Enjoyed this book even with its plot holes. As Banyan the protagonist and 1st person narrator was likable, had a very good moral compass considering the world he lived in, it was easy to like the story he told about his life building artificial trees in a world where no more natural trees exist due to GenTec's, an evil corporation, genetic engineering of pest resistant crops which resulted in super bugs that ate everything else on the planet. Banyan soon sets out on a quest to find his missing father who left him, while also trying to find a semi-mythical place where trees still grow. Listened to this book via audiobook. If you're looking for an in-depth detailed explanation of how things ended up so sad and depraved in Banyan's world-you won't find it. However, where normally this would drive me nuts, it didn't. I got caught up in Banyan's adventure and forgot to care that some things didn't make sense. The intricacies and absolute insaneness of a dystopian tale was there, just maybe not as fleshed out as we like. (Like the oxygen deal). In the end, I was wishing there was a sequel because I wanted to keep on with Banyan and Alpha and see them beat evil Gen Tech. While not up to par with novels like Matched, Hunger Games etc. which are completely believable in some distant future, for a first novel? Not to shabby.
What do You think about Gyökértelen (2013)?
Great story full of action and adventure. Full review to come!
—baba
Not bad. Premise was cool, writing not stellar...
—Blastey558
