John Hennessy (1) (1958–)

Before getting this book I had never heard of John Hennessey and have never been a bit fan of alien books but I was looking for something different to try and ended up with this book on my Kindle.

The book features a group of teenagers who have managed to stay alive on Earth despite billions of other people being mysteriously taken from the planet. I don't want this review to give away the story; but if features plenty of action and has enough twists in the book to keep you hooked, and the main teenage characters all feel like people you've met before or know.

I honestly didn't expect to be as 'into' this book as I got and was eager to see what happened next and if there was going to be a happy ending or not. Would recommend this book happily to other sci-fi or YA readers.

I did receive this e-book as part of the LibraryThing Give-away program from the author and was asked to post an honest review.
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This is a pretty quick and entertaining read that's aimed at the young adult market (it would appear), as such the main characters are teenagers and you've got a bucket load of young adult novel tropes to go along with the story.

First though, what it about? Well, aliens, rather, as the book calls them alions. That's right aliens shaped like lions - so they're dubbed by the teenagers to be alions. These alions have abducted 99% of the worlds population and are now slowly hunting the stragglers, the teenagers are within this straggler group. This is their story.

Trope wise though, we've the classic boy-girl-boy love triangle where boy who pines for girl is crushed whilst trying not to be crushed when he finds out his friend has paired up with girl; but never fear for trope 2 comes along to save the day with him transferring his affections to a new better girl and they instantly bond of the course of a few days and plan to move and live together. Sandwiched between this is the classic, never mind the military has been over run and is losing the battle, a handful of teenagers with world class military training gained from player video games comes along to save the day.

So in closing, if you're after a realistic and intellectually stimulating literary work this isn't the book for you, but if you're up for a far fetched yet entertaining romp through the country side of America whilst fighting lion shaped aliens then maybe it is for you.… (mehr)

I received this book free from Librarything for an honest review.

Hearing voices, Tom Navo decides to kill himself after murdering his boss. After stepping off the roof of a high rise, he changes his mind. He rescues himself only to die in another way. But did he really die or did someone swoop in from another planet and take him.
Tom finds himself in a room. It looks like heaven's waiting room. Once again he hears voices, they are telling him what afterlife door to pick. When he picks his door, he is dropped into a stranglehold with talking animals. Anakor'in is a human turned lizard. He has magic powers that he somehow makes Tom forget his old life, and gives him all new memories for the world he is now in.
Tom goes on an errand for Anakor'in, which starts his adventure.

I really liked the story and concept of this book. The characters are likable and well detailed.
Some of the author's wordplay was lame. Such as changing day to circuit (then using terms like tocircuit, birthcircuit, etc.).
I would recommend this to teenagers who like science fiction/fantasy… (mehr)