As a serious reader, one of the ways that I know that a book is a worthwhile read is when I get to the last page and I feel some kind of emotion. It could be happiness, anger, confusion, some weird mashup of all of the above, or it can even be inspiration and awe. The Legacy Human is one of those books that you put down and find yourself marveling at the story and feeling deep appreciation for the work.
I've read quite a few of Susan Kaye Quinn's works and I have yet to read something that I didn't enjoy. While I admit to being an avid fan of the Debt Collector series, I can honestly say that The Legacy Human has managed to rival that devotion and I definitely find myself in awe of this story.
One of the things that Susan masters well in each of her works is creating unique worlds with a different cultures and forms of technology that manage to be realistic enough that the reader is able to immerse themselves in it. Creating a believable alternate or future plane is challenging, something that many attempt to achieve, but sadly find themselves falling short of their goal; not so of the futuristic, post Singularity world of The Legacy Human, a world where machines don't just act like machines.
Humans are the minority in this world and are viewed as a novelty of sorts by the "Ascenders" the new majority race- something other that is to be honored for being the origin of this newer race. Ascenders still manage to keep human living standards at a point where it is clear that being human will never be the preferable existence in their society.
What makes the Ascenders in this story interesting is that while they may no longer be human, they do manage to hold onto some of the characteristics of the humans that they were prior to Singularity coming to be.
As is true of all of Susan's works, the protagonist, Eli, the Legacy Human, as well as the other humans and ascenders that play a role in his story are all complex characters, which makes it as hard for the reader to figure out their individual motives as it is for other characters in the story to do the same.
The best part of this story for me is the journey that Elijah experiences as he is given the opportunity to attain his lifelong dream of ascending for himself and becoming one of the majority in his own right. His motivation is not purely selfish, and it is that motivation that makes him someone to root for. At the end of this installment, Eli's journey is yet not over, but he's grown leaps and bounds in his understanding of who he really is and what the world around him has really become.
I look forward to Eli's next chapter in earnest, hoping that he finds peace with himself as well as what his role is to be in making the world he lives in better for all.
This story is fast paced and will keep you engaged from cover to cover as you discover the future that may very well await us!
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JCL Garaud
The Legacy Human, if you don't dislike Sci-fi, definitely a book to read
Reviewed in France on April 19, 2021
Digital Panache
Different plot and well written
Reviewed in India on May 17, 2019
Digital Panache
Reviewed in India on May 17, 2019
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