s unprepared for the ramifications. It’s startling and exciting, especially as you try to imagine how this could all end.

I was most impressed with the author’s mastery of dialogue and its use to shed light on the social inequality of an oppressive system that favors the rich and pits the poor against each other. The award for most surprising supporting character goes to Ichi, an elderly ex-professor whose worldview has been shaped by her proximity to the many catastrophes that have redefined this world of the future. Extremist politics have run rampant and she breaks down how and when the world fell apart, and what it meant to those struggling to get by. It’s a brilliant analysis of capitalism and the possible future the world is headed if extremism becomes the norm.

Overall, Tangle’s Game is a wonderfully entertaining novel that excites at every turn, filled with unexpected twists and a group of characters who compliment and challenge each other. It’s exactly what a futuristic thriller should be.

Final review will be published on 4/25: https://reviewsandrobots.com/2019/04/25/tangles-game-book-review

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If you asked me to choose a book that was as far away as possible from my usual genre and style of book then this would be it!!
Quite a complex tale involving cutting edge AI, revolutionary technology and a plot to destabilise Europe via the Russians that is all wrapped up with ‘alien’ beings using the AI and technology to conversate via fridges and smart watches!!!!!!!!
Add to this Amanda, a most unlikeable leading lady, Tangle, her ex bf who discovers what the Russians are doing, next add a dash of the authors political slants on feminism, men, privilege, race, creed, money, sexuality and yes Brexit, oh and his seeming obsession with clean knickers and you are probably no wiser as to what this book holds...😃😃
The writing is chaotic at times and conversation between characters ‘difficult’ and yet, yet I enjoyed it, in a mildly irritating way, not finishing the book was never an option and it challenged me at every juncture as was so unlike the fiction I usually read
I am not sure what else to say about it except it ends as it started with you wanting more, kinda
A definite, without question unusual read
7/10 3.5 Stars

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Any book with a mystery and fast pace story telling grabs my attention straight away, and this book did exactly that!

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