The Fold

This book EKED a 4-star rating out. If Goodreads would let me give 3.5 stars, I would, and I wouldn't have felt too bad about 3 stars. It gets the 4th star because of how strong it opened. I tore through this book in about 4 hours.

The writing is generally pretty good, and rises to very good in a few places. It's well-paced, going from a slow-boil to an actiony climax without missing a gear. The science - while not matching how things work in the real world at all - is pretty consistent (one goof I noticed, but it wasn't major). The reveal and twist is handled perfectly.

So... why did it almost get three stars? That's pretty simple. The book used a neat (not original, but neat) premise, very good writing, excellent setup... to set up a 50's pulp serial idea. And the ending was... pretty lame.

tl;dr: Worth the read, but it's not going to be life-changing for anyone.