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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Could have been so much better,
By Avid Reader (Franklin, Tn) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Vanishing Point (Mass Market Paperback)
This book had some things going for it- good story (idea), good scientific premise (well, at least "something" out "there" is not the blame), good writing, interesting characters. So what happened?
Well, for one thing, there are too many dang characters. Guys and gals show up for a page, VANISH, then reappear again always for some deep or nefarious meaning. It all seemed a bit hokey. Even if 90% of the world vanished, that still meant 30 million Americans remained, hardly decimating us enough to force us to turn to obscure and self-destructive cults. Once again, we have the situation where a "scientist" discovers the "truth" through extremely suspect paranormal methods. One day, without warning, 90% of the Earth vanished - the people, their clothes and nothing else. Naturally, there were the usual culprits (aliens, religion, government plot, etc.) but after 30 years most folks seems to have accepted this as a historical fact and moved on. It appears everyone has joined one of a number of weird cults, each built around explaining or living with the Vanishing. This is the story of one group, a team that lives in the "House" and searches for an explanation in unexplained anomalies that seem to appear randomly. The author attempts to weave some personal tales into the mix but the whole thing is so convoluted, it is difficult to follows. The PHYSICAL descriptions of the action and the settings are frustrating to the extreme - maybe that's the point. In the end, one cult invades and the children, blessed with a new power of control over the laws of nature, save the day. Time for a nap.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book I'm still lost in 17 years later,
This review is from: Vanishing Point (Hardcover)
This is a very inventive and engaging book. I was probably about 13 or so when I first read this (I'm 30 now) and part of me is STILL lost in it!
I hadn't been to the Winchester Mystery House in real life when I read the book. But for years until I finally did go, people who had been there thought I'd been, too, just because I was so familiar with it from the book. This book took me there. If you're looking for a great young adult book that takes you to a whole different place, this is the one to read!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent science-fiction novel,
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This review is from: Vanishing Point (Mass Market Paperback)
I agree with most of the criticisms leveled against this book by other reviewers, but I enjoyed it immensely despite its faults. The novel is set in the future, 29 years after 90% of the population has vanished. As one reader pointed out, that would leave thirty million Americans, but Roessner illogically describes a country that is largely uninhabited and that is ruled by competing cults. That, however, is a detail. On a much more important level, Roessner gradually lets us know that some fundamental laws of nature have changed, and that the disappearance of most of the population is not the only problem facing humanity. The children born into this new world are much more adapted to it than are the adults, and they have abilities not shared by their elders. The real appeal of the story seems to me to be the contrast between the adults and the children who were born after the Vanishing, and in the dreamlike quality of the author's descriptions of this new world. "Vanishing Point" is an easy novel to criticize, but it is not easy to forget, and I for one found it to be very intelligently conceived and highly entertaining.
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